Oh boy oh girl, this weekend was exhausting. We decided to venture out to BRU (Babies R Us)to register for the babies and I know it has been a few years since I have done this (nearly 12yrs) but WOW. I just can't imagine how these little tiny beings need so much stuff and I mean a whole store filled with stuff, it was so overwhelming for me.
There were more than 10 different types of bottles, each had a different function what happened to the regular plastic bottles that my mom used to use? Then there were different nipples to go with the bottles, then there were bottle sterilizers and bottle warmers and bottle racks and the list goes on.
Then there are the different array of breast pumps the manuals then the electronic pumps now why would I want to pump manually when I could nap and have the machine do it for me ????
Then there were the strollers and the car seats... though we are still searching for one as twin strollers seem to be very heavy and bulky and pricey !!! Now lets get to the swings and the bouncers and the activity centers, then the diapers and oh boy will we need diapers and lots of wipes. So we think we are going to be brave and try cloth diapers hopefully when the twins get to about 8wks so we can save some cash on those very pricey diapers, but we will see how that goes its very easy to say it now cus the babies aren't her yet. I will keep you posted on what happens.
Then there are those cute little outfits and I just can't seem to buy anything yet cus they all look like doll clothes and I'm not sure if I should get newborn cus what if they come early then the newborn clothes will be too big, but then if I buy all 3mths stuff they will be swimming in it. So not sure yet but I did manage to buy 2 outfits as their coming home outfits as they were on sale Buy 1 get 1 free so I bought one cute little dress for baby girl and a cute little onesie outfit for baby boy.
We were beyond pooped when we got home, not sure if i'm heading back out there for that again will do the rest on line :)
Talk to you all soon
Chris
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Happy Day ... Its a Boy .... Its a Girl !!!!
So for all you who have voted and voted for a BOY & GIRL u were absolutely right. It was confirmed today we are so super psyched. Baby A is our quiet little boy, very mellow and low keyed and Twin B the busy body, feisty oine is our little girl. She is the one who has found the perfect spot to nestle under my left breast bone and it hurts.... y couldn't u find another spot kiddo ??? but I guess thats where its most comfy who knows. I posted pics of our little ones for you all to take a peak. Hope you enjoy...
Baby A is our little boy
Twin B is our little girl
If you look closely you will see the penis hanging, my baby has it swinging already :)
And there is our little girl :)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Back to work
So I started work on Monday woopie !!! It felt great to get up and head out on the road and hit morning traffic, I actually think I missed sitting in traffic (crazy I know) Anyway Monday was particularly crazy as we got tons of rain and flooding close to where I work so traffic was crawling but I really didn't mind.
So I get to work and everyone was happy to see me didn't know they liked me that much but I guess they do, it was comforting to know. They were amazed at the size of my belly but said I was glowing and looked happy which was a good thing.
The day went by without a hitch usual meetings here and there then time to go home and come home and cook dinner Joy.
Wow, this is hard from being in bed all day to now being thrown in to the real world again, I'm tired i'm ready for bed, but not yet wait oh no I have heart burns this is not good, I'm too tired I really need to sleep. So hubby props me up with tons of pillows and he goes to the spare bedroom to sleep, so he doesn't keep me up with his snoring :)
I jump up, I'm choking, I can't breathe Oh Gosh I run to the bathroom and I'm puking and gasping... Awww come on give me a break all I want to do is sleep. I think I might have fell into a good slumber by 3:30am or so and the alarm goes off by 6:30 NOOOOOOO. I just fell asleep why must morning come so soon. Im tired .
So up I get, get dressed Im really tired, off in the car and I'm yawning OMG I'm falling asleep while driving this has never happened to me this is so weird, I open the window, I turn up the music ok at work at last with 15 mins to spare, so I turn off the car recline the seat, set my alarm good night I will see you in 15 mins .
So I get to work and everyone was happy to see me didn't know they liked me that much but I guess they do, it was comforting to know. They were amazed at the size of my belly but said I was glowing and looked happy which was a good thing.
The day went by without a hitch usual meetings here and there then time to go home and come home and cook dinner Joy.
