Now, I am not superstitious or anything, but it almost makes me nervous to report I have finally taken a turn for the better in how I feel. Seriously, it has been a rough 9 weeks! It got to the point that I told my students because I was missing so much and the days I was there, I looked so bad that people kept coming by to check on me. And of course, teenagers tend to make up the worst version of what must be wrong when you are sick or absent a lot. BUT last week I reached a milestone - I actually worked ALL the days school was open!! That hasn't happened since December 1st! Now, I am certainly not symptom-free; I just seem able to cope a bit better. I am still on invitro-meds for another four weeks, and they have their own constant side effects, but the anti-nausea meds my doc gave me have helped me to find some balance, thank goodness! I have even had several mention that it is good to see me smile again, and believe me, I am most grateful to feel more like myself again!
So, today I am 9 weeks, 3 days. We have our next appointment Tuesday, Feb. 9th in the afternoon (I wisened up after the last debacle early in th
e a.m.). Let's just say no food, low blood pressure and giving blood was a horrific combination. I had to be taken out of school in a wheelchair (most mortifying) and driven home by another teacher in the middle of the day. The school nurse even called my friend that lives around the corner to come and babysit me since Brian had to be at soccer and couldn't stay home. I later had someone tell me they had never seen someone so sick. So, it is definitely my plan never to repeat that recipe for disaster! Anyway, we have a sonogram next week (YAY!! I miss seeing my baby!!!). I am just anxious to know everything is going ok. Now the tricky part is this - the sex organs are fully developed at 11 weeks and our sono is at 10 weeks, 4 days. I am praying that our (up to this point) overachiever child will be very active and willing to "show off," if you know what I mean! Otherwise, I don't have another ultrasound scheduled until 18 weeks - that's April 2nd!! I want so badly to know if our future involves Brooklyn or Breck so that we don't have to refer to our child ambiguously anymore! Now the finding out if it's a girl or
boy will be fun. We plan to have the doctor write it down and seal it in an envelope for Brian to read on his own. Then, he gets to surprise me his own way with the news. And if we find out next week, that would be a fun Valentine's surprise!!
Look for an update then...
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