Pregnant Kylara

Documenting our journey!

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please remember that it is better to eat unhealthily than to not eat at all

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This, this is very very important

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The AFP Test

So when you’re pregnant you have the option of getting an Alpha-Fetoprotein test. It tests for birth defects like Down’s Syndrome or Spinal Bifida or other random things. And it seems not that useful because there is a like 99% chance of a false positive. 

But I decided to get tested. Bc my husband and I worry about things and I’m like it will come back normal and everything will be fine and that’s one less thing to worry about.

But it did NOT come back normal. (The person on the phone who gave me my results said it came back positive, but I don’t actually know what she meant by that because after some research it appears that abnormal either means too high or too low. SO there isn’t really positive and negative. Maybe she meant positive for needing more testing. Or positive for Abnormal.) Anyway. She referred me to this other place to look into it further. But I’ve been worried all week because I didn’t know if it was too high or too low.

Either way it could mean the age of the baby calculated wrong. But too low could mean chromosomal defects where too high could mean spinal/neural defects. Or twins. (Which plays into my dream intuition. But I don’t actually think is likely (but part of me is hoping lol.)

Anyway, so I have an appt today at this specialist place. And They will be doing an ultrasound and then I will talk to a genetic counselor. It’s our first ultrasound so it could mean we find out the sex of the baby today. (I hope they aren’t too clinical about it, because it’s the first time we get to see the baby.)

And Nathan is adopted so we don’t have a complete picture of our genetics. So I really don’t know what use this follow up appt is going to be, but I’m hoping it will be oh this really simple reason is why it came back abnormal and now you can go back to not worrying.

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The Annoying Yet Inescapable Part

So pregnancy, it’s the worst. And also having a child, super exciting. And here’s the part that’s super annoying yet inescapable. Not only does everyone suddenly have an opinion, but the right, no the need to share it with me. I’m not surprised...I knew it was coming. I guess I just didn’t prepare for how annoying it would be.

- You want to do cloth diapers? HORRIBLE IDEA. It will never work. It will be so stinky. You’ll change your mind in a day.

-You haven’t felt the baby move yet? At 18 wks? What’s wrong with you? You must have felt the baby move. You’re just confused.

-You must be so sick because of your diet! You need to eat more protein. Less process foods. Those meals you’re eating are GARBAGE. (You’re growing a baby. Plant it in fertile soil.)

-You don’t want to get an epidural? You want to be able to walk and move during the process? You crazy naive little thing. You won’t be able to move. You’ll be in too much pain. The only thing that will save you is an epidural. Don’t you want your birth to be pleasurable?

It’s just that I don’t care if you’ve had more experience than me. I want to do my own thing. I’ll take what you say into account but please. STOP ACTING LIKE I’M STUPID BECAUSE MY CHOICES ARE DIFFERENT THAN YOURS!

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Zofran

Is a miracle drug. IT has cured me of the nausea. At first I was taking it every 6 hours and I could feel to the minute when it wore off bc I would be nauseous again. But I haven’t been having to take it as often. 

In fact, I just remembered I haven’t had any today yet and I’m a little troubled by the fact I forgot to bring some to work jic. 

Anyway, it made week 17 a lot better. I am quite enjoying pregnancy without the nausea. Although, there are unpleasant side effects. More on that later. Overall I’m sleeping better, I have a bit more energy and thing are good.

And 18 weeks has been pretty good so far although the medicine’s effectiveness wore off a little bit. I was nauseous during the day on Monday. But it was possibly hunger/heartburn- idk.

I’m almost out of my first px fill so I hope I can get more.

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17 Weeks Dr Appt

Pretty normal dr. appt. She listened for the baby with the handheld doppler. It was hard for her to find a loud place for her to listen for it, but she found it (really low by my hip. She said it was 150/bpm and also that the baby was moving around a lot. SO everything was healthy for me and the baby. I also got a px for nausea. And a alpha beta protein test or whatever its called (the kind that checks for birth defects.) More on that later.

So all in all according to my dr everything’s fine. I like my dr a lot by the way. I’ve never talked about her. She’s super laid back and calm and at first it kind of bothered me, but now I find it really relaxing. She’s just super reassuring when she explains things: like how I probably won’t feel the baby move until 20-24 weeks, and when it hurts when I sneeze that’ my rotator cuffs attaching my uterus to my body etc.

I scheduled my ultrasound for Sept 19 and my next appt is the week after that.

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17 Wks and Blech

So I’m 17 weeks today. I’m still feeling pretty sick. I've thrown up 5 out of the past 6 mornings. So it’s basically worse than the beginning of my pregnancy. But better than weeks 14-15.

I have a dr appt today and i think i’m going to take her up on the offer of a nausea prescription.

I am just tired of feeling sick. Like tired/achey I wouldn’t mind as much.I just hate this whole gonna throw up if I don’t eat and then after I eat feelin sick like I might throw up or possibly it’s heart burn or possibly just a sore stomach.

Anyway, just truckin along over here being minorly miserable. And people are like look at other people’s babies (keep your eye on the prize) and I’m all last time I was at church there were like 5 crying babies and none of that seems fun...