Wow, this is hard from being in bed all day to now being thrown in to the real world again, I'm tired i'm ready for bed, but not yet wait oh no I have heart burns this is not good, I'm too tired I really need to sleep. So hubby props me up with tons of pillows and he goes to the spare bedroom to sleep, so he doesn't keep me up with his snoring :)
I jump up, I'm choking, I can't breathe Oh Gosh I run to the bathroom and I'm puking and gasping... Awww come on give me a break all I want to do is sleep. I think I might have fell into a good slumber by 3:30am or so and the alarm goes off by 6:30 NOOOOOOO. I just fell asleep why must morning come so soon. Im tired .
So up I get, get dressed Im really tired, off in the car and I'm yawning OMG I'm falling asleep while driving this has never happened to me this is so weird, I open the window, I turn up the music ok at work at last with 15 mins to spare, so I turn off the car recline the seat, set my alarm good night I will see you in 15 mins .
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Preggo Brain
So I have always been forgetful but talk about your brain being just fuzz is kinda ridiculous. I got up for breakfast yesterday and made eggs, sausage with some toast fro myself and hubby and u know out of routine you would automatically turn the stove off, which I thought I did until I saw the smoke and i'm like OMG I left the stove on AGAIN, this was the third time. I'm going to burn the house down with my forgetfulness.n
Went to Kohl's yesterday to catch their early morning sale and I'm walking through the aisles with my cart, which I knew I parked right between the camisoles and the $5 T-shirts or so I thought but I must have wandered a little too far and I could not find my cart... this is crazy is this normal, i'm an air head when the heck this happen??
I can't remember where I parked, good thing I had a truck so I can easily spot it or so u would think, I walked out of the store spotted my car started to walk to it only to realize when I got there that my truck was way on the other side. I'm too tired to walk all the way over there I thought as I waddled (yup, I feel as if i'm waddling already) back to my car, this can't get any worse right ?? or can it ??
Went to Kohl's yesterday to catch their early morning sale and I'm walking through the aisles with my cart, which I knew I parked right between the camisoles and the $5 T-shirts or so I thought but I must have wandered a little too far and I could not find my cart... this is crazy is this normal, i'm an air head when the heck this happen??
I can't remember where I parked, good thing I had a truck so I can easily spot it or so u would think, I walked out of the store spotted my car started to walk to it only to realize when I got there that my truck was way on the other side. I'm too tired to walk all the way over there I thought as I waddled (yup, I feel as if i'm waddling already) back to my car, this can't get any worse right ?? or can it ??
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Is it a Boy ?? Is it a girl ??
Have you ever wondered what's the big deal whether the baby or babies in my case that you are carrying in your belly is a boy or a girl like what's the big deal it has to be one or the other right?
I know there are a lot of us preggo mommies out there along with our loving hubbie who have their hearts set on one particular sex, whether its a boy so you can grow him up to be another great man of tomorrow teach him to play baseball or football or just to be Mommy's little boy or wanting a little girl so that you can dress her up like you used to do with your dolls and comb her hair and be Daddy's little princess, but shouldn't we be happy just to have a healthy little baby with 10 fingers and 10 ten toes and nose and eyes and ears where its supposed to be.
I love to listen to the ole wives tale of everyone trying to decide what we are having because of the shape of the belly. " You are so having a boy because your belly is so pointy, or thats definitely a boy belly" or " thats two little girls in there because only girls give so much trouble thats why you were so sick" So I listen and I smile while they tell their stories of when they were pregnant too and some bellies were round, some were pointy, some high, some low, haven't heard of the sideways belly yet but you never know I have a few months to go to hear all the other stories.
Another thing why do people think that they MUST tell you their horror stories of pregnancy or labor or they know of a friend whose baby was so sick, or some other nonsense, Listen lady I don't want to hear it there are too many other things that I don't need to worry about that I worry about anyways so please spare me the horror stories.
(Sorry side tracked) So as long as these two little babies and all the other little beans out there come out fine and not too early then we will just be happy and feel oh so blessed that we could have brought beautiful healthy babies in this world and thats all that matters in the end.
