Great Expectations

American Girl had her American Baby and I wanted to wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Silent Night
Holy Niglt
All is Calm
All is Bright
Sleep in Heavenly Peace

I am 14 weeks and 4 days pregnant (despite what the ticker above says) and I am still MISERABLE. Please forgive me for bitching yet again, but for the last week I have been throwing up and feeling sick all day every day. I am so tired of this. I really wanted to get pregnant. I really want to have this baby. But quite frankly, I am so sick of everything being so difficult for me. Why can't things be "normal"? I have to always struggle intensively in order to get what I want, and quite frankly, I am tired of it. Sick and tired to be exact. Goddammit, HELPPPPPPPPPPPPPP.

HappyThanksgiving!!!

Thanksgiving is my faviorte holiday. I love the food and it doesn't require that we spend mucho dinero on gifts for 50 people! However, today did not start out very well. I threw up and felt like crap all morning. It sucked because we had a 45 minute drive to my SIL's house and we had to get there quickly because after dinner, she had to work. It was very difficult because my stomach and this baby was not cooperating. Imagine that. The baby is not even born yet and refuses to listen to mommy. LOL.

We were finally able to get to my SIL's and once we did, I felt a little better. I ate, although it is 10:36 and I am starving again. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I have a lot to be thankful for, including my pregnancy.

We had our genetic counseling today and unfortunately Andrew could not be there. Renee, my sister-in-law took me. I have one gripe. My appointment was for 12:00 pm but the doctor did not see me until 3:00 pm. Can you believe that? It was such a long wait. Anyway, the tested the fluid behind the baby's neck to check for chromosonal abmormalites, and everything looked fine. They will know my results on Tuesday.

We got new pictures. Our baby looks like an alien now, but it was cool seeing him/her head on. It is not a great pick, but see what you can make out.

OMG- Please read this blog. It seems to be the first entry, but I'm hooked.

http://carlyforshort.blogspot.com/

I had a cerclage (stitch in my cervix) but in yesterday. Everything went well. OK, almost everything. My appointment was scheduled for 9:30 am and I had to be at the hospital 2 hours before. When I got there, things moved pretty quickly. I went in to have the anesthesia. Because I have asthma and I am pregnant they decided to give me a spinal. The doctor must have stuck me like 15 times before calling someone else in to do it for him. Then my bottom half went numb. The actual cerclage took 15 minutes and my OBGYN is awesome. He made me feel so comfortable. The spinal was only supposed to last for 2 hours, but it took eight for it to wear off. The cerclage was finished at 10:15 and by 10:30 I was inb recovery. I thought I would be going home soon, but I did not have any feeling in my legs for almost 8 hours. I did not get home until 6:30 pm.

I am feeling better, but my back hurts so much and I am exhausted. SO I'm off to sleep.

Week 12 is here. As of today I am 12 weeks and true to form, morning sickness has tapered off a little. I have not thrown up since Saturday, thank GOD.

I also found out that a close friend is also pregnant. She is a month behind me and is experiencing th ewhole morning sickness thing. I feel so bad for her too. I swear I would not wish that on my worse enemy.  I am really happy for her though becasue I don't have to go through this alone. Selfish. I know.

I'm not working anymore. I had to take a medical leave of absence because I am so sick all the time. My morning sickness, despite my being put on Zofran, has not ceased. I am stressed all the time and I can barely get out of bed. So I am home. I want to make some money doing something from home, so if you have any suggestions, please let me know.