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Highlights from 13 14 15 Weeks

Week 13 was good. I was feeling better. I saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Which made week 14 all the more horrible when I was feeling sick again. That weekend was especially bad. I threw up almost everything I ate. I was huddled on the couch thinking I never want to be pregnant again; pregnancy is the literal worst. 

Week 15 started with a sick day and then eating lunch at the park where I promptly threw up over the side of the bench I was sitting on. (It was super gross because I just drank a large drink of cold water so the vomit was cold.) But then it got better and I made sure to eat on time and try to keep eating so I wouldn’t be sick.

The weekends are always the worst though and Saturday I had a pretty bad experience projectile vomiting potash all across my kitchen. (Nathan cleaned it up for me; bless him. 

No pregnancy hallmarks. Once my stomach was really gurgling and rumbling and I thought it might be the baby moving around. But probably just indigestion. (NO butterfly feels.) I’m probably showing a little bit, but my stomach already was sticking out so I don’t know if it’s sticking out any further.

I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that there’s a baby inside of me. 

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16 Weeks Today!

My baby is the size of an avocado! crazy.

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I haven’t been really thinking about names at all. I’m kind of waiting until I find out the sex so I only have to think of one set of names. But Here are some names I like:

Eden Genevieve Pretty much all variations on Eve Natalie Gemma Stella Quinn (But more as a middle name?) Lillian Helena Eloise Elsie Edyth

Everett Elliott Ezekiel Eli Finn Grant Cooper Hunter Emerson Edison

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2nd Doctor Visit

I had my second drs appt on Monday. It was really great. She said everything is going fine. We heard the baby’s heart beat through a handheld ultra sound device. It was crazy. There is actually a living being inside of me. 

She said it sounds healthy (160 beats or something.)

I also asked her about my diet which has basically been nothing but pasta and mashed potatoes recently and she said don’t worry about eating a balanced diet right now. The baby’s so small it’s not hurting anything. Which I had kind of been worrying about. 

No more blood tests till my next appt in 4 weeks. So we’re all good. (PS - based on finding the baby, I don’t think I’m having twins, so take that weird pregnancy dreams.)

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This week, my baby is the size of a Lemon! Crazy!

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Twelve Weeks

Last week I was feeling a lot better overall. So I threw up for the second time on Sunday though. But if I kept eating everything felt pretty good. 

We moved apartments and even though I did hardly anything, it was still exhausting. I mean, I packed and unpacked a ton, but I didn’t do any of the actual moving more than one trip to and from the car. Our new place is on the 3rd floor, so that’s just overall tiring. 

I upgraded my phone so I could play Pokemon Go and I’ve been walking around a little bit. Not a ton. Mostly we jsut go on Pokedrives. But we’ve walked a few times, and it’s tiring but good. 

Anyway, not a lot happening babywise. Oh, except my stomach started itching. Is it growing? Who knows. Probably although I still haven’t really gained weight.

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Pregnancy Budget

So I kind of wanted to keep a running tally of how much money I spent on this pregnancy and then another for baby stuff. (I mean I know people say having a baby is expensive, but how expensive, exactly.)

So I probably have had a 15% increase in grocery spending and eating out, but along the normal lines of a time in my life where I am super lazy/busy/disorganized.

I’ve bought:

-Prenatal Vitamins -$3.50 -Thrift store Maternity Dress-$1.50 -Nice bra-$22

First Trimester Total: $27

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Eleven Weeks

Let’s talk about my week last week. A few of the days I was feeling great and I thought, yay! my sickness is going away because I am nearing the end of the first trimester.

Then on Friday I threw up for the first time since I got pregnant. (I threw up again on Sunday. No fun.) Both times it was like between 7-8 in the morning and I hadn’t eaten anything yet, so I just threw up water. (Maybe I didn’t eat early enough or I just drank too much water?) Anyway, I felt super sick all weekend I was like afraid to eat because like what if I threw up food. 

My weight is fluctuating up to five pounds under my pre-pregnancy weight.

I finally bought a nice bra and my boobs thank me very much. (Hopefully it is big enough that it will be able to last me throughout the whole pregnancy, but I’ll probably have to buy a nursing one later.)

We are currently moving apts and it is EXHAUSTING. Pokemon Go is really fun even though I can’t enjoy walking around much. It’s fine a little bit, but not when I feel nauseous or in the sun. The heat is killer. I AM going to try to walk more ans so hopefully Pokemon Go will motivate me.

I still don’t think it’s hit me that I am going to have a baby. 

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I’ve been sneezing a lot lately. Like an abnormal amount. I have no idea if it’s related to the pregnancy or not. The thing is though: Because I’m pregnant, EVERY SINGLE abnormal thing that my body does MUST be related to my pregnancy. 

So yeah. Pregnancy is making me sneeze :)

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Today I was crying a ton over something that logically I know is nothing to cry over. This seems like something that could have easily happened pre pregnancy, but I’m totally blaming it on the whacked out hormones.

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!!!!!! My baby is the size of a lime! What the eff is even going on inside me?!