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17 Week Appt

We have made it to 17 weeks and everything is progressing beautifully! We had an ultrasound and consult with Maternal Fetal Medicine this morning. The ultrasound went well AND NO WE DID NOT FIND OUT WHAT WE ARE HAVING! Our consult went well also. Our new high risk dr, Dr. Curtain has decided the goal for pregnancy is 34 weeks and I have about a 70% chance of getting to that. I do begin 17 hydroxy progesterone in two weeks to prevent preterm labor. This medicine is giving intramuscular via a weekly shot! Yuck! Keith unfortunately is going to be giving me these shots and I don't think he is thrilled by this. He has decided to see us back in 2 weeks where we will have a transvaginal ultrasound to check my cervix and the normal belly ultrasound. Today the baby's head was jammed right up against my cervix, in the exact position you would want a baby to be in around 38-40 weeks. The baby is measuring right on time so despite my lack of weight gain all is fairing out well! Our appointments will remain just about the same, averaging about every 2 weeks. I will be posting the ultrasound photos on another post so stay tuned!

Belly - Getting rounder, not so much bigger.

Weight Gain - Non existent, :( I'm under where I started at my 7 week appointment. Hopefully, I start gaining some soon.

Boy/Girl - Still saying girl, but Keith this week has begun calling it "him"

Feeling - Pretty good, some back aches here and there. But feeling pretty good and have a decent amount of energy.

Sleep - Same as before, no real changes there.

Cravings - None really this week. This is really beginning to bother me. I want to eat!!

Morning Sickness - We actually have this under control by Keith giving me medicine when he awakes in the morning. I haven't vomited since Sunday morning.....however, due to some insurance crap and changes I am now limited to 12 pills a month, YIKES! Not sure how this is going to pan out. And needless to say I'm not very happy. Hopefully like all the books say, this should end by 20 weeks!

16 weeks

Can you believe tomorrow starts a countdown of 23 weeks and 6 days?! I know I can't! The time is seriously whizzing by and sometimes I feel rushed but other times I feel like we are doing okay! I'm going to try and get Keith to take a belly shot to add to the blog. I'm typically not to into belly photos but maybe a few will be alright! We go to high risk Maternal Fetal Medicine next Thursday. We get a sizing ultrasound and our routine appointment so I don't have any medical news to report.

Belly- Getting bigger everyday. Seems to be rising up too, if that makes any sense.

Weight Gain- Unsure since I haven't been to the Dr in two weeks, however I don't think I lost but I don't think I gained either. I am actually wishing I would gain some weight. I am 3 pounds I believe from where I started and should have gained about 10 by now.

Boy/Girl- Doesn't matter to me! But I still feel girl, although every now and then I question myself, I should stick to my gut instincts!

Cravings- Ice, apples, clemintines and unfortunately that's about it. The clemintines don't always agree with me but I always go back for more!

Sleep- That's an iffy one, depends on the night. Some nights are good, some nights not so much!

Morning sickness- I am still getting sick daily. If it stays to daily I'm thankful, however some days it's 5 times some days it's 25 times (no kidding) when it gets that bad we typically head into the ER for fluids. Yesterday wasn't to bad at around 4-6 times. But I really have had about enough of it and I'm sick of feelling nausea all day long. Thank goodness for me time is flying by!

The baby has been named!

Keith and I have settled on definate first names for the baby. We have middle names but we are not set in stone for those. If baby is a girl it will be Avery and if baby is a boy it will be Owen. Our thoughts right now are Avery Lane Nye or Avery Lynn Nye. Boy thoughts are Owen Keith Nye. Can't wait until (actually I can wait we have far too much to do yet to start that waiting game) delivery day to see what we have been blessed with. All of us are still thinking girl, but there's always a possibility of a boy! Regardless, Avery or Owen will be an absolute to joy to all of our live's!

Emergency Room part two

Unfortunately, we had to make another visit to Hershey ER for more fluids Saturday evening. We were in and out in under 2 hours! They treated me with a bag of fluids and some anti nausea medicine and voila feeling awesome! The awesome feeling continued on into Sunday. Hoping Monday is great as well. They did an ultrasound of baby and right before the Dr started he said "do you know what you are having yet?" We said "no, we are not finding out." He said "Ok, then I won't tell you!" In any event, the baby was proudly waving and dancing around. The Dr announced for the "third time" we have quite an active one. I do have an emergency room follow up on Monday.

Emergency Room

As my previous post states, my morning sickness has taken a vicious kick into all day sickness. Needless to say when everything comes up, fluids must go in. So on September 7th (Wednesday) we headed into Hershey's Emergency Room and sure enough as my doctor suspected I was dehydrated. So they loaded me up with fluids and iv anti-nausea medicine. I felt great shortly after, managed dinner Wednesday night, had an awesome day Thursday, and on Friday (today) I only got sick once. Hoping for the best! I finally had a few cravings which is totally awesome, feels great to finally be hungry. The cravings are Apples and Utz natural chip medley! I seriously can't get enough of either!

Spoke to soon.....

Yes, I believe I spoke to soon regarding the morning sickness. At this point it's all day and night sickness even while I sleep. Holy Hannah, it's been awful! It's Friday at 3:00 and I stopped counting at 11 times so far. I've taken my medicine and absolutely no relief. I sure hope this lifts soon. I'm not sure how much more I can take. Not only is it affecting me, but if you are in the bathroom, I barge right in. If you're in the kitchen fixing something to eat and I smell it, to the garbage can I go. I felt bad for Keith Thursday morning as he was making his breakfast I was getting sick next to him in the sink. Thank goodness he is a super supporting, fabulous man who always tries to give me a hand and make me feel better. It's got to get better right! I want to crave food at random hours of the night like my other pregnant friends!!! Soon, I keep telling myself, soon!