Week 14

I keep reading these articles about how great pregnant people feel once they're out of the first trimester. They are liars. hehe

I'm going to rehash the bad first so I can end on the good. We thought that we had beaten the vitamin situation (again, for the 3rd time). Another twins mom suggested taking 2 Tums with the iron pill. That worked for about 3 days. Sunday I started feeling ill, like with a cold. Then I got a migraine, followed by a complete vitamin+Tums failure.

I woke up Monday with a really bad ear ache and sore throat. I tried getting a shower and ended up getting sick. The nausia I felt was of the "not going away anytime soon" variety. Work wasn't going to happen. Goodbye last day of vacation! J came home at lunch and I was still in bed with wet hair, wearing my bathrobe. He convinced me to move to the couch, fed me, and I slept most of the rest of the afternoon. Monday evening brought another migraine.

Tuesday my ear and throat hurt worse. J and I made a deal that I'd sleep in and call him when I woke up. At that point he'd come home and take me to the doctor's office. We spent 2hrs there, and considering the number of people in the waiting room, that was fast. They gave me an antibiotics shot in my rear and a prescription for 5 days of antibiotic pills.

Wednesday I felt good enough to go to work, although not good enough to accomplish anything of value while I was there. Friends were planning a New Year's Eve party for that night. I told them I didn't think we'd make it but after some negotiations, we ended up going for a couple of hours. I got tired early and was in bed before the ball dropped. hehe

Thursday we were supposed to go to J's dad's house for a belated Christmas dinner. Everything was going ok until I encountered an insurmountable triple threat - full tummy, going to the bathroom, and nasal drip. Any one of those will make me dryheave. All three at once was too much. I dragged my pathetic body to the couch and cried a little. I felt even worse because J was left with sink clean-up, and I accidentally yelled at him. We cancelled our plans for dinner and I held the livingroom furniture down the rest of the day.

So after all that bad stuff... Today I'm back at work and feeling ok. This is the second day in a row with no teeth brushing-related dryheaving!! I've also gained 2 pounds this week!! Woot!

Last weekend J and I put some serious work into getting the nursery ready. He pulled out the tapemeasure and determined our guest bedroom was the largest. I totally cleaned up the craft room anyways. While J was shifting all 3 of our spare rooms around, I handled the task of unpacking the boxes we hadn't touched since we moved. And we went through our closet! And we put away all of the Halloween stuff! Our entire upstairs is baby ready now. We just need to buy some nursery furniture!