First Scare!

Soo yesterday was a bit stressful, but it ended well. On monday I noticed that my feet had started swelling, so I put them up on pillows. Tuesday morning they still hadn't gone down, and my left leg was starting to feel weird. Whenever I took a step my left foot felt tingly and sorta squishy. I managed to convince myself to call the nurse's line, because I was worried it was early preeclampsia or something like that. The nurse said I should come in right away, which of course freaked me out, and on my way to the car, she called back and said I was being sent for a doppler (ultrasound) of my leg to make sure I didn't have any blood clots. At this point I'm REALLY worried, but I go to the appt and get it done. I call Matt on the way and get him nice and worried :p They don't tell me anything either way after the doppler, so I head back to work and wait for results. About an hour later they call and say it was clear (YAY) but they still want me to come in. I'm seeing a different doctor at the moment because my usual OB is out on maternity leave. He's very nice and says basically that my pelvic area is filling up with baby, which is in turn pushing on various nerves and blood vessels, which is why my legs are doing wonky things. He tells me there is nothing to worry about and let's me hear baby's heartbeat, which sounds great! I'm so glad it was nothing, but I'm glad I called, because it could have been serious.

I was so worried the whole time that something was wrong with baby, and I'm overwhelmingly relieved that there isn't. We also got to schedule our gender scan for Feb 27th, which is awesome!! Can't wait to find out!

16 weeks

So, clearly I suck at updating a blog weekly. I've just been too freakin busy lately!! School started up earlier this month, and I'm already pretty overwhelmed. I'm starting to wonder if it was a terrible idea to attempt baby, school, and full-time work! If it proves too difficult, I might end up taking a semester off to retain my sanity and spend more time with the bebe. I would hate to be an absentee mom those first 4 months. However, I do have an exceedingly helpful and wonderful husband who I'm sure would keep me from losing too many marbles.

I can't believe I'm 4 months already!! And yet, there is so far to go!! We still don't know what tadpole is. :( I have a checkup on Friday, and then it's 4 more weeks until I can put a gender on the poor thing. It's getting harder to find gender-neutral clothing and decorations. I bought a super cute sparkly robot print at Hobby Lobby last week, and I think once we find out the gender we are going to design a decal for one of the walls. Would hate to have a boy astronaut if it's a girl! :D I've started to have a lot more energy than last month, but the physical stuff still sucks. My tension headaches aren't helped by the stress at work or with school, so I've been suffering a bit with those. I've started to really *feel* the pregnancy. It's awkward to bend down or stand up suddenly, and I find my belly getting in my way :p The hunger is so-so, but I'm still pigging out when I want to. Deal with it, people.

I have to say, the hardest part of being pregnant has to be the mental aspects of it. I've had anxiety and depression on and off since I was a teenager, and man, are they ramping up big time with this baby. I worry about everything, I cry over nothing, and I snap easily. It's been a lot harder to deal with little issues, and I can tell my lovely hourly mood swings are back full force. It's been very hard to deal with, and I'm hoping to find some ways to cope so that I can get through the next 6 months :p

That all being said, I WANT THE BABY HERE NOWWW. I want to read it books and play with it and watch it smile at me and I'm even excited for the middle of the night crap. I just want the baby to be done cooking and here for us to love!

13+

I realized that I forgot to write about the holidays! We had 9 glorious days off. We went to Austin for the day to try Salt Lick BBQ, which was awesome, and then went to the Texas State History Museum and Blanton Musuem of Art. We also wandered around outside the Capitol building a bit. It was great, but tiring, especially since we (mostly Matt) spent the whole day before digging post holes because part of our fence fell down :( It happened on the night of the 25th, and it was a good 24 foot section. It suuucked. Not what we were planning on doing over break, but two days and a lot of help from Matt's brother and it's back up! Glad we didn't go to San Antonio, because we wouldn't have seen it until we got back, and would have spent the money!

13 weeks

I'm 13 weeks as of Sunday, which means I am officially out of my first trimester and into my second! Hopefully this means I will start to feel better soon. I already have more energy, but it is being counteracted by the horrible cold + hip pains I've been having. Apparently congestion can be a problem during pregnancy, and holy cow, am I experiencing that. It sucks that you can only take so many different meds while pregnant...I could really go with a dose of my Flonase right now!! Honestly, I feel rotten and I hate to complain about it, but it blows. Crossing my fingers that things start to level out soon! I got a prescription for my tension headaches, which have been a nightmare to deal with since I can't have my muscle relaxers or vodka :p

We did have a great appt on Friday, where we got to hear the heartbeat and were told that all my blood work came back ok. I found out my blood type is A+, which is something I never knew. Doctor said my blood pressure was good, and my weight is good..but I don't believe her on the last one. As of today I'm up 11 pounds at week 13...a bit more than I'm supposed to be. I've started keeping track of my calories, not to diet, but just to make sure I don't overeat. It's easy to when I'm this hungry!

My belly is starting to look like a baby bump and less of a bloat, which is pretty cool. Matt is taking such good care of me and the house that it's ridiculous. I've really slacked off on cleaning and cooking, and he has taken over without any complaints. He's an awesome husband. :) I feel guilty about it, but I know I need the rest...