I know there are a lot of us preggo mommies out there along with our loving hubbie who have their hearts set on one particular sex, whether its a boy so you can grow him up to be another great man of tomorrow teach him to play baseball or football or just to be Mommy's little boy or wanting a little girl so that you can dress her up like you used to do with your dolls and comb her hair and be Daddy's little princess, but shouldn't we be happy just to have a healthy little baby with 10 fingers and 10 ten toes and nose and eyes and ears where its supposed to be.
I love to listen to the ole wives tale of everyone trying to decide what we are having because of the shape of the belly. " You are so having a boy because your belly is so pointy, or thats definitely a boy belly" or " thats two little girls in there because only girls give so much trouble thats why you were so sick" So I listen and I smile while they tell their stories of when they were pregnant too and some bellies were round, some were pointy, some high, some low, haven't heard of the sideways belly yet but you never know I have a few months to go to hear all the other stories.
Another thing why do people think that they MUST tell you their horror stories of pregnancy or labor or they know of a friend whose baby was so sick, or some other nonsense, Listen lady I don't want to hear it there are too many other things that I don't need to worry about that I worry about anyways so please spare me the horror stories.
(Sorry side tracked) So as long as these two little babies and all the other little beans out there come out fine and not too early then we will just be happy and feel oh so blessed that we could have brought beautiful healthy babies in this world and thats all that matters in the end.
Monday, March 7, 2011
CRAVINGS
Ooh just finished lunch and it was oh so yummy!!! Are you one of those ppl that think what they are having for breakfast or dinner as soon as you finish today's breakfast or dinner ?? Well I wasn't like that until now.
My first craving came about 3-4wks ago when I was able to eat real food and not just ice chips, my first craving was a Cheesy Wetzel Pretzel which I would normally get at the mall so I text hubby and tell him that he couldn't come home without it and God bless his heart he brought me home 4 ooh they were so good, by the next day I wanted Velveeta Mac & Cheese with peas and carrots. (Is that weird )
I haven't had that since I was a kid so I sent my bro to the corner store to buy me a big box and had him cook it up for me and OMG it was soooo good I had the whole box, I just kept asking him for a little bit more, just a little bit more please :)
My next craving came when I was lazily surfing FB (Facebook) and saw a picture of someone's lunch or dinner and they were having Fried fish, bammy and what looked like festival yum yum yum I want that but where will I get festival. So I tried whiting with bread and it just was not the same, so my dear hubby went to the store and bought fish and he fried it just right with festival .. again OMG I was in fish heaven it was SOOOO GOOD.
My next craving was last week I drove 45mins in the rain to go to the Jamaican store and bought chicken heart, liver and oxtail, as what I had conjured up in my head was a mix of liver and heart with mashed green banana and butter with yellow yam and boiled dumpling. Wow talk about good eats it was delicious and for Sunday dinner it was rice and peas with oxtails and veggies that was to die for.
Oh let me not forget what my MIL cooked for me and it was shrimp fried rice, with oxtails, with a side of curry goat and roti and for dessert banana pudding yeah we were stuffed that day.
So now I think the cravings are tapering off I mostly want pasta with shrimp with lots of veggies so thats good I think, not so much of the heavy fatty stuff plus I need to start tapering off this weight gain:) I will be heavier than my hubby soon which I don;t think is a good thing but oh well on to other things like whats for dinner tonight :)
My first craving came about 3-4wks ago when I was able to eat real food and not just ice chips, my first craving was a Cheesy Wetzel Pretzel which I would normally get at the mall so I text hubby and tell him that he couldn't come home without it and God bless his heart he brought me home 4 ooh they were so good, by the next day I wanted Velveeta Mac & Cheese with peas and carrots. (Is that weird )
I haven't had that since I was a kid so I sent my bro to the corner store to buy me a big box and had him cook it up for me and OMG it was soooo good I had the whole box, I just kept asking him for a little bit more, just a little bit more please :)
My next craving came when I was lazily surfing FB (Facebook) and saw a picture of someone's lunch or dinner and they were having Fried fish, bammy and what looked like festival yum yum yum I want that but where will I get festival. So I tried whiting with bread and it just was not the same, so my dear hubby went to the store and bought fish and he fried it just right with festival .. again OMG I was in fish heaven it was SOOOO GOOD.
