Things are Looking Brighter

Well, at 11w 5d the ‘all-day’ sickness has just about gone. I am feeling much better and also find that I don’t need to sleep all day. In fact over the last 3 days I haven’t slept during the day at all and have started going to bed a little later too. WOOHOO!!!! All I can do now is pray that it stays this way for the remainder of the pregnancy.

Since I have been spending most of the last few months in bed I am finding that doing simple tasks like going out for a few groceries is making me feel weak, light-headed and tired. I think that now I need to concentrate on getting my strength back by slowly building up my exercise.

Now that I’m feeling better I can concentrate on going shopping for the nursery and organising things like the birthing plan.

Suck on Lemons

For nearly 5 weeks now I have been battling the ‘morning sickness’ beast, although for me it is more like late-afternoon-and-night-sickness. I can’t stand the smell of cooking and can't even enjoy drinking a nice glass of cold milk. I spend most of the day sleeping cos this is the only time I don't feel sick. The only other time I feel OK is when I'm eating.

After trying everything from ginger tea to motion sickness wristbands I have finally found something that works for me. I am eating drying crackers, cheesesticks and drinking iced water with additional ice cubes and a couple of tablespoons of fresh lemon juice. Just before lying down I am also sucking on a slice of lemon.

Funny how something as simple as lemons can be such a life saviour :)

The OB Search

Armed with a list of 15 or so names and numbers of OB's that work out of either Peel Health Campus or SJOG Murdoch I was pretty confident that it wouldn’t take long to find a private OB and make my first appointment. Boy, was I wrong!

Firstly I realised that many of the OB’s did not take on new patients, meaning that they only saw woman that were on their 2nd or subsequent pregnancies. Other OB’s were booked up until April next year. Initially I wanted to book with one of the OB’s which was recommended to me by Dr Thompson but after all the phone calls I realised that I would be lucky if I could get a OB in the area of my choice.

On my 12th phone call I hit the jackpot! I am now booked in to see Dr Molloy at SJOG Murdoch at the earliest appointment of 7 September 2009.

1st Ultrasound

Well, after patiently waiting for 7 weeks and 5 days, Friday I went for my first ultrasound and got to see my baby (well, foetus) for the first time. It was all a bit of a nervous wait since my last blood test showed extremely elevated hormone levels which the Ob/Gyn thought may have indicated more than one foetus.

When the image came up on the screen I was so happy to only see the one foetus (though much to many people’s disappointment). There really wasn’t that much to see except a little white ‘bean’ inside the black gestational sac. All development is on track and there is a strong heart beat. Baby’s due date is 14 March 2010.

My current Ob/Gyn is based in Subiaco and he has suggested that I call St John of God (SJOG) Murdoch and arrange to see an Ob/Gyn that is a little closer to home. This will make it easier for check-up appointments and also for the birth.