I sure hope it's twins!

So, in case you didn't know, I HATE being pregnant.  Not just don't care for it, I REALLY hate it, and I'm awesome about complaining about it too, in case you haven't noticed.  I do really want 4 kids, but after Quincy was born, I informed Chad that although I would survive having more kids, I would have no problem adopting the rest.  But lo and behold, we're pregnant again, and although I am surprisingly thrilled we are having another, I am once again miserably grouchy day in and day out.  I mean I survive, don't get me wrong, and I stay pleasant for my kids sakes, but this morning sickness stuff is horrible, and I don't even throw up at all.  I love food, and not only is nausea a problem, having an appetite with this one has been a problem, as well as feeling like my intestines are majorly backed up, which is majorly painful!  I don't really care for fruits or veggies lately, I'm mostly surviving off of cereal, eggs, juice and carbs, so that explains the issues.  I am downing a couple prunes a day to improve my normality, but they don't taste good to me either.  Oh well. 

So yes, like my title says I would LOVE to be pregnant with twins!  I know, I know, I am asking for a lot, but I'd rather have one rather hard pregnancy and be DONE having kids, then two okay pregnancies.  Plus, it would be great to be done having kids at 22.  Or atleast plan on being done, I LOVE raising my kids, but I don't really care for the growing them part.  So yeah, my grandmother had twins, so I have my chances, and at my 13 week appointment hopefully they'll hear 2 heart beats on top of mine.

But I know, be careful what I wish for, knowing heavenly father's sense of humor, it'll be TRIPLETS!!

YIPEEEEEE!!!!!!!! I love meds and good doctors!

So, as I blogged before, I have been trying to find good meds for my nausea.  As we all saw, I was horrible on the phenagrin, worst stuff I have ever taken in my life!  So I emailed my doctor and basically told him that the doctor that prescribed me that must not have heard the part about the fact I have TWO KIDS AT HOME!!!  And I insisted I still needed something, but it couldn't be that hard on me.  Yesterday I got the phone call I'd been waiting for, your prescription is in and ready to be picked up whenever you want. So I rushed over with my daughter in tow, got home, read over the side effects, drowsiness, headaches, dizziness, but there were a lot of them and I started to get nervous. But I reminded myself, there's nothing on the bottle, so it can't be that often of a side effect right?  I warned Chad and asked if it was okay to take it even if it mean I was asleep the rest of the evening, and we took the plunge!  Within an hour I had my appetite back, I could sit around without eating and not feel like I was gonna puke, no more forcing food down my throat when I don't want it!  And today, I had pizza, a salad, and cookies for lunch with nothing more then heartburn!  YAY!!!!!  And I even kinda want my hubby around more, he's pretty phsyched!

And on other great news, my son spent an hour without pants on today!!!  You may wonder why I am so thrilled, well, my son has had eczema since he was born, every morning and every night I lotion him from head to toe and he screams, EVERY TIME. He hates it, and I don't really care to do it.  But I've gotten used to it, including  making sure we always have lotion wherever we go, that his pants are always tucked into his socks, and that his hands are always covered with socks during diaper changes.  It's been miserable, once a babysitter put him to bed without socks on and he scratched his feet until they bled, I literally cried that night.  Other times he gets a hold of his arms and scratches his elbows until they are raw and weepy, breaks my heart. 

So we finally got him a visit with a dermatologist since I was sick of being told by his doctor just to lotion him a lot and don't bathe him much.  The dermatologist was super friendly and I loved how helpful he was and how much he explained to me.  He never gave me any magic cure, but he answered all my questions about bathing, sleeping, what to put on his skin, and how often.  He is hopeful that Quincy will get to the point he can wear shorts in the summer, even this summer!  So the fact that after a diaper change my son rolled over and played all around the house in just a onesie, never once flipping over to scratch at his legs repeatedly, TOTALLY MADE MY DAY!!  Plus I loved seeing those chubby little legs.

Well, now the only thing to overcome is Chad's, Quincy's, and my cold, getting rid of the runny noses would be great! 

Under the influence

So, I totally love the medication commercials, ya know, how you can't control your bladder, but you can have it totally under control if (and here's the kicker) you don't mind a possible side effect of nausea, respiratory problems, vomiting, dizziness, blood clots, stroke, OR even DEATH!!  Yes, I totally would rather take the risk of dying and not have to wear adult diapers!  And not only are all those risks not worth it, but they purposely pick their fastest speaking actor to read them off!  No, I'm serious, if you don't believe me check it out.




