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Yep, it's true. I found out last Wednesday and saw the doctor today. I'm about 7 or 8 weeks along, due in August. I've had terrible morning sickness 24/7, so much that I was in the ER today for 3 hours hooked up to an IV to treat me for dehydration. My physical misery has made it hard to be enthusiastic, but I am definitely excited. Most of the time I can't believe it, though sometimes it sinks in. I hope the baby is a girl; Justin wants a boy.
Late November we suspected due to weight loss, breast tenderness, and missed periods. I took a test the first week of December, but it came out negative. I think I didn't pee enough on it or something. My symptoms increased while in Wisconsin: more weight loss, breast tenderness and slight enlargement, constipation (partially the fault of holiday goodies, haha), congestion, fatigue, headaches, and finally, nausea. Justin's mom bought us a pregnancy test. I took it last week. Here's a mini diary of it all:
Wednesday: First thing I did when I woke up was take the test. To avoid error, I peed in a cup first. Immediately the "+" sign appeared, but I still waited the designated time to be sure. I woke up Justin and told him the news. We were both excited but kind of in disbelief: we had joked about it so much that now it didn't feel real, like The Boy Who Cried Wolf. But we weren't surprised; it explained all my symptoms. We decided not to tell anyone yet. What to do in the meantime? I was not good at hiding my symptoms; his family already suspected. And that day happened to be the worst, ironically. I cried because I wanted to throw up so badly but couldn't. We couldn't get a doctor's appointment at the Indian Health Services here, so I called the one in Phoenix and made an appointment for next Thursday. The rest of the day was terrible.
Thursday: I really wish the Stork were real. I am so sick of this already! I hate being hungry all the time and having to snack all day; I'm used to eating 3 meals a day. If I don't eat, I feel sick. I feel ok while I eat. Then after I eat, I feel sick again and have a nasty aftertaste in my mouth. It hurts to go number 2, I'm incredibly bloated (or getting fat), and I'm super gassy out both ends. I can't sleep although I'm really tired and I always have a headache. I forced myself to go to dinner with the family. Uneventful but also unenjoyable. Now I'm home instead of at Gramma's for New Year's festivities. I am not looking forward to the flights home on Tuesday. Or going back to work. Yuck.
All weekend I mostly stayed in bed. I finally puked on Monday and it was nasty. I also puked on the second flight home, once we got home, and yesterday evening. No surprise I was dehydrated! And the IV was terrible: I was so cold and starving, but it did help. I just hope the nausea will pass soon so I can get back to life and enjoy the pregnancy!
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I'm sorry that you're so sick! That must be rough. Congratulations, though! That's so exciting! :)
This is really exciting! I hope you feel better soon, but for now remember every pain and discomfort is so worth it! :)
Congrats! Welcome to pregnancy by-the-way! All of the symptoms you described are completely normal and well...I had all of them up until week 10 :) Once you get to the 2nd trimester, you'll start to feel much better. You're lucky that you don't have any other kids to demand your attention...with that said, get as much sleep as you can while you can! It's fun that we'll have kids who are only 5-6 weeks apart!
Congrats! I was REALLY sick with my 2nd, so I feel for you. The doctor prescribed ?phenogren? for my nausea maybe you could ask the doctor for that Good luck
oh cheski, first i'm so happy for you.. but second. oh man, DO I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN!! it was hard to explain the morning/all day sickness to andrew because there wasn't 'throw up' as proof. i just felt TERRIBLE all day. oh heavens, i hope it gets better for you soon. best of luck, and it'll be fun to follow the rest of your pregnancy. (:
ps. kudos to you for giving all the details. i couldn't have said it all better myself. it's legit. and it's pregnancy, and that's real life.
Congratulations! It's so exciting to be expecting a tiny adorable new Nishimoto! Hope the sick feelings don't last too long. It's different for every woman and every pregnancy, I hear. I did read an article about a study that linked worse nausea in pregnancy with higher IQ kids - that a friend of mine who had it bad found. Don't know if there's much truth in it... but I do know you'll be so glad when it's over for many many rewarding reasons. Such fun news!
aw sis, I'm so sorry your feeling so not good but I've gotta say thanks for sharing your personal detail feelings...I promise I am laughing with you. Congrats, this is a new and exciting chapter in both of your lives. I we are ever in the same area(state, city, so on) I would be happy to babysit! Miss you...look forward to the updates.
Loves!
Roxy
Congrats, that's so great!! Sorry about the sickness though, I'm afraid that'll happen to me whenever I get pregnant too :( Keep us updated :)
CONGRATULATIONS!! "Morning" sickness is really terrible! Take care of yourself--it DOES get better!!
Congratulations, mi amiga! I am really so very happy for you and Justin. I know you guys were trying and all that work has finally paid off!
With that said, no it's not easy. Your body is going haywire because it has never experienced something like this before! Hang in there, chica, hopefully this will only be first trimester nausea and the like! I love you so much and I will be checking your blog all the time for updates!
I've decided that we're going to have a boy, which means you must have a girl, and we can hook them up! :D
congrats! I hope you'll feel better soon! About the stork (haha)...no kidding! Now that I am out of the sick stage (seriously you forget unnaturally fast how bad it was) I am really not looking forward to labor&delivery...ahh!! But congrats again and hope things get better! Get as much sleep as you can now...soon you won't be able to roll over without waking up and consciously rolling yourself over. =)
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