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10 & 11 weeks 

Saturday, April 25, 2015 - Posted by Danielle at 7:12 PM
It's been an interesting week 10-11!!  Last minute, Adie and I ended up joining my mom on a trip to Florida.  After paying a surprise visit to grandma and Norm, we headed to Orlando to spend some time around Disney.  I hadn't flown at all when I was pregnant with Adie and I wasn't sure what to expect - if the morning sickness would be worse or not be affected by motion.  Well, I don't struggle a ton with motion sickness, but being pregnant and flying was ROUGH.  On the way down, I had mom there to entertain Adie while I sat and took deep breaths trying not to be sick.  On the way back, it was just Adie, me and a super nice guy we got to know a little bit.  I had been doing perfectly fine until we started descending into Atlanta and it was EXTREMELY turbulent.  He started noticing that I wasn't doing well and was really sweet and asked if he could get some gingerale or crackers or anything for me.  Unfortunately, all I wanted to do was run to the bathroom, but obviously couldn't leave my 3 year old alone in the seats for the landing!  That was miserable.  By the time we touched down I had beads of sweat on my face, by shirt was soaked and I was SO ready to be off that plane!!! 

Overall the nauseousness really hasn't changed....still there.  Unfortunately, it's pretty steady unless I eat a meal and the bummer is that a little snack doesn't cut it.  I've tried crackers, a banana, granola bar, etc... and it won't touch the nausea unless I actually have some real substance like a meal.  That unfortunately means that I'm eating...a lot.  Eating on a vacation certainly didn't help that at all either!! :)



The pregnancy insomnia has started to kick in.  I usually go to bed and don't wake up until morning.  Now, I'm up 2-3 times for the bathroom and usually at least one of those I have a terrible time getting back to sleep and toss and turn for an hour or so.  I guess I can be thankful that it's helping me prep for not having such an uninterrupted nights sleep when baby comes!

On the bright side of all of this, we're getting sooo close to 2nd trimester.  I can't wait for some energy to return and to start feeling better.  I've been feeling really tired and I've had a few times this past week where all I want to do at every opportunity possible is take a nap.  Poor Mark got to experience it a couple days ago.  First off I was just tired all day.  The sun was shining but it was too cold to be out doing much of anything and I really didn't have the energy even if it was nice enough.  Well we were sitting in Adie's room and I was telling him that I wanted fruit - a nice fruit salad, fruit smoothie, something fruity.  He said that he thought it would be good for us to get out of the house for a little while so he suggested we run out to a couple places and stop for a fruit smoothie and from out of nowhere, I started crying.  He looked at me with a smile and asked what was wrong and all I could say is "I don't know!!!!"  We sat and laughed about me crying for absolutely no reason at all and that I must have gotten a fresh batch of pregnancy hormones all of a sudden!  We ended up making it to the car and got a fruit smoothie....much better :)

Cravings....so far I'm loving chicken ceasar salads like I did with Adie.  The chips and salsa aren't doing anything for me this time around though.  I'd say my biggest thing this time is chicken salad sandwiches.  We've had a few deli trips for that so far.  The other thing is the fruit lately.

Adie and I went to a mom to mom sale this morning for something to do...crazy to think we're going to be back at baby stage before long.  We didn't buy anything since we don't know the sex yet but it was still fun looking around!  Adie has changed her mind recently...she's sure it's a girl now :)

Think that's it for weeks 10 and 11.  Next week is our first midwife appointment.  I was supposed to have my surgeon appointment this past week for the hernia but our prayers have been answered and it really hasn't been bothering me.  We'll see what the midwife says next week. 


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9 weeks and a trip to Urgent Care 

Thursday, April 9, 2015 - Posted by Danielle at 6:14 PM
Friday night I was laying in bed with the laptop, got finished and twisted to set it next to the bed.  When I did this, I felt a shooting pain go across the middle of my stomach.  I woke up the next morning and noticed a hard spot near my belly button.  I was worried, but the pain wasn't horrible so I figured I'd wait it out.  Saturday night I had a horrible time sleeping because my stomach was physically hurting so bad.  We had Easter plans Sunday and I really wanted to be able to talk with my midwife's office about it anyway, so I held out until Monday morning.

Monday morning was more than frustrating.  I called my midwife's office and they couldn't get me in for three weeks.  Even for an emergency.  They told me to call their other office and I did, they couldn't get me in for two weeks.  At this second office I got this awful nurse who thought she knew everything and she told me over and over that all I needed to do was take a bath and take some Tylenol and that it was just muscle cramps.  I explained that I'd been pregnant before, I knew what muscle pains to expect and I knew about round ligament pain...this wasn't it!  But she continued to tell me that I needed to take three, one hour baths a day for three days and if it wasn't better by then, then I could call back.  Um...yea right.  So I called my primary doctor.  They took it as seriously as this nurse didn't and told me they didn't even want to try to mess with it and that I needed to get to ER right away.  So, I went to urgent care.  Doctor checked me out and turns out I have an umbilical hernia.  The only way to remove it is surgery, and of course that's not an option while pregnant so basically I just have to deal.  She referred me to a general surgeon to have monitor it throughout the pregnancy and make sure all is ok.  I called and they couldn't get me in for another two weeks.  In the meantime, no one has been willing to offer any help as to what to do for pain management.  I've talked to the nurses at my midwife's office, had two notes put through, and I talked with the urgent care doctor...they all just tell me to talk to the general surgeon and take Tylenol.  Well I'm obviously not ok with being on a steady stream of Tylenol for the next 7 months.  I'm just praying each day that God will lessen the pain of this hernia and that the general surgeon will be able to give me some guidance on what to do for pain other than Tylenol.

The real kicker is that the urgent care doctor put me on a 10 pound weight restriction.  First off, that's hard to do.  Second, that means I can't hold my baby girl anymore.  In light of the comment she made at the mall a few days back, this one has absolutely killed me.  I'm trying to cling to these moments with her and that one is just getting taken from me too soon.  I understand it and I know it's important to take care of me too, but that's a hard one.  Hoping the general surgeon will feel differently...

As far as actual pregnancy symptoms, this week I've majorly been rocking the bloat-bump.  I've been exhausted - I've had a couple nights where I've felt like literally if anyone asks me to do anything by the end of the night, I might break down sobbing.  Poor Mark - we keep trying to watch movies or our shows in the evenings like we always do and I'm not ever making it for more than about 10 minutes these days!  Thank goodness for such a wonderfully supporting and understanding hubby though!

Anyways, 9 weeks is still exciting.  Baby is the size of a grape now and basically all body parts are established, even down to chambers of the heart and taste buds!  Nothing like a pregnancy to show you how amazing God's plans and designs are!


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8 weeks 

Posted by Danielle at 6:11 PM
In all honesty, it's been a rough pregnancy week.  The nausea has been one thing that has been really hard.  With Adie, I was sick....really sick.  But, I would throw up and be better for a few hours.  This time around, I'm not actually getting sick, I'm just nauseous.  All the time.

This has been a sweet week with Adie.  She's continuing to get it I think.  She has been asking me fairly often, "mommy, how are you feeling?"  The other day she was playing Cinderella in her full costume and I was just not feeling good.  I told her and she goes, "oh mommy, come to Cinderella's kitchen and I will make you something to feel better."  She went over and got me a doughnut and a cup of tea :)  I'm going to have the best big helper!!


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