So yeah, my morning sickness has been so uncomfortable that I made a last minute appointment today to get some meds.  I got put on Phenergran, so I read over the side effects, they read as follows, drowsiness, dry mouth, and energy in younger kids, as well as some unidentified side effects!  (WHAT?!!?!?! How are they unidentified?) Anyway, I risk it, and take one, not only does my mouth feel rather dry, it's been 9 hours since I took it and I still feel a little drowsy.  I did conk out right after taking it and took a 2 hour nap, and dragged myself around until I could take a second nap, that one was like have a drowsy tired body in a wide awake brain, INSANE!! 

So yeah, gonna take a second dose tonight, see if can then wear off by morning, but I have had a little more appetite.  Had 4 eggs for dinner, and a couple cookies as well as a glass of milk.  And, if I am still tired in the morning I did my home teaching for last month and so they are doing free babysitting tomorrow in the morning, so I can drop the kids off and go home and sleep.  We'll see how it goes!!  Hopefully I can get the meds worked out so that I can handle them and they'll work all day without too many side effects.

Keep me in your prayers, life is crazy.

Doctor follow-up

So my doctors appointment was lame, I was there for almost 3 hours filling out paperwork, talking to people and getting blood work done.  I love how you have to fill out the same paperwork with each pregnancy, and they still use tons of medical lingo that even my CNA barely helps me with!  Then have the pregnant, nauseated woman go down and get 5 VIALS OF BLOOD taken, 5!!  They had an ice pack on me and a fan I was so close to fainting.  And add onto that that they forgot that they needed a urine sample until after my blood draw, so I get to juggle my "Yay you are having a baby" bag, my purse and a taped up arm, then try peeing in a cup!  That was so much fun.  I was feeling so much better today with my stomach though that I didn't worry about it.  And I have my first official appointment on the 21st.  Wish me luck!

Stupid Government Healthcare!!

So last night I start getting REALLY nauseated, and knots in my stomache, feeling like someone punched me in the gut!  So bad that I bug my husband at work until he can come home and give me a comfort blessing at 4 am.  They did let him stay home with me though, that was nice!!  Anyway, he took care of kids and me all day today, even taking me to the dr's office and helping me around.  Oh so grateful.  Anyway, onto the ranting!


So I call to schedule an appointment, I tell them I'm having really bad morning sickness, or I'm just really sick, I don't feel hungry, can't even function really today, and I'm sure I'm pregnant.  The follow up question ticks me off, "How do you know you're pregnant?"  I tell her I took a pee test, and then she proceeds to tell me that I can't see ANY doctor until I come in and take THEIR pregnancy test AND they set me up with an OB. 

So I call a friend to watch my kids, and drag myself out of bed and into clothing (thanks to my hubby) and have Chad drive me onto post and to the doctors, where I sit and wait to be told to go down to the lab and have my blood drawn for the pregnancy test, AND THEN I CAN GO HOME!!! I proceed to tell her I REALLY don't feel good and need to see a doctor, and she tells me the same thing.  They will call me with my results today and set me up with a OB as soon as possible!  REALLY?!?!!?!?!  I feel like someone succor punched me and don't even want to get out of bed, and all you can tell me is I have to wait until you know for sure I'm pregnant.

So.... I go down to the lab, have my blood drawn, and go home to sleep off (hopefully) my symptoms.  I miss my friends farewell party/birthday party.  I finally get the phone call, I am pregnant.  NO DUHH!!!!  And my appointment is scheduled for 1:30pm TOMORROW!!  Thanks for letting me suffer for 24 hours, totally fair. And I'm pretty sure that I'm not even seeing a doctor, that I'm just filling out paperwork and getting prenatals, which I REFUSE TO TAKE!!  Any woman knows prenatals are the only thing that GUARANTEE you will throw up! No thank you.  Anyway, so I'll see if I'm up for blogging tomorrow, since I'm planning on forcing my way into a doctors office no matter what they say!!!

AAARRGGGHH!! And people think government healthcare is the way to go, are they stupid?

So . . . . much for working out!

So, if you can't tell from my pregnancy ticker, I AM PREGNANT!!! We are totally shocked and surprised, really weren't planning on getting pregnant until Quincy was atleast a year old, possibly even 2 since he is so crazy!  But, I guess God had a different idea, so we're just gonna be happy since baby number 3 means we only have one more to go until we're done. 

So yeah, I have horrible morning sickness (and yes, I call it horrible because I am a wuss!).  I don't throw up, but I feel queasy most of the day, made worse by the evening.  And oddly enough, when I am pregnant I also can't handle looking at a computer screen or playing video games for too long, so my blog posts will be quite short until I hit week 12!

I am only about 5 weeks along I think, I'm setting up a Dr's appointment tomorrow, and I will keep everyone posted on the due date they give me and any other information.  So wish me luck! Life's gonna be crazy for the next nine months.  Especially since this one is due the 24th of December as far as I can tell.  CRAZY CHRISTMAS FOR US!!!