Blood Test

I got a call Wednesday from the doctor's office that I came back as a carrier for CF - cystic fibrosis. I couldn't believe it! Everything else was fine though, although my immunity to rubella has worn off and I'll have to get the immunization after the baby is born. But my "HIV test was negative and you're not anemic." LOL i guess there's some good news. 2 bad, 2 good lol. 

But anyway, Eric has to be tested now to see if he too is a carrier. Praying he's not. If he is then we have to go to genetic counseling. From what I've read, we need to both have the same mutated gene (there are 40 possible ones they test for)  for it to even be a possibility. And if he is a carrier, and it is the same mutation, then there is a 25% chance of having a kid with CF. I just hope so much he isn't a carrier. I'm mad that I am. But what can you do about your genes? They are what they are.

Sometimes I hate that they test for everything now. Like... my mom is probably a carrier (I guess my dad could be, but he's half Italian. And my mom is German & Irish... so she's more white lol. So my bets on her. Sorry mom. Actually, they both could be and were just lucky). But they didn't test for it when she was pregnant...so she didn't have to worry! This experience has led me to think that I don't want that quad screen test they do. Especially since it's known for a high rate of false positives. This worry is redic and sometimes ignorance is bliss.

SO TIRED. Like you know when you've been up for 24 hours and you are finally about to collapse into bed? That's how I feel all the time! And again, spending 8.5 hours a day on my feet, running around a huge building, and bending, pulling, lifting, and moving heavy people all day... doesn't help the exhaustion. I really hope this goes away soon. This has been the worst part. More than the annoying nausea. And peeing all the time.

Nothing sounds good to eat. And sometimes I think about some  food and it sounds so gross I GET nauseous. Ew like I got a Dibella's sub the other night. But I heated it up in the microwave at work because you shouldn't eat deli meat unless you steam it. And since I was at work, and couldn't take just the meat off due to lack of utensils and plates, I had to heat the whole thing. ANYWAY. Ew it was so gross. Just writing about it is making my stomach churn. I just wanna eat ice cream. Which we don't have.

I had Eric make me mac n cheese today because I was craving it. But then I fell asleep for an hour. Then I got up and went to eat it. And it was so gross I had to spit it out. I think he was offended.

Overwhelmed? (6 weeks)

That is my life. I've taken to watching the entire series of Full House as a way to destress. This is what happens when you can't destress with alcohol.

Lets see... pregnant, 1st trimester symptoms kicking my ass, getting married/planning wedding, trying to save money, eric needs car, we need to get a house, working full time, as a brand new nurse, live at mom's.... that's a lot going on.

And of course the exhaustion they all talk about has really set in. OMG. I wake up from sleeping and feel like that feeling you feel right before you fall asleep. Basically, I always feel like a zombie about to collapse into sleep. It doesn't help that I spend 8.5 hours a day on my feet, taking care of other people. Who honestly, sometimes I want to tell to shut up and stop whining...because I know I am in more pain than they are (between my ankle, back, feet, and all my pregnancy symptoms on top of it). I hope other nurses feel this way sometimes and I'm not just evil.

Oh yea, I have some sort of ankle injury. Don't know how it happened. Started hurting almost 2 weeks ago (engagement day actually.) Again, doesn't help that I'm on my feet all day and can't rest it. I'm usually limping around work within 2 hours into my shift. Nothing like a gimpy nurse. I really need to call a doctor about it but... I can't get an xray. So what can they do? I've been wearing a brace on it but it doesn't help. It really hurts though and it's really worrying me since I need to be able to walk in order to earn money! Things pop when I rotate it but that's not what hurts. It just hurts when I walk around, hard to describe.

Anyway, 10 year high school reunion in November. November 30th. I'm due December 17th. I was excited... until I found out I was pregnant. Nothing like being full term pregnant at your high school reuinion. I'm gonna look like a giant sphere and everyone will probably make fun of my rotundness behind my giant back. I am short and short woman just look like giant globes when pregnant (unless they were like a size 2 before getting pregnant, which I was not). Also people I like better be going. I will so annoyed if I show up 37 or 38 weeks pregnant and it's full of people I don't even like. And I can't even drink. HORRIBLE.

I need to go watch full house. Also, I'm grumpy because I have to be at work at 8am tomorrow, for a CPR class till noon. Then be BACK to work from 3-11:30pm for my actual shift. And I'm already constantly a zombie. Ugh I wish this was 1950 and i could just be a pregnant housewife and only have to answer to myself, and hubby. Working fulltime while pregnant is not easy!!

1st Doctor's Appt!

This was a new OBGYN for me, since I started at my new job, if I use a doctor affiliated with the hospital then i have 0 copays, etc. So it made a lot of financial sense to switch. Plus the OBGYN's office is on the 4th floor of the professional building at Unity Hospital, the lab is on the first floor and it's about a 3 minute walk into the actual hospital to the perinatal medicine unit (ie where i'll get ultrasounds) and the birth center right next to that. It's just nice to have it all in one place. Oh and the unit I work on (I am an RN here too lol) is about another 2 minute walk away.

We just met with the NP, who was really nice. Explained how things will work with appt's and tried to reassure me about everything. I got on the scale and I've gained 3 pounds since my doctor's appt at my primary doctor last Monday (week and a half ago). UGH. All my pants are tight and i feel so fat. This is ridiculous. I spent so much time and energy to lose 40lbs,  I HATE that I am gaining it back. It's not from the baby yet, I've just been eating more because I am hungry all the time. I need to do an exercise routine to control my weight gain and strengthen my body. But I don't know what to do... I should probably look into pregnancy aerobics or something.

