This will be a shorter update because I didn’t have a medical appointment and therefore, there isn’t much for me to rant about. I’m just chugging along, taking my nightly progesterone pills. Vaginally, that is, and I have Chris do them to really shove them up there and basically it’s the only foreplay we’re getting lately.
I started taking a daily baby aspirin because of my MTHFR mutation. And apparently, there’s some thought it can help prevent preeclampsia, but let’s be honest, I’m a crapshoot when it comes to that.
Along with the baby aspirin, I’m still more or less going strong on my prenatals. My acupuncturist gave me free bottles several months back because I had told her I wanted to start taking a good vitamin and she had two bottles that were about to expire of this high-quality prenatal and offered to give them to me for free since she couldn’t sell them.
“I mean, I know it’s a prenatal, and you’re not trying to get pregnant, but really it just gives you some extra iron!” she said.
Jokes on me because I SWEAR those prenatals played a role in knocking me up.
Anyway, I’ve been able to take them still, more or less, though, with my gag reflex and nausea, some days are harder than others. I’m hoping I can keep at them because they have the methylfolate instead of the folic acid that’s in other prenatals. This is apparently important because of the MTHFR mutation, but I don’t know how true this really is. Still, I have to take 3 very large capsules a day and it’s getting rough.
On Monday, Emelia had her first day of big girl school (She transferred into Children’s House) and I wanted so badly to take her for her first day. But the exhaustion and barfy feelings were too strong that morning and Chris ended up taking her. I did make it that afternoon when school let out to come get her and she was so excited to see me. And her teacher said she had a great first day.
I ended up taking her to the park the next day for some 1:1 time. I asked her where the baby was and she put her hand on my belly.
Yes, I know, I’m already showing.
We also had the girls’ birthday party with a bounce house and pizza. Prior to getting pregnant, I had big plans on a taco bar, but as the day drew nearer and the nausea and exhaustion were getting worse, I found myself stressing more and more about it. I mean, taco meat wasn’t even sounding appetizing.
So in the end, just a few days prior, we nixed the idea and decided on Costco pizza again, which we’ve done for the previous two years and whew it was so much better!
I was struggling in the morning with trying not to throw up and battling wanting to nap as we cleaned the house and decorated.
Definitely do not recommend planning a big birthday party while pregnant and wanting to die.
