12w, 2d
Life is different. Or at least it was but I sure that now that I am posting something about it, it will go back just the way it was. I was really hoping that I would wake up at 12w pg and suddenly the morning sickness would be gone. I knew it was just a fantasy but one I was willing to keep hoping for. Tuesday hit and I was 12 weeks on the dot. I threw up 6 times on Tuesday. I did notice however that despite the barfing, not once was it puke-your-guts-out barfing. Also, I felt okay the majority of the day. Not great, but okay. Normally I have been feeling okay for a couple hours of the day and like complete crap the rest of the day. Then along came yesterday. I took the kids to a park to meet some friends. We spent several hours there and I was feeling okay up until the very end where I started feeling really tired and really hot. I threw up (in a trash bag) about 30 seconds after I got into the car to leave. Thew up again when I got home. Then a third time before bed. But once again, no puke-your-guts-out barfing. Plus, I laid down to take a nap like I have been doing for the past 3 or more weeks daily and realized, I didn't really need a nap. I was feeling so good I even went to my kid's soccer practice in the evening. As for today, even better yet! So far. Number of barfs: 0. ZERO! I can hardly believe it. I did two loads of laundry today, went to two stores (with the kids and my mom since I don't think I am quite ready to take the kids out alone yet), skipped napping, and helped rescue a lost lovey who was playing a great game of hide-and-seek. Now if I could just get rid of this headache. Have to say now that I typed all this out, I am really feeling the need to puke. Betting it is going to be a puke-your-guts-out kinda ordeal too just so I don't start getting cocky.
I called today and made an appointment with the peri (high risk dr) again. I tried to explain to my husband and my mom both why I felt it was better to go back than to see my OB. I know my argument sounded weak (not that I really needed an argument since they are both fine with what I decide but I needed to talk it out) but really it comes down to me knowing in my gut that it is the best thing for these babies. I am pretty much expecting that these babies will spend some time in the NICU which means they will be sent off to the hospital in the city where the peri is anyway. If anything goes wrong with me or the delivery or the babies, we will be right there in the best possible place to be. I am not at all excited still about the fact that I will be so far from home and it will be difficult for my family to visit, but like I said, chances are pretty high that the babies and me would end up there anyway. Most of my friends live near the hospital up there and they will keep me company too... right? Now I just have to keep my fingers crossed that I don't go into labor in the middle of a winter storm during rush hour traffic.
I still have some loose ends to deal with involving changing. Haven't canceled my appointment with my OB that is scheduled yet. Also need to get my first trimester screening results which were sent to my OB. Oh and I have a follow up urine test to take care of next week after a round of antibiotics prescribed by my OB for a UTI that I suspected I had last week but ended up being such a stressful ordeal I never got around to blogging about it.
Was checking out askmoxie today and someone wrote in about dealing with sleep deprivation caused by her 10.5 month old twins and the neediness of her almost 5 year old daughter. After reading some of the comments from readers, I think I better just plan on having a nightmarish 2011. Everyone said that the first year with twins is Hell. Just complete Hell. And most of those people didn't even have other kids they were trying to deal with at the same time. Another consensus was that almost 5 year old kids are clingy, whiny, and incredibly needy. Want to take a guess at how old my son who tends to be more clingy and incredibly needy will be when these babies are due. Yep. Almost 5.
Maybe barfing many times a day isn't looking so bad after all...
I called today and made an appointment with the peri (high risk dr) again. I tried to explain to my husband and my mom both why I felt it was better to go back than to see my OB. I know my argument sounded weak (not that I really needed an argument since they are both fine with what I decide but I needed to talk it out) but really it comes down to me knowing in my gut that it is the best thing for these babies. I am pretty much expecting that these babies will spend some time in the NICU which means they will be sent off to the hospital in the city where the peri is anyway. If anything goes wrong with me or the delivery or the babies, we will be right there in the best possible place to be. I am not at all excited still about the fact that I will be so far from home and it will be difficult for my family to visit, but like I said, chances are pretty high that the babies and me would end up there anyway. Most of my friends live near the hospital up there and they will keep me company too... right? Now I just have to keep my fingers crossed that I don't go into labor in the middle of a winter storm during rush hour traffic.
I still have some loose ends to deal with involving changing. Haven't canceled my appointment with my OB that is scheduled yet. Also need to get my first trimester screening results which were sent to my OB. Oh and I have a follow up urine test to take care of next week after a round of antibiotics prescribed by my OB for a UTI that I suspected I had last week but ended up being such a stressful ordeal I never got around to blogging about it.
Was checking out askmoxie today and someone wrote in about dealing with sleep deprivation caused by her 10.5 month old twins and the neediness of her almost 5 year old daughter. After reading some of the comments from readers, I think I better just plan on having a nightmarish 2011. Everyone said that the first year with twins is Hell. Just complete Hell. And most of those people didn't even have other kids they were trying to deal with at the same time. Another consensus was that almost 5 year old kids are clingy, whiny, and incredibly needy. Want to take a guess at how old my son who tends to be more clingy and incredibly needy will be when these babies are due. Yep. Almost 5.
Maybe barfing many times a day isn't looking so bad after all...
posted by AM | 3:20 PM
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