Anyway, they also set me up for a dating ultrasound appt, for May 3rd. I'll be 7 weeks, 4 days. Hopefully we can actually see something, I was hoping for one at 8 or 9 weeks because I know you can see more then. Oh well!

Went down to the lab and they took about 1000 vials of blood. Prenatal screen, cystic fibrosis screen, and HIV screen, and i forget what else lol. Oh and as I walk back out afterwards, there in the waiting room is a medical secretary from my unit. And I'm there with my significant other and carrying a big folder with babies all over it that they gave me. So I was like hey I'm pregnant. It just fell outta my mouth. Luckily she is like one of my fav people at work and very sweet and told me she won't tell. The NP actually told me I should tell someone at work in case I pass out, or keep running to the bathroom, or some sort of unsafe situation... lol i told her that and she was like ok good I guess I'm that person now ;)

My aunt works in the hospital pharmacy which is also on the 1st floor of the professional building. We went and told her that a) we were engaged and b) we were pregnant.

It was a busy afternoon (I had off today). Oh and my due date was officially confirmed as December 17th, 2013... for now.

5 weeks

Eric and I got engaged on Saturday, April 13th!  So exciting :) He asked me at Black Creek Park, which is where we go all the time with Sophie. It was the perfect spot. Of course Saturday was crappy out; sprinkling, windy, kinda cold. And Eric had a cold (which turned into a fever/flu thing the next day). He got down on one knee and gave me a lil speech. :)

In other news my boobs hurt. Like seriously. It isn't even the boobs. It's more the nips. I have to wear a bra at all times so the nips don't rub against my shirt. Ughugh.

Nausea is a lil bit better. Exhausion a lil bit worse. Hungry ALL THE TIME. I think I'm 5 weeks today. Lol I should look it up. Yes, 5 weeks exactly.
Oh and my size 8's don't fit around my gut area. I have to rubberband them. And size 10's are getting tight. And my scrub pants that fit a few weeks ago are now tight. WTF why am I getting fat already? Probably cuz I'm eating so much lol. But when I went to the doctor's last week I had actually lost like 4 pounds. So who knows.

First appt with new OBGYN is Thursday, April 18th :)

We started taking monthly pictures (I'm already chubby soooo this will mask the pregnancy for awhile lol)

Ok need to go to bed.

2 lines, a plus sign, and a blood test

The best part about being pregnant? The fact that I can actually park in those spots now!! Hence the name of the blog.

I found out we were expecting on Sunday April 8th. I had taken one the day before and it was faintly positive but I thought it was just a shadow. On Monday the 9th I went to my primary for a previously planned appt... told her about the test, and she ordered a blood test. Well that night I got a call that my hcg level was 79. It is supposed to approx double every 24-48 hours, and you need a level of 25 to get a positive on a home pregnancy test...so it was a good number. The dr called it "extremely appropriate."

I changed OBGYNs to Dr.Tripp though Unity Obgyn. I was going to RGOA and I loved my doctor there but since I work for Unity basically everything is free if you go to a Unity doctor and the hospital fees for the birth will be relatively inexpensive. And I've only heard good stories about him (he delivered Kristen's baby too!) so I feel comfortable. The secretary was really nice too, I didnt like most of them at my old OBGYNs office. So I go Thursday April 18th at 1pm for an appt with the NP. She'll go over things with me... and then in a few weeks I go back and meet with Dr. Tripp and have an ultrasound!! Crazy. Also the dr's office is literally about a 3 minute walk from where I work at Unity, lol they're in the professional office building attached to it. I am nervous since I just started working there March 4th and it's my first nursing job. Wish we had more time to save up and I had had more time at my job, but things happen for a reason. This must have been part of God's bigger plan. Or something.

My LMP was 3/12/13 so according to most online calculators my due date is December 17, 2013. One said the 19th. Who knows right now lol. That would make me 4 weeks.

Symptoms:

-RUNNY NOSE. I am so congested and have so much snot. And post nasal drip. Dr. Minella (my PCP_ said that is really common and she can diagnose pregnancy just based on flu like symptoms LOL. Ugh its awful though and I'm sneezing and blowing my nose all over the place at work telling people I'm not sick it's just "allergies." 

-mild cramps. kinda like youre gonna get your period but kinda not

-quesy-ness/mild nausea. I'm not nauseus where I feel like I'm going to throw up. Just unsettled feeling that feels like it *could* turn into nausea. Usually this happens most when I'm hungry. 

-SO HUNGRY. I get hungry so often and when I need to eat i need to eat NOW. I can't wait or i start to feel the nausea and just don't feel good, like I might pass out. It's hard when I'm at work because you can't just eat when you want to when you're a nurse. 

Which is also a problem with drinking water... since we aren't allowed to drink in the hallways or have water at our medcarts. So I have to sneak it (luckily a perk of working B shift is there's not much management around lol). 

- tired. I'm not super tired but maybe that's coming in the near future. Just get a little more tired than usual

- a little more gassy, both ways.

- mood swings... one minute i'm super excited and the next I'm super nervous and freaking about it. Eric is also experiencing these "mood swings" lol. 

PS. Last week at work I started an IV for the first time (ie inserted a needle into someone vein). As soon as I did it I started to feel nausea, lightheaded, had a cold sweat, etc. I had to sit down in the patients recliner!! So embarrassing. My coworker joked, are you pregnant?? Well little did I know... YES.