Morning sickness cures?

Cures for morning sickness? Already on diclectin. Already tried soda crackers, ginger, watermelon and I can't even think what else. 24 hours a day! Must be one heck of a healthy baby!!!

Announce pregnancy

My belly is already huge even though I am due September 24th. I decided to announce it and posted the update to Facebook. Now everyone knows. My female CEO even touched my belly.

Facebook Announcement
To those of you eyeing my belly: Yes! I am pregnant again. It's too early to announce, but I am already showing. Due September 24, 2010. Keira was born September 11, 2008. (43 Feedback)

Boy or Girl?

It must be a girl because I think it is a boy. I am so convinced this is a boy. And yes, it is true, I have been joking that it must be a boy to give me this much trouble, but that's just not it.

The real indicator that this is a boy is that I have mild acne on my cheeks. I usually get acne on my chin, nose and tzone. Testosterone could be the culprit.

Last time I had a dream that I had a girl and sure enough it was a girl. This time no dreams. I am going to have to find out at my ultrasound in ten weeks.

For now all I can look forward to is the heartbeat at my appointment next Wednesday.

CEO and my belly

I was coming in from a late lunch the other day and ran into my CEO. She was standing with her husband and holding her sweet grandchild. I simply had to say hello to the baby!

It was going quite well and then the big boss looked at me, at my belly and then back to me. I knew what she was asking-or was stating-and I wasn't going to respond. I am barely eight weeks. I can't officially announce for four more weeks.

It's too bad I show so early. No one is going to be surprised. About 90% of my coworkers already know.

Morning Sickness

I have been feeling terrible this pregnancy. In fact I went in at five weeks to get Diclectin for morning sickness. I still felt so miserable that I could barely move without being sick.

I was almost out of Diclectin Saturday, so I decided to go back to the clinic for more. I was sitting in the waiting room and noticed the bottle had two refills available. I was already there, so I stayed to see if I could get some more tips to prevent the nausea.

I am glad I waited. The doctor told me to get my butt up to the hospital for an IV. I was hesitant, because who likes IVs? But he was convinced I should go.

I went in and the nurse giving me the IV had trouble threading it. I now know that that means she wasn't sure she got the IV into the vein properly for the IV. It took about double the usual time for the IV to be delivered. For me that was a good thing. IVs are room temperature which is much lower than body temperature. A slower delivery meant that I wasn't freezing cold receiving the IV. I have to tell you that the IV was pretty uncomfortable. Any mom will tell you that she is used to needles and IVs, especially if she had a C-Section like I did. So saying that an IV was uncomfortable means it was really uncomfortable.

There was a doctor there who said he wanted to practice taking bloodwork on me. I was a little hesitant when I heard 'practice', but it wasn't painful at all. Maybe he should have given me the IV.

After I left I felt a bit better and my skin felt great with all the fluid. My husband was upset that the IV didn't cure my morning sickness, but I was just glad to feel hydrated.

I didn't feel this awful last time. Or did I? Pregnancy brain is very sneaky, erasing bad memories, so you only see your little one and think you can do it again.