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.
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