So I puked, kinda.

I am so damn sick.

I feel like this is beyond normal 'morning sickness'.

I feel like I have the worst flu ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT. My body aches (especially down my left leg), major nausea, serious tummy and digestion issues, dizziness, the UTI (blood in my urine), etc. . .

Around 3am this morning I finally puked. Not a lot--since there was nothing in my belly, but the awesome dry heaves continued.

I'm not sure how I am going to function if this continues much longer. I had to take off of work today and miss my manicure appointment <-- Major disappointment!

Hopefully, I will feel somewhat better tomorrow and Friday so I can finish off the work week. Then after work on Friday I made an appointment with my general doctor to see if something else is wrong. Blech. . . I am so wiped.

7 weeks and 1 day.

Into the 8th week we go!

I had a pretty rough week last week. I was SICK from Monday at 3am until late yesterday (Sunday). The week began with the first signs of nausea --which haven't left me since. At 3am on Monday morning I awoke to massive stomach and intestinal cramping. . . you can imagine what came next. That continued for the rest of the week. I called in on Monday (had to) and then Wednesday, I skipped the morning meeting and came in when I had to teach classes. Thursday I had to tough it out through one of the worst days of nausea yet-- during parent-teacher conferences! I was at work until 8:30pm that night. I can't believe I made it. Friday, I learned we were having twins-- I also learned I could take my dissolvable 'zolfran' tablets to help lessen the nausea. I'm taking them sparingly "just in case" they do more harm then good.

The big news came Saturday. After noticing my urine grow darker and darker over the past week, I thought I needed to drink more water. This only made the bright red blood much more apparent when I peed out all the water I had been drinking. Yeah, I'm pissin' blood.

Awesome.

DH and I spent the rest of Saturday night (until 2AM) at the ER trying to get it figured out. While I, of course, fear the worst-- like kidney failure, so far the doctor seems to think it is just an UTI (urinary tract infection). I am currently on the one 'pregnancy' safe antibiotic. Hopefully it will clear up soon.

Phew. . .

So it's been a rough week to say the least. I am glad to be on the other side of most of my non-pregnancy sickness and just dealing with the nausea which seemed to be held at bay by just one dissolving Zofran tablet n this morning.

In other news:

Current stats:

Weight Gain: LOST 5-6 pounds from the wonderful week of sickliness.

Cravings: Still love the fruit cups and am also digging: organic chewy granola bars, fruit snacks and veggie pasta salad, easy on the dressing.

Nauseous: HELL YES.

Belly touches: Just DH.

Feeling: Still very tired. Also less tolerant of stupid people-- yes even more than usual. I am still fighting the sicknesses from last week, but I think the antibiotics are helping. Back pain is beginning to kick in too.

Boy or girl: Well I guess I could have one of each now! I keep going back and forth on what I'd like. . .still open at this point.

Single or twins: I was right-- TWINS! (This question will disappear next week. . .)

Emotional state: Cranky on occasion but I more or less just want to get to my Spring break. I need a vacation. 8 days of work to go!

OBGYN: The search continues. I am going to most likely make appointments with 2-3 different ones and 'interview each of them'.

Being prego makes me loose weight. . .

Since I got my first positive pregnancy test, I've changed my eating habits back to what I know they should be. I've done pretty well over the last year, losing 20-25 lbs and continuing my vegetarian lifestyle. But now, it's a whole new game.

I think about every single thing I put into or onto my body. No more salicylic acid in my face products. No Retin-A. No candy, soda, or caffeine. And NO BOOZE or social smokey treats.

One of the other major changes is that I now have a whole new reason to go to the gym. Taking care of embryo by taking better care of myself.

Now don't get me wrong, I wasn't a complete slob before the double pink lines. It's just now, I know there is a reason, instead of hoping there will be a reason.

This is a peek at my diet now.

I eat this salad everyday for lunch. (I know, I need to minus the feta). It is made of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, sprouts, red onion, red pepper hummus, and sometimes, one 100% whole wheat pita underneath. (All organic-as always).









For breakfast this morning I had this. 100% whole wheat toast, 3 egg whites w/ salt, pepper, and parmesan, cantaloupe, and my daily pomegranate juice.


















I hope this helps to not only keep my pregnancy going long and strong, but also to give me the healthiest baby possible in the end.


In other news, I found out for the first time today how I am not in charge of my body anymore. I almost blacked out. (Which I have only done one time in my life).
I was taking a long relaxing shower. I sit, I scrub, I do all the usual things. When I stood up, I felt a little dizzy and saw the dreaded "black flash". I knelt down and go my self back together. I turned down the hot water and felt a little better. I tried to quickly rinse the conditioner out of my hair, but I had to turn off the water.
I got my towel . . . and the room started spinning. . .I couldn't even dry off. I was nauseous, it got dark and fuzzy, and I was about to pass out on the tile floor. I ran for the bed and fell backwards onto it. I called for my husband and (da-da-DAH!) he came rushing in.

I must have stood up too fast. I was jittery, too warm, dizzy, and sickly. I just needed to lay there for a few minutes to get my balance and senses back. But now I know, I do not own my self anymore. For nine months, I need to chill.

But it'll all be worth it. I provide you, for you viewing pleasure, one last POAS picture from this morning. If you thought yesterday was a line--check this out!