Taking the little bit of Bad with all the Good!

There have been some great ups & downs during this pregnancy. The first six weeks were fairly uneventful until the insane nausea & vomiting set in at the end of six weeks. By the time I made it to my first appointment at 11 weeks, I had lost 10 lbs and was getting seriously dehydrated. Thankfully, the nurse midwife understood my need to continue to work and prescribed me Zofran and increased the dosage of my heartburn medication, Nexium.

These changes have made some HUGE improvements over the past 3 weeks and I'm starting to feel like a normal person again. I hated having to run out of a patient's room because I needed to find a bathroom or trash can. And, I tried just about everything I could think of, and that was suggested...but why they call it "morning" sickness is a cruel joke...it is all-day sickness!

But I feel like a normal person now, as long as I take the Zofran the second I start to feel nauseated :o)

I also wanted to give a shout out to my home girl Vanessa, and my amazing SIL Michelle.

I ran out of Zofran on Tuesday, and by Wednesday was too sick to pick up my prescription on base, so Vanessa went to get my medication for me!! And, when I called her last week she was at the mall in Pensacola, so I asked her to check out the uniform store to see if they had any maternity scrubs, but all they had were ones to order out of a catalog. So, she took it upon herself to check out Motherhood while she was there & bought me some cute shorts, & her son picked out a T-shirt that says "Mom in training." It was so incredibly thoughtful because she knows how busy my schedule is!! Thanks V!!!

And Michelle, understood my maternity clothes dilemma & went ahead and ordered me a pair of jeans from Old Navy...which I got in the mail today!! Her due date is 6 days before mine, and she has been such a trooper taking all my phone calls (she really doesn't like to talk on the phone). Although my family all live in distant states, they still make their love ever present!

So, even though my face has broken out worse than most teenagers, I have to look at it as my body is producing enough hormones to keep the twins healthy...it's all about finding the silver lining :o)