My next craving was last week I drove 45mins in the rain to go to the Jamaican store and bought chicken heart, liver and oxtail, as what I had conjured up in my head was a mix of liver and heart with mashed green banana and butter with yellow yam and boiled dumpling. Wow talk about good eats it was delicious and for Sunday dinner it was rice and peas with oxtails and veggies that was to die for.
Oh let me not forget what my MIL cooked for me and it was shrimp fried rice, with oxtails, with a side of curry goat and roti and for dessert banana pudding yeah we were stuffed that day.
So now I think the cravings are tapering off I mostly want pasta with shrimp with lots of veggies so thats good I think, not so much of the heavy fatty stuff plus I need to start tapering off this weight gain:) I will be heavier than my hubby soon which I don;t think is a good thing but oh well on to other things like whats for dinner tonight :)
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Oh I wish I was Canadian !!
Why you may ask???? Because they get a full stinking year of paid maternity leave how lucky are they and they can also make a request to get an additional 15 wks on top of the 52 wks they already get ... ok fine they pay more takes blah blah blah, but the big picture that I personally am focusing on is that they get one full year PAID maternity leave.
While us the lucky ones who get to work in the U.S. OF A gets 6 wonderful weeks to bond with their babies 8 if you are lucky and have a C-Section and I use the word lucky loosely.There are many acts out there per state that can be researched to get a maximum time of at least 3mths paid leave to tend to your baby, 12 wks they are still so teeny tiny to hand your precious little gift over to some ole stranger it breaks my heart into pieces every time I think this horrible thought.
For all the moms who may be reading this how did you do it, I really need some advise on this. I was lucky enough with my fist born to spend the first 2yrs of his life with him as I was able to take him to work with me, but the thought of leaving these two babies just kills me and I know I have to do it to keep a roof over their heads and keep food in their mouths. Its just the thought of it that tears me apart.
While us the lucky ones who get to work in the U.S. OF A gets 6 wonderful weeks to bond with their babies 8 if you are lucky and have a C-Section and I use the word lucky loosely.There are many acts out there per state that can be researched to get a maximum time of at least 3mths paid leave to tend to your baby, 12 wks they are still so teeny tiny to hand your precious little gift over to some ole stranger it breaks my heart into pieces every time I think this horrible thought.
For all the moms who may be reading this how did you do it, I really need some advise on this. I was lucky enough with my fist born to spend the first 2yrs of his life with him as I was able to take him to work with me, but the thought of leaving these two babies just kills me and I know I have to do it to keep a roof over their heads and keep food in their mouths. Its just the thought of it that tears me apart.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
What to wear when your Oh so big
So being IV free I decided it was time to explore the big exciting world of shopping yesterday and Oh how disappointing it was. I think i'm in denial of my new expanding size (though extremely grateful and thankful) its still a bit of an adjustment.
I am not a fan of maternity clothes as I think they are just not hip enough:) but I went to Motherhood and I must say not too bad, but before I went there I was everywhere else now mind you I am coming from a size 0-2 from a nice lean 118-120lbs to now being a 150 !!!! Yup you heard write 150 or maybe 151 give or take the time of day so its very hard for me to go for the bigger size.
So I went into one of my regular stores just trying to buy an undershirt as now all of my clothes are tight, either it won't past my growing bosom or my shirts are sitting on top of my belly. I tried going for Adri's shirts but even those are getting a bit snug not to mention my jeans they won't past my new bulging thighs, and the one pair that will the buttons are sooo far apart so I have been tucking those parts into the seams of the pants :)
Anyway so I looked at a large and I thought oh that definitely will fit, so I picked that up and I saw some really cute tops and ooh they are on sale for $8 so I pick up a few of those too and look tights for $8 wow I lucked out.
So I get home with my purchases and I'm showing it to the family and everyone is looking like really Chris do u really think thats going to fit that belly?? So I'm ignoring the looks until T.J said to me "Ma thats not going to fit that belly have you seen your belly"? and Adri being the sweet guy that he is said "Babe, really I don't think thats going to fit you may need a little size bigger" So in my effort to prove them all wrong I said just wait and see you guys are all wrong..... I guess they weren't they were all either tight or will last another week easily so back to the store I go but not without the help of my sister as clearly I'm in denial.
