sick, sick, sick

yuck is all I have to say.  i am not happy about the icky feeling that is constantly grumbling in my tummy.    not feelin to fantastic.  that's all i have to say right now.   

What was I thinking?

Not sure I'm ready to do this. Life isn't too great right now. Kind of wishing I wasn't bringing a child into it.

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It's official:

I am sick.....

3 Nights and counting now...

It hits around 7pm ...

I go to bed sick.....

And pray I wake up feeling better.

Heartburn

It's a vicious, vicious thing.  Heartburn is.   Doesn't matter what I eat when I'm preggo, I will have heartburn in the evening.  Typically it doesn't start until around 14-15 weeks, however as I type this I am experiencing it.  I guess the more kids you have the quicker it starts.  Whatever the reason I don't like it.  The only solution for me is Mylanta Night Time.  It tastes terrible because you have to drink it, but it's what works for me.  I've tried TUMS and things like that, but no.  When I was preggo with Sydney I had to have something prescribed it got so bad.  I am not looking foward to the next 30 something weeks of a burning chest.  I am going to try to research if there is something organic, or different eating habits that will lessen it.  I'll post what I find.

mmm mmmm mmmm

Ok, here are my food cravings thus far:

-Nacho Cheese- The 'que bueno' stuff from Costco.  I am craving it at least once if not twice a day.  I want plate fulls of gooey, spice nachos.  (my mouth is watering just thinking about it)

-water- I am so freaking thirsty all day long it's not funny.   I love water anyway, but man I can't get enough.  I've got a huge jug of it sitting next to me right now.

-Cheetos- Now I do like nacho cheese and water, BUT I normally DO NOT like cheetos.  So to crave these is weird for me.  I want to dip them in my nacho sauce. (and I have)  

-around 10:30-11:00pm everynight I crave something sweet.  Anything sweet.  One night I reverted to a fruit snack to satisfy it.  With Halloween coming I know I'm doomed.  I think I need to invest in some fruit leather type things, so at least I know it's sweet and not total crap that late at night.

-oranges- Last Saturday at Sydney's AYSO game I saw one of her teammates eating an orange and I almost got up and took it from her sticky little fingers I wanted it sooo bad.  

I'm sure as time drags on my cravings will change.  But for now here they are.

A little frustration....

I am only just pregnant and already I can't button my pants.  Why do I feel like my belly is huge already?  I know this happens with multiple pregnancies, but the fact that I have to bust out my maternity pants is nuts.    This always happens, I look pregnant really fast so people think I'm pregnant forever.  I stay the same size for what seems like months.  But since I have always been poochy I guess it makes sense.  At least now I can tell people I'm pregnant and not fat.    But right now I am at the heaviest I've ever been.  I just don't want to gain a ton of weight this time.  I am making the gym a habit this pregnancy, I would love to loose some weight still.  Still a little bummed about already growing out of my pants.

next entry: 

heartburn

My take on Kaiser

Here are my thoughts on what I encountered when I called to schedule my first prenatal  appt.    We have had Kaiser since being married.  I love it.  Never any complaints. And every time I got pregnant the routine went like this:  

-I call Kaiser and schedule an appt. to verify that I am in fact preggo.

- when that is confirmed in office, I continue with my initial pap, do all my blood work and schedule future appts.  

Pretty easy and straight forward.  Not complicated or seemingly weird.

So I was expecting the same drill when I called this week.  Um....not how things work now.  

How much has changed in 3 years I'm wondering?

So now, when I call they send my info to some prenatal call center or something, I have to wait for someone to call me back and let me know what's going on.  

I get the call, and I have to schedule some kind of phone interview before I can be seen for the first time.   The call takes about 30 min. and it goes over all the stuff I would have filled out in office.  I guess they want to save on paper or something.  

Then when that interview is complete they schedule my first appt.  with blood work etc.   I don't have to go in and pee in a cup for them to tell me I'm pregnant.  They just take my word for it.  Strange... if you ask me.  

So I said let's schedule this thing and the first available time is in November. November 2 to be exact.  Ok whatever.  The only thing I can think is I probably won't be seen in office until mid to late November, putting me at after 9-10 weeks.  Isn't that a little late to be seen for your first appt.?

Just a thought.   

UPCOMING POSTS:

prenatal vitamins

food cravings

lack of maternity jeans at a decent price with long enough legs