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May 12, 2003
May 12, 2003
Collin is 22 months old
7 weeks, 3 days pg
When I last left off, I had an early emergency ultrasound to find out if the pain on my left side was just gas or something more (ectopic). Turns out that the baby is fine (yay!) but that I have a small (2mm) Corpus Luteum cyst on my left ovary and one elsewhere (my OB didn’t tell me the exact location of the second one). She said that it’s completely normal at this stage because it’s actually what’s left over after ovulation and what nourishes the baby until the placenta can take over 100%. She mentioned that it (they) will (should) dissolve on their own and that the pinching would subside once that happened. The pinching has already gone away so I’m not worried anymore. My labs came back good showing great rising numbers. The only thing that the ultrasound results did not show was a fetal pole or a heartbeat. My OB called me in to have more blood work done and to have another ultrasound done by her because she said that with such high numbers there SHOULD be a heartbeat. It just so happened that when I had the first ultrasound it was too early yet (5 weeks, 6 days) to really show anything but “early pregnancy.” Since I was 6 weeks, 5 days when I had the second ultrasound everything showed up and there was a beautiful healthy fetus in the correct spot with a beautiful fluttering strong heartbeat. Once she saw that she was happy to report that I’m doing great and there are no worries or cause for any alarm. It was so precious seeing the heartbeat. My OB even printed me out a picture to take home to show Mark. I love this picture and have taken it out of my billfold numerous times just to glance at it. With Collin we had two ultrasounds but the first one was done so early that they said they COULDN’T give out any pictures (go figure!) and the second time (the 20 week ultrasound) the printer was broke so we never got any pictures. That’s why I’m cherishing this one.
While at my appointment my OB asked me if I was feeling sick or nauseous yet. I smugly smiled and said, “nope!” The very next day I was couch bound so sick to my stomach I just wanted to barf, if only it would have been that simple. You know, it’s the typical all day long and into the night nausea (no actual throwing up) where nothing sounds good to eat yet my stomach feels so empty I can hear it screaming at me to eat something. Just the thought of certain foods sends me into a spin. I’ve been taking my prenatals (Precare) every night and making sure to drink OJ, water, milk, and eat semi pretty good, meaning eat good when I do eat. Last week there was one day were all I ate were saltines. Mark tried giving me a lecture on how I’m “starving the baby.” I told him what great bedside manner he had and not to jump up too soon to join med school. Actually he’s been great. He’s been cleaning the house like crazy, taking over the laundry and dishes. He’s been cleaning up the living room (tornado Collin) and giving Collin his baths most nights (which he does anyway). He’s been bringing me anything he hears me mention I might like and he’s been very compassionate and kind when I’m not feeling well. He doesn’t care if dinner is waiting for him when he walks in the door or even if I only have the energy to throw in a frozen pizza. When I was pg with Collin I took Premesis RX which is a prenatal with added B6 that helped out tremendously with my nausea. Then once that passed (around week 14) I went back on my Lactocal-F prenatals. I’ve already placed a call into my OB’s office to get me a Rx of Premesis again so I’m hoping (fingers crossed!) this will make me feel normal again. There is just no way I can handle 7 more weeks of feeling this crummy and this sick. I swear it feels like I’ve just ridden on a roller coaster about 10 times in a row.
Speaking of feeling crummy – I’m so tired. Not just because I’m pregnant but also because those lovely hormones have kicked in and caused major insomnia at the most inconvenient times. I’ve been waking up at least once at night to pee, usually around 2:40 or 3:40am. I’m beat tired and in a zombie like mode. I trudging into the bathroom do my duty and fall back into bed only to toss and turn and be WIDE AWAKE anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. Last night I was awake from 3:45am-5: 45am. I finally went out on the couch and fell right asleep. Then Collin wakes up around 7am and I’m dragging around all morning. I’ve been making sure to take a snooze when Collin takes his afternoon nap. It’s usually between 1.5-2 hours so that gives me a nice refresher when I can squeeze it in.
Everyone knows we are pregnant now. The last to find out was Mark’s family and we wanted to wait and tell them Mother’s Day weekend. We went out to eat on Saturday afternoon to celebrate Mother’s Day. I had made up a really cute shirt for Collin that said, “I’m going to be the big brother. December 26th, 2003.” We let him wear the shirt around MIL’s house to see how long it would take someone to figure it out. I was watching MIL out of the corner of my eyes and saw her glance at the shirt. Then she glanced harder. Then she started moving towards him with a gleam in her eye but you could tell she still couldn’t see the whole shirt. Then she almost tripped over the dog (everyone was just standing around talking and getting ready to go to lunch) and then she smiled and looked at me. She excitedly said, “Where did he get that shirt?” and I said, “Oh I just picked it up at the thrift store.” She looked at me and didn’t know what to say. You could tell that she was puzzled. Then Mark’s SIL said, “But it says 2003 doesn’t it?” Then I smiled, giving it away and everyone was happy. No one really said congratulations or gave hugs or anything, that’s just how they are. I know that Mark’s mother was thrilled because she kept talking about how exciting it was and how she couldn’t wait to go to church the next day and tell everyone. She said, “the more the merrier.” I imagine that’s how most grandparents feel about grandchildren. The more the better!
Collin is doing great. He’ll occasionally ask if the baby is okay and pat my belly. He’ll either pat his belly or the crotch of his diaper and say, “Collin baby too.” When we watch A Baby Story he’ll ask about the baby and say things like, “mommy baby.” When he talks about it, I try to say WE are having a baby or OUR baby. I don’t want him thinking that the baby is only MOMMY’S and have jealous feelings or feelings of being left out.
Last week Collin was leaned up against the filing cabinet with his neck stretched out. I couldn’t figure out what he was trying to do so I just quietly watched him. He then started yelling, “Two cinimini’s…um…two schandwiches…orange juice…and banana. Okay…okay…yeah...thank you!” OMG, this cute child of mine was pretending he was ordering through a drive thru! How darling is that?! Now he’ll yell through a pillow, the couch cushion, his toys, anything that he can use his imagination in pretending it’s a loud speaker. He picks up things faster than I can snap my fingers! The other day we were going through the ATM (had just pulled up and hadn’t even said anything about it yet) and he started chanting, “MONEY! MONEY!” What a smart little whippersnapper.
Collin is getting his 2-year molars in and has had a little bit of a bad time. I feel terrible for the sweetie pie when he wakes up at 4am screaming. We’ve been giving him a dose of Advil before bed and that’s been helping him sleep through the night. They are both just about broke through the gum line so I’m sure it won’t be too much longer before the pain subsides. He’s fine during the day; just at night do they seem to bother him. This may also be why he’s been loving the Popsicles lately!
I know there are more things to add but I’m beat and I still have some homework to finish up before I hit the hay. I’m taking my Art History II class this quarter.
Take care everyone,
Jennifer, Collin, & baby #2 (Edd: 12/26)
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