8 weeks 5 days

Bloating is insane!! My hubby touched my belly and commented "it feels like if I stuck a needle in your tummy it will blow up"... yup! it's true, I feel like I'm going to explode anyways without the needle!

Well today, I felt completely normal. Not a minute of stomach problems or nausea, and of course my boobs are a little less sore (although still growing)... I even ate a lot of junk food like spicy potatoe chips... ok the only symptom I had, I think, was being constantly hungry (and sore boobs.. oh an extreme bloating).

But I can't help myself and got another scan scheduled at 9 weeks 3 days. Although I think I will postpone it until 10weeks 2 days so it would have been another 2 weeks + of growth. After this milestone, I think I can truly feel comfortable. That would make this the farthest pregnancy yet.

icky 8 week 3 days

Haven't posted in a while, because not much as happened. But, today I decided to finally cook for my hubby - spaghetti w/polish sausage. I knew I wasn't going to have any because tomato sauce just grosses me out right now. But I didn't know cooking the pasta was going to make me lose my appetite too. Ew. I guess it really reminded me of my recent food poisoning episode which was a result of eating weird chicken spaghetti with hot pepper. *BARF*

So, I took a little nap until my upset stomach went away. Then ate some Asian-ish food that mainly consists of rice, oh that is not settling well with me right now. Better go chew a piece of gum and get that taste out of my mouth.

And I've napped at around 6 or 8 each night this week. Just all of a sudden get the wind knocked out of me and I fall sleep for about 2 hours.

One more thing:
Found out today the 3 antibodies (blood clotting) test I did on February 5 turned out normal.

Getting closer to comfort: 7 weeks 6 days

yay! Baby grew. We're measuring right on schedule, 7W6D or 8W. Fluttering heartbeat and everything.

This is reassuring. Doc will not see us for another 4 weeks, unless I get anxious again and will book another ultrasound at 10 weeks (they know me so well by now). I'll also be getting the first trimester screening which is I guess the nuchal scan? at 12 weeks.

So far, it's looking good. I also bought my first maternity related item - a belly band. Overnight, my tummy blew up and won't deflate like it used to after passing some wind. I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable right now just sitting in my pjs. I guess it might have to do with the fact that my uterus is now the size of a grapefruit!

7 weeks 6 days

I think it's a trend. I feel horrible on weekends when I'm home the entire day. Then when I work, I don't feel as sick. Right now, nothing. Of course, it's my first day off from work. So if this really is a trend, then I'll start feeling terrible tonight, and will continue until Monday night.

I'm mentally preparing for the 8 week scan in a few hours. Praying everything is ok. My boobs are larger than ever and I'm peeing very frequently.

HCG on Wednesday= 73,000 approx. (took 5.9 days to double)

Sick

I feel just gross. I haven't made a decent meal in about 2 weeks because nothing I make sounds good. So I've been having snack types of food like Edamame, toast, crackers, cereal... and bland Chinese wonton soup. Right now, my stomach is upset. I get a brief moment before breakfast in the morning when I feel fine, then after I eat, my stomach gets upset until lunch, feels better for a little while, then is upset all the way until I get in bed. I noticed, driving makes it worst - motion sickness? After some big burps or winds, I get some relief. Gingerale doesn't help, neither does saltine crackers. I think those are for regular pregnant folks with nausea. I have upset stomach! Help!

It comes, it goes...

It came. I still can't figure out if this is morning sickness, because typically, all I hear from pregnant peers is "I feel nauseous; dry heave; or actual vomit".... I don't feel any of those, except sometimes a tiny bit nauseous. Mostly what I have is digestion discomfort. My stomach felt upset all day today and most of last night. Like something wants to come back up (heartburn/indigestion?). And I have really loose stool (opposite of what typical pregnant women get: constipation).

Is this morning sickness? Or did I eat something wrong?

Oh it feels bad. I HATE upset stomachs. If you go back a couple of pages, you'll see that I DID have a real upset stomach/food poisoning episode not too long ago that lasted 4 days. I threw up 6 times. It's the worst!

I guess I just naturally have a grade D digestive system. Not surprising, my dad (56) was just diagnosed with acid reflux last year. His stomach is in pain constantly.

I haven't had much morning sickness since the last post. Sometimes my stomach feels a tiny bit upset, but not to that degree before. And then this morning my boobs aren't as tender either. *sigh*.

At least some good news. HCG at 6w3d = 28,664. A little bit more than double in 5 days. I guess at this range, it often takes more than 4 days.

Getting another one done next Monday - 6 days after.
Then next Friday is my 8week scan.

6 weeks 2 days: I think I have morning sickness

My last two pregnancies, I never ever once felt sick or queasy. This morning at around 10am, I can firmly say I got queasy. The entire morning I had a really upset stomach.. got up feeling so. Kept burping really big burps from really deep inside my stomach... and just sort of got progressively worse. After lunch though, it went away and now I'm totally fine, just a bit gasey.

They're baack...

pain to the slightest poke!

Cruel but reassuring. Please don't leave anymore, pain in my boobs.

My little boobs are so small. They're still tender, but not as paintful as past few days.
I got up this morning and stuck around in bed just thinking what I was going to have for breakfast... peanut butter on bagel, scrambled eggs with cheddar, and a banana yogurt smoothie. When it comes to actually putting the food in my mouth, I only have appetite for the smoothie. I ate the eggs, but slowly. The bagel is two bites gone but the rest are still on my plate.