Y couldn't I be one of those preggo ladies with the cute little belly, and get to buy just a size bigger not 2/3 sizes larger than norm... but I guess thats the journey of a mom preggo with twins.
I am not a fan of maternity clothes as I think they are just not hip enough:) but I went to Motherhood and I must say not too bad, but before I went there I was everywhere else now mind you I am coming from a size 0-2 from a nice lean 118-120lbs to now being a 150 !!!! Yup you heard write 150 or maybe 151 give or take the time of day so its very hard for me to go for the bigger size.
So I went into one of my regular stores just trying to buy an undershirt as now all of my clothes are tight, either it won't past my growing bosom or my shirts are sitting on top of my belly. I tried going for Adri's shirts but even those are getting a bit snug not to mention my jeans they won't past my new bulging thighs, and the one pair that will the buttons are sooo far apart so I have been tucking those parts into the seams of the pants :)
Anyway so I looked at a large and I thought oh that definitely will fit, so I picked that up and I saw some really cute tops and ooh they are on sale for $8 so I pick up a few of those too and look tights for $8 wow I lucked out.
So I get home with my purchases and I'm showing it to the family and everyone is looking like really Chris do u really think thats going to fit that belly?? So I'm ignoring the looks until T.J said to me "Ma thats not going to fit that belly have you seen your belly"? and Adri being the sweet guy that he is said "Babe, really I don't think thats going to fit you may need a little size bigger" So in my effort to prove them all wrong I said just wait and see you guys are all wrong..... I guess they weren't they were all either tight or will last another week easily so back to the store I go but not without the help of my sister as clearly I'm in denial.
Y couldn't I be one of those preggo ladies with the cute little belly, and get to buy just a size bigger not 2/3 sizes larger than norm... but I guess thats the journey of a mom preggo with twins.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
I'm IV Free!!!
As most of you may have known I have been diagnosed with hyperemesis which is uncontrollable vomiting and not being able to tolerate food and or water. I had a mild case of this with my first child 11yrs ago but nothing compares to what I went through and was going through up to 3wks ago. I have been in and out of the hospital for short ER stays to being admitted twice for this condition. It was no fun.
If anyone else has gone through this or even something similar they will be familiar to the all the drugs that I have tried first it was the B6 vitamin with Unisom which made me feel as if I was hallucinating so that didn't last for long, then they told me to try Benadryl that was a no go.
The next step after becoming dehydrated was to get me started on IV fluids and started me on Zofran the first try it made me feel a little better the world was not so hazy anymore, I could actually focus on faces OK this might be the stuff NOT!!
Few more days of this constant vomiting every other day in the ER the guy at the front said to me "Hey I remember you, you were here yesterday" Again they searched for my ever fading veins as I was getting more and more dehydrated and told me that I would be spending some time in the hospital as they thought I had pancreatitis. Pancreatitis what the heck is that??? I mentioned to Adri that this has to be a mistake they have no idea what they are doing they must have meant this for the other guy next door to us they must be confused.
I guess I was the one that was confused as they came back and told me they had a bed for me and I would be admitted my heart dropped I was very disappointed I did not want to stay here I wanted to go home. Unfortunately for me my doctors are not affiliated with this hospital so I was assigned to a OB Dr who had no idea what he was doing in my opinion, the nurses did not know what to do for me or how to make me comfortable but they tried their best which I guess I could give them half a star for :)
So they were giving me Zofran every 8hrs, one good thing that came out of it was that I went one whole day without puking WOOPIE there is a light at the end of the tunnel, This was Thursday.
Friday, the Drs came back and told me that there was no sign of pancreatitis SURPRISE SURPRISE!!! apparently there was some spillage of enzymes in my urine from my system being so unbalanced from all the excessive vomiting. So today i'm not feeling well, the beast is raring its ugly head again, hopefully they can figure this out and give me something to make it go away.
