I had my first ultrasound this morning. At first, it was the typical stomach type, but then the dr decided that she also wanted me to have a vaginal ultrasound. The news was not negative, but I'm still trying to hold on to some sort of caution about it all. It's just so difficult since I have been having more pregnancy symptoms than the other miscarriages!
The ultrasound tech said that the gestational sac and the yolk sac looked normal, but they couldn't find the fetal pole. Based on the size of the sacs, they hypothesized that I'm not as far along as I would have thought when using the date of my last period. Therefore, we're going to go back in 2 weeks for another ultrasound so they can see the fetus' size and shape. At the same time, we're going to see a dr for the first time (possibly the dr that we work with the entire pregnancy).
We've decided to use a high risk dr since there is the history of the 2 miscarriages and also because of the history of Down's. The likelihood of having another baby with Down's by the same method as before is *very* slim (less than 1%) b/c what happened that time was a rare genetic mutation, but the likelihood of the baby having Down's b/c of maternal age (38) is 1 in 180. Still not great odds, but I'm hoping that we've had enough bad luck to last us a lifetime!
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Swimmy head
Last night I slept ok. I drank some milk before going to bed in hopes that it would soothe whatever is going on down there. I felt some pangs of weirdness, but thankfully, nothing to keep me up.
I've been feeling more swimmy headed lately. I wish I could predict when it was going to come, but it's so random. Every time it happens, I just drink some water and hope that things (ie: my brain) clears up. I haven't had issues when standing yet - luckily it's only happened while I was sitting.
I've also been *very* hungry! Usually at work I have a yogurt for breakfast, baby carrots mid-morning, lunch, and a banana for mid-afternoon. Apparently this isn't enough. I need to find more healthy snacks to bring to work so that I'm not tempted to go to the cafe and get something bad for me just so that my stomach will stop growling.
Maybe being hungry has something to so with the swimmy head. :)
I've been feeling more swimmy headed lately. I wish I could predict when it was going to come, but it's so random. Every time it happens, I just drink some water and hope that things (ie: my brain) clears up. I haven't had issues when standing yet - luckily it's only happened while I was sitting.
I've also been *very* hungry! Usually at work I have a yogurt for breakfast, baby carrots mid-morning, lunch, and a banana for mid-afternoon. Apparently this isn't enough. I need to find more healthy snacks to bring to work so that I'm not tempted to go to the cafe and get something bad for me just so that my stomach will stop growling.
Maybe being hungry has something to so with the swimmy head. :)
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
stomach pains
The past 2 nights have *not* been pleasant! Around noon on Sunday, my stomach started to hurt just a bit, so I ate lunch and took it easy (ie: watched TV and knitted). By the time I went to bed, it felt like there was a ball of hurt in there. I get the pain occasionally, and it usually goes away on it's own around 3am. I don't know what it is - gas? Nerves? Dunno. The Sunday night pain was typical - went away on its own.
Last night, I was feeling ok. Went to the gym for 40 minutes on the bike, ate dinner, watched TV and washed dishes. However, once I was about to go to sleep, a mild form of the stomach pain was back. I took a Tums and went to sleep. Around 2am, I woke up and the pain was worse - it's not *horrible*, it's just persistent and causes me to be so uncomfortable that I can't find a good way to lay to fall back asleep. After almost an hour, I realized that I was thinking too much about it - is it b/c I'm hungry? Gassy? Nerves? Dunno. I felt a little queasy a few times and thought that maybe having something in my stomach would help. This is similar to the first pregnancy, but eating in the middle of the night didn't happen until I was *way* past 5 weeks. I couldn't think of anything bland to eat that we had on hand, so I had a cup of milk. Almost immediately, I could feel it soothing things a bit and after another 30 minutes of laying in bed, I was finally able to go back to sleep.
I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up again about this pregnancy, but this one, so far, feels different than the 2 miscarriages. It feels more like the first one, that I was able to carry until 21 weeks. I think I'm over analyzing how I'm feeling at all times, but I have been swimmy-headed a few times already, and I'm hungrier more often. I've been drinking a ton of water and I keep carrots and bananas at the office for snacks so I'm not tempted to go for something unhealthy. I'm going to see if I can find those all natural Ms May bars (3 nuts, 3 seeds and 3 fruits) so I can keep them in my purse in case the swimmy-need-to-eat-now feeling takes over again.
