12 week check-up

We met with the mid-wife this morning.  We decided to decline the testing for Down Syndrome, etc.  She did the doppler and was able to find both heart beats.  One was 150 and the other was 130.  It is always comforting to hear the heart beats.  Next appointment is scheduled for 3 weeks from now.   Weight:  145

10 week check-up

I was scheduled to have a 30 minute appointment with my ob/gyn yesterday.  She was in a rush because she had another lady in labor waiting on her.  What a cool birthday for that new baby:  11/11/11!!  Anyway, since it was a rushed appointment, not much news to report.  She did do the doppler to find the heart rates.  One baby has a strong and fast heartrate of 170.  The other one was either very slow or difficult to find.  The doc wasn't saying much.  That always worries me.  She made a comment that the second baby is hanging out behind my artery to hear the comforting sounds of my own heartbeat.  At any rate, I didn't ask more.  I not going to search out bad news.....I'll let the bad news come to me.  Trying not to worry.  We have our next appointment in 2 weeks.  Dave will be able to attend that one.  I'm wondering if I'll be seeing the doc every 2 weeks during this pregnancy??  Weight:  143  And most importantly:  Able to STOP all patches and daily injections!!!!

Name comedy

Ironically, the only time I actually feel good is when I wake up in the morning.  It doesn't last long, but whoever named it "morning sickness" was a complete moron.  So, this morning we were laying in bed talking baby stuff.  I made us a shopping list of the items we will need for the first few months.  It's not a long list, but it should max out our credit cards easily!  Here is our conversation:

Dave:  So, have you thought of names?
Me:  Not really.  I was hoping to wait until we knew the sexes, but I really love the name "Katherine/Kate".
Dave:  I want to name a boy William, after your Dad.
Me: Uh, so if we have a boy and a girl their names will be William and Kate?  Hahahahaha!!!

That would be weird.  I'm not going to think about it anymore until we know the sexes.  This is too much work!

Miserably SICK

All my estrogen and progesterone levels are still good.  Strong took me off the supplementary estrogen and progesterone......but I'm still on the patches and daily shots.  The next blood draw is in 10 days and that will reveal if I'm ready to come off of all the drugs.  However, my regular ob/gyn might want me to stay on the shots until 23 weeks.  I'm praying I understood that wrong.  I will find out on Friday when I go back for another appointment.  Coming off the supplemental estrogen and progesterone sent me into a severe 3 day migraine.  All I wanted to do was go to Emergency, but I don't know that they can give me the glorious migraine shots that they normally give me.  I suffered through.  It was rough.  Other than that, I'm completely SICK all the time.  I usually can get through work, but by 5p through the night, I'm quite sick. Some nights I can't sleep and I'm awake and throwing up.  Seriously miserable.  I can't get anything done around the house. Dishes and junk and chores piles up.  It doesn't seem to bother Dave and Evan and I'm too sick to nag or beg them to help.  We've eaten the following meals this week:  MacDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Kraft Mac & Cheese, Pizza slices from the gas station.  It's been pretty rough.  I've never experienced such agony for such a long period of time.  Having Dave gone for most of the week makes it much, much worse.  I'm praying that this ends after the first trimester.  I'm at week 9 right now.  That's not very far.  It's going to be a long, long road.