Acupuncture

Well on Wednesday I met an acupuncturist who gave me a free demonstration. I was very nervous getting needles poked in me but it actually didn't hurt; it just felt like she pinched me over and over again, sometime I didn't even feel that much. During my 30 minutes of laying there I could feel my nausea melt away and a focus on my rumbling tummy come. I felt pretty good the rest of the day, just extremly hungry. The next day wasn't that great though. I almost puked several times through out the day and just generally felt worse than I had the day prior. Today I feel better than yesterday but pretty much back to normal. I think I'm going to give it another try just to see if it really works. Who knew?

Morning sickness ... not when it lasts all day!

So today I decided to write about how crappy I've been feeling just so you could all get the FULL experience, as promised! :) So I have been feeling cruddy for like 2 weeks but it has been worse that last few days. All day yesterday I had to literally sit on the couch while Jonathan tried to hobble around the house taking care of everything, which he did so wonderfully! No real cravings to report yet, it's more what sounds good today doesn't the next. I'm eating lots of flavored popsicles and have sea bands on my wrist all day, not to mention the saltine cracker occasionally, especially at 1am when i wake up nauseous. Everyone says this phase doesn't last long but I still have 3 or 4 weeks left, which sound like FOREVER! If you look at baby murphy's blog at the bottom of the page, you'll also see that he is wrecking havock on my stomach; yesterday I felt like my tummy was tearing all day. And for all you moms reading this, next time don't say "oh you'll forget all this once the baby's here" instead be like Niccole and Britney and tell me just how much this time sucks! :)

Our First Picture of Baby Murphy

Here's my first picture! For those of you not knowing where to look, im the little thing inside the little black sac on the left. And if you look at the bottom of the page you'll see i'm not so cute right now :) But just wait!

Our First Scare

Well today we went to our first appointment to meet the doctor. She did all the normal physical stuff then went to get the doppler thing to find the heartbeat. After a few minutes of no success she said she was going to get the ultra sound machine and another doc. I thought, no big deal, sometimes it's too early to find the heartbeat. They both came in and started trying to find something on the ultrasound but couldn't find anything at all. By this point I am pretty well aware that something is wrong. The senior doc begins to explain what might be happening. She says one of three things could be going on: a) I'm not as far along as we all thought I was, b) it is caught some where or c) the embryo has been lost. Then she says, do you have any questions - UH, YEAH! So after discussing my options they both leave and call up to Labor and Delivery to see when they would have time to do the "other" ultra sound (some of you ladies know what I mean). They came back in and said to be in Labor and Delivery at 1pm. Noticing it is 10:30 I suggest we both run home, grab a snack and a quick nap then head back up but the doc says no eating in case they have to do emergency surgery... EMERGENCY SURGERY? Ok, totally freaked out now. Also, STARVING, hadn't eaten yet since I was so sick to my stomach. So we ran home, I did have a cheese stick then we were back up at the hospital at 1pm. Unfortunately, the doc doing this ultrasound was still in the OR so we had to wait around another hour for her to arrive. Within minutes though she found a little, fast paces, flickering light and said "OK, I see one pregnancy". SIGH... What a relief to see this little thing inside you and to know that little light was their heartbeat! it was an amazing moment! She measured it from crown to rump and calculated that we are 6 weeks and 3 days - NOT 11weeks... guess those kind of mistakes can happen when you are regular nor count days :) We left with our first picture and I took a very long nap... and of course ate! Talk about a stressful day, but what a blessing!

OB Registration Today

Well, I am just getting back from my OB Registration today. The appointment started at 11am and we didn't leave until 1:45! When I first got there I had to go to immunization to make sure I had been given a tetnis shot back when I went to Africa b/c I stepped on a carpet nail this morning when I was nauseous and not fully awake. Then I had the cystic fibrosis test on my forearm where the nurse proceeded to draw a smiley face around the spot and said "don't scratch the nose". For those of you familiar with the military, you know that I had already been at the hospital for an hour by this point, so getting tired I made it to the lab to fill 7 vials of blood and piss in a cup. Then I finally got to sit down with my OB Coordinator and fill out a TON of paperwork. We found out the due date is Christmas day, however, since I was 2 weeks early and Jonathan was so late he was eating his own poo - I doubt baby Murphy will come on the 25th - if they do, it will be our little Christmas miracle! Anyways, we watched a movie about babies that I'm pretty sure was as old as I am then we finally got to go home, but not without a ton on literature! Now, I am totally wiped out so I will be grabbing a quick nap then working from home the rest of the day - Gotta love working from home!! Stay tuned for my first doc appointment this Thursday where we are supposed to hear the heartbeat!!