So it's been awhile since I've posted, and the main reason for that is that I had a secret that I couldn't share, and it would have been so hard not to say anything. Yes, Ryan and I are expecting again, hence the baby ticker on the top of my blog! We are officially 8 weeks and 5 days as of today. We had known for quite awhile (the weekend of my provincials is when we found out), but only told family. I had some of the same "symptoms" as last time, so my doctor sent me to an ob/gyn, who sent me for an ultrasound right away, and we were able to see the heartbeat! It was so amazing - not many people get to see their baby's heart beating at 7 weeks and 2 days! (And yes, there is only one!) Once you see that heartbeat, chances of miscarriage drop dramatically, down to 3 or 4 %. So we felt safe enough to tell people. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen - SUCH a relief! And I have continued to have the other pregnancy signs in much more full force than before: dizzyness from low blood pressure (I've always had on the low side blood pressure, so this is just a more full effect!), morning sickness (or in my case, evening and night sickness) and food aversions. Well, sort of. Either I can eat it all, like normal, or I can't eat anything. There is only one specific thing that makes me gag to think about ingesting, and that is a pill. Any form of pill. Which is terrible, because I really want to be taking my prenatal vitamin. This has to be timed very carefully, when I am feeling at my peak during the day, and even then I have trouble.
Besides a couple of terrible nights, yesterday and today have been the most awful. It just won't go away! It started yesterday while I was teaching, and has not stopped. Just waves of nausea. I had to call in sick today! A sub calling in sick - stupid. I felt so dumb, but I just knew I couldn't do it. And no one at school knows that I'm pregnant, so I can't even say anything about that. The only good thing is that it means that baby is doing well, which is all I want. I guess third time's a charm in our case. I'm going to see if my doctor will prescribe me Zofran, so I can at least enjoy our holidays in BC. We leave tomorrow!!! Yeah!!
So that's why I haven't blogged much lately. But that should hopefully change...