Week 10: Symptoms and thoughts

Week 10 - Occasional nausea, another migraine (sinus induced), continually runny nose.
Overall, not bad, except the nausea. It usually hits in the afternoon or evening. V. inconvenient. Morning would be much better because it would give me an excuse not to work out ;) Unfortunately, no such luck. Oh - and very tired all the time. Duh.
I took some Sudafed and Tylenol when I got my migraine because both were on this list I had for drugs that are ok. Then I read that maybe that's not ok.
Well, this is me trying not to worry about it, since, let's face it - can't do a thing about it now.
Sigh.

Week 9: Pictures and heartbeat

Got to see the doc today (9 weeks) and saw the little jellybean bouncing around. Good strong heartbeat too. Hooray! Such a relief to know everything is ok for now. Get to go back in 4 weeks for genetic tests and more pics. I like the pics :) We were able to get it recorded on DVD. Amazing.
I've managed to only gain 1 pound, so that's pretty good. I was overweight when I got pregnant, so I know I need to keep my weight gain down to around 15-25lbs (don't want unhealthy conditions for the little jellybean!)

Week 7 and cruisin' along

Here we are at week 7 with no problems so far. The frequent urination is a bit of a pain (up and down all night), sore/tender breasts, and I keep getting a persistent pain, like a running cramp, in my side, but otherwise all is well.
I'm keeping my weight pretty steady right now which is good - since I was overweight before I got pregnant, it's important that I keep my weight gain under control for the health of the baby. I'm not dieting, just watching what I eat carefully: cereal and fruit for breakfast with a glass of milk, salad and soup for lunch (actually, I can only finish half of it usually, so I save the 2nd half for my afternoon snack) and something with lean protien for dinner. I've lost my sweet tooth and my taste for coffee, so that's been a blessing.

First peek at Baby Baker

First appointment today - 6 weeks along. Did a vaginal ultrasound and we saw "the sac" which is good (don't expect to see more than that at this point)
My body is adjusting to the progesterone. Still bloody tired all the time and occasionally a bit constipated, but daily exercise and an increase in fiber intake (read: a bowl of mini wheats in the morning) seems to have taken care of that.
Next I'll bring a writable DVD so I can bring back pics!

Symptoms to date

Well, here we are in week 6. Symptoms thus far:

• Minor cramping (like a period), alternating sides
• Migraine
• Runny nose/conjestion. Quite a lot, really
• Very very very very tired
• Occasional nausea
• Constipation
• Heartburn
• Dizziness/light headedness

Tomorrow is the first visit to the gynecologist. I am more than slightly nervous about this. I really really want everything to be ok

Positive Test!

Well, the little stick has been confirmed by a blood test and it's a fact - we're pregnant. It still seems unreal, and I'm reluctant to get too excited after the miscarriage.
Blood test results:

Day 15 HCG: 53 Progesterone: 16.3
Day 17 HCG: 27.7 Progesterone: 27.7

Symptoms so far:
Occasional nausea, extreme fatigue, one killer migraine, crampy pain, feeling hot all the time (not helpful given that it's in the 90's outside).

Dr. P has me taking progesterone "just in case."

This puts us at week 4 and counting

HSG - The Sequel

Somethings get better with time. Others definitely don't. I'm here to say that my first HSG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hysterosalpingography) was pretty uneventful - not pleasant, but not painful. The second was considerably more unpleasant. This third one was downright painful.

Good news - they were able to see both fallopian tubes. So, the last time was just a "spasm." It continues to be fascinating to watch the mapping of your insides on the Xray screen. Painful, but fascinating.

I'll be taking Clomid this time as well to "stack the deck" as it were. So, here's hoping it works!