The Dr who I will leave anonymous as he is a reputable Dr in our community said to me oh good news Christine you can go home today and my response to this was but I don't feel well, im weak i'm vomiting isn't there something you can do to which he said "This is a tricky situation, hopefully we will figure it out" So that was that I gathered my stuff and I left.
I got home around 2pm with the help of my bro, and it started vicious as ever non stop vomiting I must have puked over 10 times btwn then and about 6pm, I am shaking uncontrollably and now there is blood. My sis, hubby and bro decided that it was time to head back to the hospital but lets go to the other one St. B. so we get there after more puking in the car and the put me on the IV and gave me a booster shot of Reglan.
This may be it I thought as I felt better and smiled as I saw Adri knocked out on the chair and Jan holding all the coats and pocket books as she too nodded off. They sent us home, thankfully the next day my dr had ordered me to have a Reglan pump at home and constant IV fluids going to keep me stable.
Saturday, I woke up not feeling too bad but I woke up shaking what the heck now what is going on, I ran to the bathroom loose bowels, where did that come from I haven't eaten in weeks ??? Finally Fed Ex is here with boxes and boxes of meds we could open our own pharmacy.
The nurse came in and showed us or should I say showed Adri how to set up the IV and administer the drugs as I was in and out the room puking, poked the Reglan pump in my belly I had to carry it around like a purse, along with dragging my IV pole around everywhere I go.
Everyone has been so helpful bringing me ice chips, food etc. Ok its been two days of meds and I'm still puking when is this thing going to work. After two days we realized the pump is not working GREAT!!! I have a great nurse Nancy who calls me everyday to check in on my weight, ketones in my urine how many times have I puked etc. "Nancy it's not working i'm still puking when will this end" She calls the Dr after 3 days being on the pump they called me back "pack your bags your going back to the hospital to get stabilized and get a picc line in"
So I spent 5 days in the hospital they inserted the picc line in my arm which flows the meds straight into my body I am now on Promethazine this is the good stuff, I feel good I am not puking I CAN EAT HALLELUJAH!!!!!
A nurse comes to the house and changes my dressing every week, its now been 5wks with my picc line in and would you know it we now think its infected. So they sent me to the hospital last wk Tuesday I waited for 5.5hrs they tell me thats not bad as today avg wait time was 7-8 wow lucky me!! The Dr checked it told me it looks good I can go home. Next day OB calls me go back to the hospital do an X-ray lets see if its ok and oh by the way you have a hypo active thyroid you may need meds, go did the X-ray alls well.
Yesterday the nurse comes the site doesn't look that great, i have an ugly rash under it, back to the hospital to have it removed I'M FREE no more dragging the IV behind me, and yes its confirmed I do indeed have a hypo active thyroid so as I wait to find out what the plan of action is for that I will continue marching on until the next episode of this twin experience.
If anyone else has gone through this or even something similar they will be familiar to the all the drugs that I have tried first it was the B6 vitamin with Unisom which made me feel as if I was hallucinating so that didn't last for long, then they told me to try Benadryl that was a no go.
The next step after becoming dehydrated was to get me started on IV fluids and started me on Zofran the first try it made me feel a little better the world was not so hazy anymore, I could actually focus on faces OK this might be the stuff NOT!!
Few more days of this constant vomiting every other day in the ER the guy at the front said to me "Hey I remember you, you were here yesterday" Again they searched for my ever fading veins as I was getting more and more dehydrated and told me that I would be spending some time in the hospital as they thought I had pancreatitis. Pancreatitis what the heck is that??? I mentioned to Adri that this has to be a mistake they have no idea what they are doing they must have meant this for the other guy next door to us they must be confused.
I guess I was the one that was confused as they came back and told me they had a bed for me and I would be admitted my heart dropped I was very disappointed I did not want to stay here I wanted to go home. Unfortunately for me my doctors are not affiliated with this hospital so I was assigned to a OB Dr who had no idea what he was doing in my opinion, the nurses did not know what to do for me or how to make me comfortable but they tried their best which I guess I could give them half a star for :)
So they were giving me Zofran every 8hrs, one good thing that came out of it was that I went one whole day without puking WOOPIE there is a light at the end of the tunnel, This was Thursday.
