Weeks 13-15

Definitely a belated update, I know.  My 15th week isn't quite over, but I'm just 2 days away.  So, with Christmas around the corner I figured I'd better update you while I can.  My main plague so far during this pregnancy has been morning sickness.  Today was the first day I passed on my Zofran in a long time.  I just want to get off of it already.  My doctor said I could take it as long as I needed too.  I'm just not a medicine person.  Despite the fact that I worked so long in a pharmacy, I'm the kind of person who likes to just wait out sickness.  Pregnancy has been different though.  It's one thing to have indigestion or nausea and vomiting or constipation or dizziness and fatigue alone.  To have it all at the same time, for me at least, has been a good reason to medicate.  But, hopefully, the nausea is gone and I can just try to grin and bear the rest. 

This past week my husband and I made the 8 hour drive up to Idaho to visit his family and finally share our news.  We had planned to tell them much earlier, but his work schedule is so unpredictable it's hard to make plans stick and this was our first opportunity.  We definitely wanted to tell everyone in person though.  I was a little worried about the long road trip and then how I would feel during the whole trip.  It went extremely well though.  My biggest complaint had to be fatigue.  I was just really tired a lot of the time.  Compared to morning sickness though, I can totally deal.  I was a little excited during a family get together Tuesday night when I finally started to get my appetite back.  I even had 2 servings of this cheesy potato stuff my sister-in-law made.  The next day I almost ate all of the burger and fries I'd gotten from this little (best ever!) burger place in my husband's hometown.  Besides all that though I am being careful to keep my meals small and frequent. 

My main physical symptoms right now are nasal congestion and dryness (I've been using nasal saline to help with this), fatigue, trouble sleeping (just general discomfort when trying to sleep on my side) and the burps (I get really burpy during and after meals).  

Emotionally I'm relieved the nausea seems to have passed.  I'm also excited about finding out if it's a boy or a girl on the 15th of January.  My family really wants a girl (it'll be the first grandchild on our side) and we already have 6 nephews on my husband's side (no girls yet) and all his friends have sons.  So, I think it'd be great to find out we're having a little princess.  If not, then our handsome guy will have plenty of buddies and cousins to wrestle around with.  :o) 

I know it's really really early, but I swear I've felt the baby twice.  Once the day after my birthday and once last night. :o))) 

~Jessy