Just a quick update this week, as my last post a couple days ago was so long! If you haven't read my post on why we are going to cloth diaper our baby the link for that is HERE.
I'll just get strait into it and say week 17 consisted of this:
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Week 17 life update:
So week 17... yeah... that was the worst week EVER in this pregnancy so far. It started with my heartburn hitting an all time high. The Zantac kind of took the edge off, but I had a bad case of the burning burps for a couple days. I also had a VERY BAD gag reflux that week. For example my friend's baby farted... I puked...hubby farted... I puked... Bruno tried to give me a doggy lick... I puked.... I'm pathetic...
Then came that Thursday... for those of you who saw my Facebook post last week you know it was a horrible few days. Basically I felt pretty heartburnish the whole day but thought nothing of it, I just took it pretty easy. When the hubby got home I had just enough time to tell him "I don't feel good" when he asked me how my day was and then the upchucking began..... every few hours.... for the next day.. basically I started throwing up at 9ish pm Thursday and couldn't keep ANY food or liquid down until around 3pm the next day. It was especially bad because when there was nothing left the dry heaving ensued. I pretty much now am a believer that dry heaving is WAY WORSE then actually throwing up. When the next morning rolled around, I was still not able to hold anything down. I called my doctor's office and they recommended trying vitamin B6 for the nausea and said they would check in on me in a couple hours. I dragged the hubby out of bed and made him go to the store for me (first time ever I've made him get me anything for this pregnancy!). He got me that and some pedialyte in hopes that even if I couldn't keep anything down at least I could try and be a little hydrated. (the main concern was if I continued to not hold liquid down, I would have to go to the ER to get IV fluids). I thought this was kind of helping because three hours went by without upchucking... Then the hubby left at 11 to go to work ... and I puked again... and then again at like 2 :(
Luckily I have a great doctors office, because they called me around 2:30 to check in on me and when I told them I was still nauseous my doctor (on her day off) called in a prescription of Zolfran. I had to be driven to the pharmacist by one of my friends in the area (you know who you are and THANKS SO MUCH) because I was pretty woozy and didn't think it was wise to drive. But an hour after I took this magic pill I started to feel SO MUCH BETTER. I bought a fruit smoothie to kickstart some extra vitamins and the liquid was bound to be easy on the stomach. I slowly kept feeling better as the day went on.
Over the next few days I took 2 more Zolfran and haven't taken any since. (I'm not a big believer in taking medicines just because it's prescribed, I only take them when I have symptoms) I have however continued to have really bad heartburn... needless to say the fetus and I are fighting. Month four of pregnancy ended with a "bleh" but I guess I'll take a week of gross instead of a few months!
Week 18:
Developmentally the baby has now grown to about five and a half inches long and weighs around five and a quarter ounces. Around this time the babies existing areas developed in the first trimester just continue to strengthen and grow! I love knowing now the baby can hear from inside the womb and that its moving around like crazy. I however still cannot feel the baby. :( I've had many of my mommy friends try to describe what the "flutterings" feels like, but I can't distinguish gas bubbles from "flutters" so as far as I'm concerned I still haven't felt the baby. But I was told this is pretty normal for a first pregnancy and I'll probably start feeling movement in the next couple of weeks. :)
Yay for week 18 and the start of the fifth month of pregnancy!! I can't believe I'm almost half way done! This week has been WAY BETTER then week 17. I still have heartburn but its pretty manageable. This is also the first week someone noticed I'm pregnant :) I was wearing a shirt I got at a maternity store so it was pretty form fitting to my stomach and the guy did cautiously approach me to ask if I was expecting, but hey it counts! I was finally asked by a person I didn't know! Plus he thought I was only a couple months along and not almost halfway!
I also had a doctors appointment this week on Wednesday. Not the gender scan, (thats next week) just a normal check up. I've gained another 3 pounds since my last appointment so its a total of 6 pounds gained in 18 weeks. I'm assuming that's not bad because the doctor dint' say anything about it. She said my blood pressure and all the other stuff they make you do each time you go looks good. So if she's not worried, neither am I. My pregnancy book says the average person gains about 10-13 by this point, but considering I spent pretty much all of last week talking to the porcelain in my house.. I'd say my weight is pretty good.
She also checked the heartbeat and its 148 this time! It's always so fun to hear the heartbeat when we go and makes me wish I had a home doppler! I'd be sitting at home all the time just listening to the baby's heartbeat!
So this coming week I have my anatomy scan. Bright and early! In this appointment, the hubby and I will find out if we are having a boy or girl! Though we will not release the gender to you folks until after the gender reveal party for our AZ families at the end of the month. Sorry guys! Hey I've had to wait almost 20 weeks! whats 2 more for you guys?! lol
Well that's it for now!
Until next time!
Bre and the Bump!
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