turtlegirl's Journal

I haven't had much energy to be involved with Daily Strength these days which seems to happen to a lot of us. 

Tomorrow will be 12 weeks!  Yeah!  I am thrilled to be ending the first trimester.  I am so grateful to have reached that milestone.  Not to mention to hope for lessening morning sickness and being so incredibly tired all of the time.  I am fearful that neither is going to go away though.

I have had a few bumps in the road, but nothing too alarming. The vomiting has been significant enough that I have lost about 4 pounds.  And after losing about 5 pounds with stims and ER, it is a little unsettling.  I couldn’t lose this much weight when I try (which isn’t often).  I suppose I get to prolong the maternity clothes buying.

I am taking B6 and meclizine now which has helped a little bit.  I haven’t vomited in a couple of days now and the nausea is lessening. 

I did have some abnormal tests.  I have a high white blood count, but nothing significant.  I have felt like I had a sinus infection for about a month now, but I thought that it was just a part of the normal headache thing.  And it is so minor I keep forgetting to mention it whenever I go to an appointment.  I also have a low red blood cell count which means I am slightly anemic.  They suggested just increasing iron in my diet before they add iron pills.  I think being able to actually keep food down should help things.  And then I have strep B – which means I don’t have strep throat, but strep vagina! 

I guess I had been feeling all of these things – the headaches, the tiredness and just chalked it to be pregnant, but now that I know there are actual things wrong with me and I am really “sick” not just pregnant, I was feeling quite miserable and very cranky.  Top that off with working six days last week, and I just wanted to crawl in bed!

I am hopeful that this week will bring a happier and healthier me!