I almost forgot a few things.

I’ve made myself a little outline so I don’t forget again.

1) Apartment – Yesterday I went to Thousand Oaks for the day with Bean. Stephen forgot to pack our duffle bag when we were there this weekend so I had to go back and get it because it had two of the four pairs of jeans that fit me in it and Stephen’s thyroid medication. When we were there this weekend we toured the apartment we are going to get and yesterday I signed the lease document. This apartment is so incredibly perfect. It’s actually a 3 bedroom townhome. It is right next to the playground. It has a huge patio/backyard-ish thing where I’m sure I will be able to plant a veggie garden. Bean’s room has all this great built in storage including a bookshelf for her quickly growing library. The kitchen is a great size and the dining room will even accomodate our huge dining table. There is a Whole Foods right behind the apartment complex, several shopping centers are nearby, JoAnn’s is right up the street, Pete’s Coffee is right across the street. I mean it is seriously the best location and apartment ever. I am so happy that we got it and got such a great deal on it.

2) Doggies – Someone from the homeschool group managed to find both our doggies homes with her family members. I am so happy about this. Both dogs are going to great families that I know will love them to pieces. Baxter is staying with us a few more days until his new owners get back from a little vacation. Baxter is so good with Bean. She loves staring at him and grabbing on his ears or skin. He is so good and just lets her do it. He is so gentle too. Check out these somewhat crappy quality pictures I got last night of the cuteness:

 

3) Bean 22 weeks – Bean turned 22 weeks yesterday. Not much new to report, you already know about the solid foods thing. Here are a couple more pictures from last night:

4) Chinese New Year – OK, now this one is quite old, but I realized that I never blogged about my Chinese New Year experience! The morning of our big feast, Ruth and I went to the Chinese market together to get some Chinese treats and ingredients for dumplings. When we got there they were having this huge celebration. They had Chinese dragon dancers, drums and all kinds of stuff. We walked past it all into the store. I noticed in the doorway that there was a string of firecrackers hanging. I was unsure if it was real or all part of the decor. Well a few minutes later when we were perusing the decorations section they started up the drums and dancing again. And then they lit the firecrackers off! It was sooo loud and crazy. Then the dance/drum/Budda line came right through the isles of the Chinese grocery store. It was so much fun! Unfortunately I only had my nearly dead cell phone with me and got the crappiest pictures ever, but here they are anyway:

It was certainly my most eventful and choatic grocery shopping experience ever. 🙂

And so to bed…

So I’m here sitting on the couch reading while Bean lays on a quilt in our livingroom babbling away and playing with her toys. It took me a moment to then realize that she was being very quiet all of a sudden. So I looked up and saw this:

And then my camera forgot how to focus so I decided to just let her sleep in peace.

A lap full of baby and dogs…

13 weeks 5 days

So I had a doctor’s appointment this morning. My thyroid levels this time around definitively showed that have hyperthyroidism. So my doctor is going to put me on a drug called PTU to start treating it. He thinks that the hyperthyroidism is what is causing my nausea and vomiting. He says the PTU should help me to start feeling better.

The drug can sometimes cause hypothyroidism in the baby at birth, but he says it typically is only a temporary occurance as a result of the hyperthyroid drug that I will be taking. The baby will have the thyroid levels tested at birth.

So I’m going to be on the lowest possible dose for PTU and I’ll have my labs done again in 7 days to check and see where my levels are.

I really hope that this is finally the answer and I’m finally going to start feeling better.

Confused? Let me enlighten you…

It is FAR too early in the pregnancy to detect the sex of the baby. I don’t know what some people were seeing in this ultrasound, but it wasn’t what they thought or wanted it to be. The sex can’t be determined by ultrasound until 16-20 weeks.

If you want to throw old wives tales into the mix, however…
Lots of morning sickness = girl
Heart rate over 140 = girl
Intercourse two days before ovulation = girl
Craving sweets and fruit = girl
Craving salt and cheese = boy
Acne = girl
Dry hands = boy
Age (24) + Conception Month (12) is even = girl
Just be patient people!

Everything is OK

Everything is OK. No tubal pregnancies or anything scary. The baby is healthy.

I am 8 weeks and 5 days which is only two days off from what I thought I was and over two weeks off what the doctor thought.

Baby’s heart rate is 179.

Due date is Sept. 13.

My doctor decided to change up my medication on the home IV care. No more Pepcid through the IV because it isn’t working. I now will be getting the Zofran in my IV and continue with the Phenergan.

Lee came over today and our house is now beautiful. I am so thankful for that. She is like a cleaning machine.

I ate real food tonight for the first time in weeks. Rice and beans with cheese and some Spanish rice. It was delish.

I’m still feeling pretty icky, but I’ve only thrown up once today. That’s an improvement over yesterday. The doctor thinks that last week when I was throwing up every five minutes that was probably the peak of it. I sure hope so. I hope it just gets better from here.