Last night, I was feeling ok. Went to the gym for 40 minutes on the bike, ate dinner, watched TV and washed dishes. However, once I was about to go to sleep, a mild form of the stomach pain was back. I took a Tums and went to sleep. Around 2am, I woke up and the pain was worse - it's not *horrible*, it's just persistent and causes me to be so uncomfortable that I can't find a good way to lay to fall back asleep. After almost an hour, I realized that I was thinking too much about it - is it b/c I'm hungry? Gassy? Nerves? Dunno. I felt a little queasy a few times and thought that maybe having something in my stomach would help. This is similar to the first pregnancy, but eating in the middle of the night didn't happen until I was *way* past 5 weeks. I couldn't think of anything bland to eat that we had on hand, so I had a cup of milk. Almost immediately, I could feel it soothing things a bit and after another 30 minutes of laying in bed, I was finally able to go back to sleep.
I'm trying so hard not to get my hopes up again about this pregnancy, but this one, so far, feels different than the 2 miscarriages. It feels more like the first one, that I was able to carry until 21 weeks. I think I'm over analyzing how I'm feeling at all times, but I have been swimmy-headed a few times already, and I'm hungrier more often. I've been drinking a ton of water and I keep carrots and bananas at the office for snacks so I'm not tempted to go for something unhealthy. I'm going to see if I can find those all natural Ms May bars (3 nuts, 3 seeds and 3 fruits) so I can keep them in my purse in case the swimmy-need-to-eat-now feeling takes over again.
Let's try this again
Well, here we go again - another pregnancy! This makes the 4th one (although, I think I may have had another one last month, but it was never confirmed). Since I'm not sure of the actual start date of my last period (do I count Sun, Jan 11 when there was really light spotting or do I count Wed, Jan 14 when it really kicked in?), but for now I'm going with Jan 11. That makes me currently 5 weeks and 2 days. Both of the previous miscarriages happened at exactly 7.5 weeks, so we're on pins and needles for the next few weeks. Well, actually we'll be nervous the whole time since we don't have a good track record!
I have made a lot of changes in the way I do things. I'm going to *try* to get some form of exercise every day - lately it's been 30+ minutes on the stationary bike. Once my heel stops hurting, I'd like to mix it up with a fast-paced walk on the treadmill. I also have a prenatal yoga DVD that I'm going to try to do at least twice a week. I bought a heart rate monitor so I can make sure that my heart rate doesn't get too high while exercising.
The other big change is my diet. For now, I've given up caffeine (including chocolate!) and artificial sweeteners. The hardest for me is going to be sweet tea when we go out to eat, but I discovered that Kroger sells caffeine free sweet tea by the gallon so I'll have a bit at home. Maybe that'll encourage me to eat more at home. :P
I have an appt on Friday for an ultrasound. I think it's just to see how things are progressing. It's also a good time for me to ask about things I can do to try and avoid another miscarriage (although from what I understand, it's not really possible to avoid a miscarriage unless I'm doing really stupid things like flinging myself down stairs or picking up heavy objects). The next main appt won't be until 11 weeks.
I have made a lot of changes in the way I do things. I'm going to *try* to get some form of exercise every day - lately it's been 30+ minutes on the stationary bike. Once my heel stops hurting, I'd like to mix it up with a fast-paced walk on the treadmill. I also have a prenatal yoga DVD that I'm going to try to do at least twice a week. I bought a heart rate monitor so I can make sure that my heart rate doesn't get too high while exercising.
The other big change is my diet. For now, I've given up caffeine (including chocolate!) and artificial sweeteners. The hardest for me is going to be sweet tea when we go out to eat, but I discovered that Kroger sells caffeine free sweet tea by the gallon so I'll have a bit at home. Maybe that'll encourage me to eat more at home. :P
I have an appt on Friday for an ultrasound. I think it's just to see how things are progressing. It's also a good time for me to ask about things I can do to try and avoid another miscarriage (although from what I understand, it's not really possible to avoid a miscarriage unless I'm doing really stupid things like flinging myself down stairs or picking up heavy objects). The next main appt won't be until 11 weeks.
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