It has been a long time since I've blogged. No time and no energy. But today is my 2nd day I've called out sick -- and I have nothing to do today but rest-- hence -- BLOG!!! So... here's a timeline of what's been happening.... On 6/18/08 -- I missed my period. So that same day, purchased a home pregnancy test and TA DA!!! I am preggy... But I don't really trust home pregnancy test, so I called my primary care doctor and took the blood/urine test... O'ver was very excited when I shared the news with him. On 6/25/08, I got my lab results back that confirmed I am about 5+ weeks preggy... WHOO HOO!!! I was so excited but we decided to keep the secret to ourselves. It's too early to tell anyways, so I hushed! But I started looking for a OB/GYN that I can trust -- we found our doctor in UCSF. On 6/28/08, I started to notice my heightened sense of smell and nausea. I got rid of all of my air fresheners, and I even bought non-scented shampoo/conditioner. That day, my sister visited the house with her babies. She gave them a shower and decided to dry them inside my room. Smell of wet-dogs = YUCK! She came in the room and saw the home pregnancy test kit (wrapper) inside the garbage can. She asked me why I have that and if I was pregnant. I avoided her question and proceeded to telling her -- "dry them really good! they stink!" Anyways, my sister kept on asking -- she doesn't drop her question until I answered. I just showed her the lab results and she was very excited! She said, OOOH you might have twins! On 6/29/08, we announced our big news to my side of the family. My sister ordered baby cupcakes as announcement at family dinner at home... and I gave my mom a jewelry box (with the + pregnancy test inside) and told her, "Look mommy! Tell me what you think of this! It'll cost us about $10,000+ a year to keep this." She opened the box and TA DA! On 7/5/08, we announced the big news to the rest of the extended family! On 7/18/08, we had our first prenatal appointment. My sister came along. She's very excited about my pregnancy. She bugged O'ver everyday online messenger, asking him to tell my sister to bring her along to the appointments. She even told him that it seems like I'm the surrogate mother carrying her kids. Anyways, at the appointment, nothing happened. A nurse took our family history and doctor did a pap-smear. He said, I don't have ectopic pregnancy and that my uterus felt pregnant. On 8/8/08, we had our genetic testing done -- Nuchal fold test via ultrasound. We had the first look of our baby through ultrasound. I thought I was only 11 weeks and 6 days, but ultrasound said I am already 13 weeks and 1 day -- that's 9 days more advance. Very active -- lots of flip-flopping around in the belly. The test result came back with low risk for down syndrome. On 8/18/08, I got a call from the UCSF clinic and they wanted me to consult with an endocrineologist due to my thyroid hormones being out of wack. I made an appointment on 8/21/08. On 8/21/08, I found out that my TSH level is 0.03 (while the normal lab value is 0.35 to 4.2). The specialist and her 2 interns couldn't pinpoint what is happening to me... so she ordered more tests.... On 8/23/08, I started throwing up after I had ice-cream around 2pm then again after i ate dinner accompanied by extreme stomach pain. I cried myself to sleep. On 8/24/08, I threw up breakfast and lunch and had extreme stomach pain again. So I called the on-call doctor who told me to check into UCSF labor and delivery. We checked in around 5pm and didn't get out till about 10:30pm. During my stay there, I was diagnosed with malnutrition but no dehydration. So they let me go home after I was able to keep down the pizza O'ver bought from the hospital's cafeteria. On 8/25/08, I went to work as normal. I threw up my breakfast and lunch again. I had very strong stomach pain. I was crying at work then I decided to leave. O'ver picked me up at work and took me again to UCSF labor and delivery. We checked in around 3pm, and we went home around 7pm. I was diagnosed with dehydration then but since I didn't want I.V fluid, I was forced to drink ice cold water. I stopped drinking when it made me have more pain. I was given 2 medications - Zantac and Zofran and they helped. So doctor sent me home with 2 prescriptions. I filled the prescriptions at Walgreens: Zantac cost $6.41 for 60 pills and Zofran cost $169 for 20 pills (with insurance). I had another stomach pain around 10pm and went away on its own around 1am. On 8/26/08, I called in sick from work. I took my Zantac as prescribed. I didn't have nausea and vomiting so I didn't have to take the expensive Zofran (which cost about $8 per pill)... I stayed home, relax and rest. I asked my sister to buy me a whole pepperoni pizza from Costco and Sprite (since they were what I can keep down on Sunday night)... I ate that for lunch and dinner. I had slight stomach pain again at night but not too painful. On 8/27/08 -- that's today! I called in sick again to regain my strength back. I'm doing good so far. I ate pizza for breakfast. So far, I'm doing very good. Up to this point of pregnancy (I'll be 16 weeks on Thursday), I gained about 8 pounds. I don't want to think about diet and stuff during this time. I would rather have a big baby than a tiny baby. I can lose weight after the baby is out. I have grown out of my regular size 6/8 clothes and am wearing the maternity clothes. Almost half way through the pregnancy -- can't wait until the little one come out! |