9 Weeks

1)I have had a cold (I think), and was miserable for two days. I took nothing for it - not even regular acetaminophen.

2) Even with all the sneezing, etc, still nearly constantly nauseous. This morning as I type this, I am lying on my side and chewing gum - and still fighting the urge to vomit imminently.

3) Night after night lately, I've been sleeping for hours on end. No waking up from weird dreams, nothing. Then this last night, I was so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open, but I couldn't fully sleep either. In the middle of the night I was panicking because I had some insomnia the night before I started miscarrying in December. I finally got up around 4 am, got online, found that 78% of pregnant women experience periods of insomnia. That helped to relieve me a bit, and I also figured out I was too hot most of the night, too, as my husband had re-set the thermostat after I had already gone to bed! (He thought it was too cold! The colder it is the better I sleep.) Anyway, I am also relieved that I am still nauseous, too.

4) According to some of the pregnancy development sites, given that this is my second pregnancy (third, but second to get this far), I should be popping a belly already! No, my clothes still fit extremely nicely given that I am still down several pounds from pre-pregnancy. I am occasionally very bloated, which is very normal, but nothing to change the way my clothes fit.

5) My next OB appt is on Tuesday, and my first ultrasound is on Thursday next week.

6) I was getting frustrated by being told no, no fetal echo until 18 weeks. I have argued that I know it can be done earlier - at least to detect HLHS! They can detect HLHS as early as 12 weeks in Europe!! So I looked up Sam's team's website - and yes, they do offer fetal echoes for as early as 15 weeks along w/history of CHD. http://www.thic.com/fetalechocard.htm My dear husband asked today at the local hospital where he works, and they are willing to do a fetal echo at 16 weeks. This is fine - this is all I was asking for. They do need a referral from my OB, however. I'll get one, one way or another.

7) Still craving potatoes.