04-8-2008 - Oh the Joys of Pregnancy

My mood while writing this blog: Exhausted

Well I'm heading into Week 27... and I must say that some of these "side effects" from being pregnant are a little annoying. Let's start by the incontinence. Seriously!! What the heck!? I cannot seem to control my bladder and "leak" with the simplest of sneezes. It's so embarrasing. And I've even been doing my Kegels. I do not remember having this issue when I was pregnant with my daughter - but they say after your first, you become weaker and weaker down there. So maybe that is what it is... I don't know. I feel like I need to wear a panty liner wherever I go (sorry if this is TMI), it's just so frustrating. Also too -- where is my shiny hair, glowing features and long strong nails? I have NONE of that!! My hair is frizzy, my face breaks out from time to time (and I usually have flawless skin) and my nails are soooo weak and brittle. Hmmm... is this the result of having a boy? I remember being pregnant with my daughter and I felt beautiful. I loved my pregnant body, I had long, goregous full hair and my nails were rock solid. This time around, I don't feel so attractive - I feel gross and definately NOT attractive at all. My poor hubby is suffering from this too. He doesn't seem to mind. He loves my belly - he's always rubbing it and calling me "Preggo". It's cute.

Anyhow - I was all excited to start Asher's room this weekend. We have the paint picked out and was going to spend all weekend doing it. Then my husband came down with what we thought was the flu on Thursday. He was coming up to surprise me at my baby shower given by my co-workers -- when when he arrived he looked like he was on his death bed; he was shaking, sweating, pale white and just didn't look good at all. I sent him home to rest. Here to find out -- he's got Level 3 Pneumonia and it's real deep in his lungs. He has trouble breathing, he loses his breath going up the stairs to the bathroom or walking too long, he's been running a temp of 103.5-103.9!! So they gave him a really strong antibiotic (it's $180 for 15 pills), luckily we only had to pay $5 (thanks to insurance!). They told him that if he didn't break the fever within 48 hours, he needed to go to the hospital for testing. So all weekend he slept and dealt with this. Ugh and I had to too... Sunday night he got really really bad. I thought I was going to have to take him to the ER. He got really pale (paler than I'd ever seen), he was shaking and sweating and he was having a really hard time breathing (he said it felt like someone was strangling him). By the time we got home, he started pinkening up and he quit shaking. He took some meds and I took his temp and strange enough it was below normal. WTH!? So he laid on the couch the rest of the night.

I just got a call from him this morning and he says that he feels a lot better. I think that all of that last night, was the virus finally leaving his system. He's going to take it easy today and if he spikes a temp at all, he's going to go in for testing. I feel bad bc he's supposed to be leaving for Canada for a week on Saturday. It's always something... Now I'm just praying that I don't catch it. You always here that you cannot catch it from being outside in the cold or from another person, but that is not true. His doctor said there are several types of Pneumonia. And the one he happened to have caught is contracted through other people or a virus in the air. So the minute I spike a temp - I'm going to be checked out immediate...same for my daughter. We'll see though.

I'm really excited about this weekend. I am surprising my husband with a 3D/4D ultrasound for our anniversary while he is away. I go on Saturday. I cannot wait to see what my little one looks like. And I'm really hoping that my husband loves it and isn't upset that I went without him. I've been dying for an opportunity to surprise him with something that is sentimental to the both of us and I think this a great opportunity. My appt is set for 9am on Saturday!!!

Alright - well I think that's it for now. I go on the 20th for my Sugar Test (yum, not!) Not looking forward to that stuff, bleh!! But it's something that needs to be done. Besides that I need to have my sugar levels looked at bc I've been feeling faint and dizzy a lot lately. Yesterday, laying on the floor watching tv, I sat up to get off the floor and the room began to spin nonstop and I nearly threw up from it. I had to lay back down. I really feel like I'm having issues again with either my iron or my hypoglycemia is acting up. We'll find out on the 20th.

Have a great day!!