Lots to Catch Up On!!!! (I know there is a dangling partaciple there...get over it!)

Wow! I really stink at keeping this blog up-to-date! Please forgive!

Baby Brinkley had his/her second picture taken on October 7th!! It was REALLY neat to actually see a baby this time with a cute little head, and cute little ear, and cute little spine, and wonderfully cute little feet! Needless to say that Baby Brink is going to be SUPER CUTE!!!

I hope everyone can see our cute little baby. The scan didn't come out very well, but I tried to point out the major features.

We actually did get to hear the heartbeat and it was VERY STRONG! Dr. Brass was able to find it with the doppler, but I begged for an ultrasound! I wanted to see arms and legs; not just a peanut! It was amazing to see how much stronger the heart was compared to last time! It was beating about 160 bpm....which I thought was on the slower side so said it MUST be a boy. Dr. Brass found something on the screen to which he said just might prove my statement about it being a boy true. But then he said it could also just be the other foot or the cord.....so I guess we'll have to wait and see! However, I have since been told that anything over 150 is on the higher side. AH we're still in limbo! Hopefully we'll find out the first week of December!

Our next appointment is November 4th (election day). We will listen to the heartbeat again, but that will probably be it. However, we will then schedule the gender scan!!!!!

I know I'm REALLY behind on the belly pics. We've been taking them, I've just been too tired to post. So I will try to get them posted later!

OH Where to Begin???

WOWZA!  I can't believe it's been a million years since my last post!  AND I not only didn't post my 10 week belly pic, but I completely missed my 11 week belly pic!  We weren't even able to take one!  Things have been....um....crazy to say the least.  

I have been feeling something terrible!  Nothing has wanted to stay in my tummy!  And just the thought of the smell of my kitchen is enough to make me dry heave!  For an entire week, every time I walked into my kitchen, I tossed my cookies!  It got so bad that last Tuesday (9/23/08) James had to take me to the ER!  I was moderately dehydrated, which just made my nausea worse!

The ER doc diagnosed me with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, which only happens in 1 out of every 200 healthy pregnancies (LUCKY ME!).  It's basically just a severe form of nausea and/or vomiting.  It causes weight loss, dehydration, and malnutrition and occurs during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!).  

So the doc called my OB and the OB called in a n order for a special IV with some kind of sugar drip (or something like that...wasn't really paying attention).  It seemed to help more than just the normal saline IV.  They also shot me up with a chemo-sized dose of Zofran in my IV.  That probably helped some too :)  

The nausea comes and goes in waves now, but the dizziness is almost constant.  And I'm never really sure when the gagging is going to hit.  The kitchen still bothers me, so I try to avoid it at all times.  And when I can't, I plan out my trip in there before going so I can get everything I need as quickly as possible.  Most times I can hold my breath....for the times I can't, I just keep my shirt over my mouth and nose and pray!