Statistic

5/24: Well, now I join the high percent of women that have thrown up from morning sickness. That was a fun 'treat' this morning. As the acid rose up my throat, I remember thinking 'Why in the world would anyone do this more than once?!'. I feel a lot better now, but I have a feeling that won't be the last time. Tyler just called from our room 'Uh oh.' He came out mid-puke and said 'So it begins'. He dumped my puke bowl and didn't fuss about it. What a sweetie. 

So to catch you up on the past week. I had spotting over this past weekend, but it was dark brown so I was told not to worry. Well, I still called my nurse anyway. So she wanted me to get my blood levels drawn on 5/19 and an ultrasound 5/21. My HCG levels on 5/19 were 98,000. They were 14,000 last Monday, so they are risely 'beautifully per my nurse. Tyler and I were still very worried something was wrong, but we knew we'd find out for sure at the ultrasound. 

5/21 we waited patiently as our ultrasound tech called us back 20 minutes late and started with a tummy ultrasound. She said happily, 'Oh look! There's the sack.' So we were pretty relieved. By the way. You have to have a full bladder to do those tummy ones, and then they push extra hard. It was all I could do not to pee myself. 

Then I had to use the restroom to prepare for the Transvaginal ultrasound (I'll let you look up that one). She took several pictures and measured our little minion. I am measuring at 7 weeks today (5/24), and my due date is January 10th. We actually got a surprise too! We heard a very strong heartbeat, first time! It was very sweet, and cute and wonderful!

So symptoms: only thrown up once!, dizziness, nausea (like motion sickness), and some breast soreness. I'm still having some food aversions (left overs, ginger, deli meat, coffee, spinach). I can't go near those things. No huge cravings besides potato skins last Sunday. I'm trying to drink smoothies most mornings so I can take my time drinking them. Bleh.