Friday, the Drs came back and told me that there was no sign of pancreatitis SURPRISE SURPRISE!!! apparently there was some spillage of enzymes in my urine from my system being so unbalanced from all the excessive vomiting. So today i'm not feeling well, the beast is raring its ugly head again, hopefully they can figure this out and give me something to make it go away.
The Dr who I will leave anonymous as he is a reputable Dr in our community said to me oh good news Christine you can go home today and my response to this was but I don't feel well, im weak i'm vomiting isn't there something you can do to which he said "This is a tricky situation, hopefully we will figure it out" So that was that I gathered my stuff and I left.
I got home around 2pm with the help of my bro, and it started vicious as ever non stop vomiting I must have puked over 10 times btwn then and about 6pm, I am shaking uncontrollably and now there is blood. My sis, hubby and bro decided that it was time to head back to the hospital but lets go to the other one St. B. so we get there after more puking in the car and the put me on the IV and gave me a booster shot of Reglan.
This may be it I thought as I felt better and smiled as I saw Adri knocked out on the chair and Jan holding all the coats and pocket books as she too nodded off. They sent us home, thankfully the next day my dr had ordered me to have a Reglan pump at home and constant IV fluids going to keep me stable.
Saturday, I woke up not feeling too bad but I woke up shaking what the heck now what is going on, I ran to the bathroom loose bowels, where did that come from I haven't eaten in weeks ??? Finally Fed Ex is here with boxes and boxes of meds we could open our own pharmacy.
The nurse came in and showed us or should I say showed Adri how to set up the IV and administer the drugs as I was in and out the room puking, poked the Reglan pump in my belly I had to carry it around like a purse, along with dragging my IV pole around everywhere I go.
Everyone has been so helpful bringing me ice chips, food etc. Ok its been two days of meds and I'm still puking when is this thing going to work. After two days we realized the pump is not working GREAT!!! I have a great nurse Nancy who calls me everyday to check in on my weight, ketones in my urine how many times have I puked etc. "Nancy it's not working i'm still puking when will this end" She calls the Dr after 3 days being on the pump they called me back "pack your bags your going back to the hospital to get stabilized and get a picc line in"
So I spent 5 days in the hospital they inserted the picc line in my arm which flows the meds straight into my body I am now on Promethazine this is the good stuff, I feel good I am not puking I CAN EAT HALLELUJAH!!!!!
A nurse comes to the house and changes my dressing every week, its now been 5wks with my picc line in and would you know it we now think its infected. So they sent me to the hospital last wk Tuesday I waited for 5.5hrs they tell me thats not bad as today avg wait time was 7-8 wow lucky me!! The Dr checked it told me it looks good I can go home. Next day OB calls me go back to the hospital do an X-ray lets see if its ok and oh by the way you have a hypo active thyroid you may need meds, go did the X-ray alls well.
Yesterday the nurse comes the site doesn't look that great, i have an ugly rash under it, back to the hospital to have it removed I'M FREE no more dragging the IV behind me, and yes its confirmed I do indeed have a hypo active thyroid so as I wait to find out what the plan of action is for that I will continue marching on until the next episode of this twin experience.
I can't think straight I need sleep
So wow!! Where do I begin I thought sleepless nights were to begin much much later in pregnancy but for me it has started 2mths ago, and as I get bigger (literally) not just the belly but everything else the less sleep I get.
Heartburn is the number 1 culprit I have been having heartburns now since I found out I was preggo which was at 4wks I am now 16wks. Water gives me HB, the sight of foods on commercials gives me HB, the smell of my brother burning the rice AGAIN gives me HB, I can't seem to get away from it. So last night as many other nights ago and I know many more nights in my future I was sleeping yet again sitting up, I think i'm getting the hang of it but the only problem is when I slide down or find that I have either drooled all over myself as my mouth is now a constant faucet or I have choked on my saliva and have to make the mad dash to the toilet.
The babies however, seem to enjoy being up late at nights as I have noticed that I feel them moving more in the wee hours of the night.
Lets see what tonight brings I will keep you posted.
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