Samantha-George gave us a little scare on Monday night. I had not been feeling good over the weekend. I had a lot of congestion and hadn't been able to sleep at night because I couldn't breathe out my nose. Since I was past 12 weeks, I am allowed to take some medications now, but I wasn't sure if I had allergies or a cold or what. Nothing seemed to work either. I called the doctor to see how much was ok to take, and they gave me the run around and I never got an answer. Monday night I was getting ready for bed and decided to go to the bathroom one last time (a necessity when you are pregnant) and thought it was weird that my period had started... wait WHAT?! You don't have periods when you are pregnant.... I was instantly freaked that I had so much blood comin out of me, but it was late and I wasn't in any pain so I decided to wait until morning and give my doctor a call in the morning. In the morning the bleeding was lighter so I called the doctor. I told them about my congestion and the medications and they were about to give me the run around again, but then I mentioned the bleeding and they said oh... can you be here in ten minutes? We want to do an ultrasound.
I went to the doc within the next few minutes (the perk of having one so close to where you live) and they had me on the bed with jelly on my tummy within in a few minutes. What a relief to see Samantha-George in there happy and well! The ultrasound tech even made the comment that they were a little acrobat! (S)he was moving around tons and it was so fun to see! Heartbeat was at 148 and the tech tried to snap a few pics for me, but Samantha-George was not as cooperative this time (hence the kinda scary looking skeleton picture below). I was then escorted back to a patient room where the doc came in and said that sometimes these kind of things happen but it doesn't mean that something is wrong. The uterus is just a vascular organ. She then took a look at me and took a look in my ears and pressed on my face. After that she said I had a sinus infection and an ear infection and that I needed antibiotics... Oh is that all? Great. She also told me that I now weight 129 pounds... I lost a pound? That's not really what is supposed to be happening right? She said if I haven't gained any weight by the next appointment she was gonna start getting after me. She told me I'm now on the ice cream diet. Oh darn. I was having a rough week in case you couldn't tell because I still had school and work as busy and crazy as ever. I was having a hard time keeping up with it all physically and emotionally. I guess the good news is that I now have permission to eat tons of ice cream and I got a bonus ultrasound. Woo! Any excuse to see that little babe of mine :-)
Since I have been on the antibiotics I have been feeling better and actually sleeping through the night again (thank goodness). I am not back to 100% yet, but I know I'm on my way. I have put my two weeks in at work, so I know that will be a huge stress relief when that's all done. We are planning on moving to Sacramento around April 18 so we are working on packing, cleaning, and planning on top of everything. We are excited for some change though and to enjoy some warm weather for a change! It snowed here yesterday by the way... Hey Rexburg, ever heard of spring? Yeah it's supposed to be here. Well I know the real reason you are reading this is to see pictures so we'll cut the chit-chat. Here (S)he is!
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