5 weeks 6 days: heartbeat found!!!

It's a blessing! We found the fetal pole and heartbeat very clearly via internal ultrasound! You can also see that the gestational sac is a very nice rounded sphere too. We're happy. Chances of miscarriage is cut to 10%. Although, we've already experienced this once. My first pregnancy. We saw the heartbeat at 9 weeks and then it stopped growing at 10 weeks. The only thing that is reassuring though is that for that pregnancy, we couldn't see anything at 5 weeks 6 days. There was no yolk sac or fetal pole. So it seems this one may be a little different, and is growing right on schedule.


Vitals:

• It was measured at 6 weeks 1 day but give or take a couple of days because it's still so small and hard to measure it accurately.
• According to the OB, it was beating at 130 - 140 BMP.
• My HCG as of yesterday was 12,644 - it doubled in 3 days.

I'm getting another HCG quant in a week and another scan in 2 weeks.

5 weeks 5 days

Tomorrow is my 6 week scan (close to). I haven't checked my HCG in 3 days, but hopefully it has doubled, which will make it around 12,000. That should be enough to see a heartbeat. So that is what we're praying to see at the ultrasound. I am extremely nervous and emotionally void at the same time.

Today's symptoms include: peeing every hour or two, sore bruised feeling boobs but much more deflated than last week, and a lot of gas after eating sugary or greasy things.

5 weeks 4 days: Prayers answered

My temp went all the way up to 98.57 today (a 0.4 jump).
I'm content at the moment, but my boobs are so small...

Tomorrow I will get another round of beta done... and also 3 more antibodies tests to check for clotting as requested by the fertility doctor.

Then the next day, I will brace myself for either more disappointment, or reassurance... scanning for a fetal pole and hearbeat.

More worries

...always worried. What did I tell ya.

I'm still charting my temperature. It's been continually dropping since Saturday (for 4 consecutive days now)... I am still not spotting so either this is within normal progesterone fluctuations, or I'm going to get a surprise miscarriage before the end of the week. Progesterone is what makes your body temperature elevated after ovulation and during pregnancy. Temperature drops indicates mensturation. I'm kind of scared to be at work, so I'm going to keep a close eye on the temps. Really really praying that it will go back up tomorrow.

My boobs are much more deflated but they hurt real bad. Like they're bruised. So I'm a bit confused. Please please please go back up tomorrow.






More with the fertility doctor
Also, my fertility doctor/specialist will NOT clarify my endometrial biopsy over the phone and insists that I go in and see him again, especially in light of my pregnancy. He wants me to redo the blood tests that were messed up before, as they were for to check for clotting... so I will. But he is really pushing my buttons. Everytime I go in to see him hoping for indepth information that caters to me individually, he recites a chapter in a textbook, and I wish he'd never wasted my time. I still want to clobber him. Anyways, I have an appointment next Friday with him.

One more complaint about the fertility specialist!!!

He is OFFICIALLY THE BIGGEST MORON EVER IN A SUCCESSFUL PROFESSION. He FINALLY called me back after more than two weeks on the results of the endometrial biopsy that he ordered WRONG and had to reorder the test.. luckily they still had the sample. (They tested it for cancer instead of the growth of my uterus lining)... so he leaves a message on my phone the min I stepped away from my desk, of course.

He said "well, it looks like the test result showed your uterus to be at around cycle day 21-22, which we know it does not look good because you did the test on cycle day 25.. oh I mean 24. So you see, there is a 2 day delay in the development of your uterus lining. Typically to do a diagnosis, we will have to repeat one more endometrial biopsy. So call us again when you get another OPK + and we'll have that scheduled."

So as I'm jotting down all this information on to a pad, my heart is sinking because he's telling me I may have a Luteal Phase Defect. I'm currently pregnant. This baby stands no chance.

Then, being the borderline obsessive compulsive analyzer that I am, I put down the dates he mentioned onto my calendar and wait a second !!! I did the test about a week before my period came!! My cycle was 25 days last month.... so how is it that I did the test on cycle day 24!?!? As soon as I got home, I looked on my planner (which I left at home)... uh HUH, I did the freaken test on cycle day 21!!!!!!!!!!

Freaken dumbass!! I want to clobber him on the head with a broomstick! He didn't even bother getting his facts/information straight before he gave his patient the worst news ever? Oh and not to mention making the patient go through another extremely painful biopsy. OMG!!! I'm going to have to call the office tomorrow and talk to a nurse to get this straightened out. Is he ridiculous or what??

A week at a time

This is what I told my husband after getting some good news from the OB. I did another beta quant early this morning and they were able to get the results by afternoon... HCG went up to 6,414 from 2,153 in 5 days. So it took 3 days to double, which in this range, apparently, is normal. After you pass 1,200, the levels can take up to 4 days to double (on-line sources).

So a glimmer of hope, although I really will not rest until 12 weeks is past. That's 7 weeks away ;_; I'm 5 weeks 2 days today.

Even if we see the heartbeat this Friday (PRAYING TO GOD everyday!!)... I will still worry because the first time, we saw the heartbeat at 9 weeks and then it stopped growing at 10.

We're taking this one week at a time.