For Kristine (10, 11, 12 weeks)

And mostly because I have missed three weeks of updating, which should tell you how awesome I have been feeling.  You might have gotten wind of it from my status updates, complaining about wanting to die around 5pm every day.

I can't begin to tell you how different this time is from Ryan.  Partially because without his blog, I wouldn't remember jack squat.  With Ryan boy, I was sick from about 7 weeks until around 11 weeks, but I had good spells here and there.   With Ryan boy, I wanted cheeseburgers day and night.  Red meat.  MORE!!!!   Carnivore!

This time:  sick started at 6 weeks and continues.  Today is the first day where I felt sort of normal all day.  The early start was due to zoloft -- when I stopped taking it, the illness got much, much better, but was still present.  I start the day feeling great and by the end of work/getting home time, I just want to curl up and sleep until the next morning.   I don't know if the tired is feeding the nausea or if it's the other way around, but my gut instinct is that the tired is feeding the nausea, because once I sleep, I have a tendency to feel better.

With this one, I want nothing to do with burgers, hot dogs, bacon, etc. etc.   Keep it away from me.  Carbs is where it's at.  Mac n Cheese, Potatoes, Chips, etc. etc.   I would rather eat chicken than a cheeseburger -- I have been eating them, out of habit, but I really have to force them down.  Pizza is my BFF right now.

I ate a lot of fruit with both, so that doesn't really mean anything, other than I love me some fruit.

We found the heartbeat at my 10 week appt, which was awesome!   The latest he put my due date was Dec. 30 at that point, which I agree with a bit more than Dec 26 or 27.   He said that I could get an "early" ultrasound or wait until 20 weeks.   I would like to see my little one, so I opted for early ultrasound.  Turns out that he uses the same geneticist that did Ryan's anatomy scan.

So, I have an appt with Dr. Herrmann at 2:30 next Monday.   I have a feeling that it will actually be a NT scan, to check for any genetic issues with the baby at this point.   As I stated after my last appt:  When I have a heartbeat at 10 weeks, I end up with a living child.  So, I am feeling nothing but positive right now.  Of course, I still feel terrible too, so that helps.  I am sort of hoping that I might be far enough along that he might be able to take a guess at the sex at this ultrasound.  Of course, I can wait until August for the next one, but I am SOOOOO impatient!  

So, in a nutshell:  Mint gum is my BFF right now, to keep my stomach under control; keep the red meat away from me or I will spit on you, and ultrasound in one week!   I'll be back with pictures then!