12 weeks with Emelia: We get brand new information and it sucks

When I was pregnant with Olivia, I lived in fear. Fear I would lose her, obviously, first and foremost. Fear something would go wrong. Fear I would have a bleeding episode from my blood thinner and it would be catastrophic. I lived this fear for my entire pregnancy, in varying…

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11 weeks with Emelia: I get to be high risk again

People have been asking me if I’m OK. Like, really OK after my visit in the ER last Tuesday. I am. I just ate half a bag of Cheetos Puffs. Chicken still makes me want to barf and while I check every time I use the bathroom for blood, I…

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Easter 2019

So I realize after the last horrible post with bleeding and an ER visit (if you didn’t read it, everyone is OK) this is a weird post to follow it, but I totally forgot with everything going on and hey! Olivia has a cute dress this year. She dyed eggs…

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11 Weeks with Emelia: ER

Warning: This post gets pretty graphic. If you’re not in a place to read about pregnancy and bleeding, or topics surrounding the loss of a baby, please feel free to skip this post. Take care of yourself first. Edited to add: I’m OK. The baby is OK. 11 weeks. I…

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10 Weeks with Emelia: Still nauseous. Bring nachos.

Ah week 10. My nausea is just as bad as it was last week. If you think I’m complaining a lot, you’re right. The gagging has set in full force. I do these huge gags every once in a while and have to stand or sit absolutely still to settle…

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