Saturday, July 26, 2008
PT needs sleep
Uni went back this week after our little break and it hit me like a tonne of bricks. I don't mean stress wise or mentally I mean physically. I was simply exhausted by the end of each day and the week left me pretty shattered. I am just hoping it was just 'getting back into the swing of things' rather than something that will become an issue. It left me so tired that I just haven't done any work outside of uni and I really need to get on top of it before I drown. I was even getting at least 8 hours sleep and having a nap on the train on the way home but it is not enough. Please please please tell me that this is not permanent.
Monday, July 21, 2008
I'm Back!!!!
I had to take a break from blogging for a while but I think it is time I started again.
Pregnancy News
All is well (although I am constantly paranoid that it is not). There was a rough few weeks in there for a while. I stated bleeding at (what I thought was) 9 weeks. It sent me to pieces. I thought that I was having another miscarriage. My GP was great, he saw me straight away after I rang and sent me for an ultrasound. Everything was OK. Bub had a heartbeat although it was only 117bpm which is a little low and it was only measuring 7+3 weeks. I felt OK for a day but then the bleeding got heavier so I started to freak out again. GP sent me for another ultrasound (about 6 days after the first) and I was 100% expecting bad news. I was pleasantly surprised as bubs was still hanging in there HR was increased and was growing at the right rate. There was still a lot of blood though and no indication on the u/s as to the cause. GP rang the hospital that I was booked into and got them to move my next appointment to closer as he wanted an ob to check things over. OB at hosp. pretty much did nothing about it. He just said 'it happens in 20% of pregnancies', it was like thanks for the stats but it doesn't make me feel any better. Luckily because of the whole VBA2C thing he made another appointment for me in 2 weeks with the high risk OB. I had to sit it out till then. By the time the appt rolled around the bleeding was starting to ease up. She was lovely and did an u/s just to check on things. Bub was still there, heart beating away. That was at about 10 weeks (by the adjusted dates) and I don't have to see another doc till 16 weeks. I ended up bleeding for about 3 weeks but it all seems to be gone now. I won't get to see my bub again till early Sept when I have the morphology scan so I am just closing my eyes and hoping for the best then. So I 'lost' a week and a half when my dates were adjusted by the u/s so I feel like I have been pregnant for ever and I am only 13+3 weeks. My new EDD is 23 January. As for the me side rather than the medical side, I am OK. Not wonderful, I still seem to be getting sick but it does seem to be more morning based now than all day and smells have been making me vomit. David filled a petrol bottle for the lawn mower and spilled some on himself and then we had to drive home and I ended up throwing up in the car because I just couldn't stand the smell. The vomit smelt SOOO much better LOL. I have no belly yet. I am in 2 minds about it. I mean a belly gets in the way and I know how uncomfortable it makes you, but I would love people to be able to tell I was pregnant. It also worries me because of the earlier problems and by this time with Emily I was getting pretty huge. Oh and the third bad thing is that the baby is still growing and taking up space and if it doesn't stick out the front it just means it is squashing everything and that is exactly how it feels. There is pressure up under my ribs from things being pushed up and my bladder is the size of a pea. I have even had to get up at night and go to the toilet. For me that is huge as I never even had to do this when I was 9 months with the other 2.
Other News
I have been having uni holidays. It has been wonderful I needed the break so much. We had an exam before the break (great timing with all the other stress I had). The results are out and I did alright, especially considering how little study I did and how extremely distracted I was. I got 100/140. The pass mark was 81 and the average was 93.9. Out of 111, 16 people failed. I came 38th out of 111 so I am content with that. It sets a benchmark to improve upon. Uni went back today - but I didn't. David had classes and the kids don't go back till tomorrow so I had to skip it. I would have liked to go the lecture topics actually seemed interesting.
We spent a week at mum’s house. It was OK. I was glad to have my bed back at the end though. She didn't annoy me too much. Aimee did though; I guess she can't help it she is 17. She is just so rude and lazy and it drove me insane. Mum set boundaries (you can't go to your friends till your room is clean) and then gave in on them. Now 2 weeks latter her room is still a bomb site. It is a HUGE room. It is meant to be a rumpus but Aimee wanted it for a bedroom and she has covered the entire floor with clothes. She goes back to school tomorrow.
In house news, my dad fixed the roof so David's parents, sister, uncle, aunty, cousin and cousin's daughter all came over yesterday to paint it. David was in Gerringong at mums so it was just me and the kids and I felt so uncomfortable. I am fine (to an extent) with his parents and sister but it was just weird because they (especially aunt/uncle) were inspecting the house. They walked around every room, even opened my bedroom door, which was closed because it was messy. I just felt so invaded. They are all very comfortable here, they grew up here so it is not unexpected but I live here now. Add to that his aunt was all moody because she doesn't want to wait till December to sell the house as she wants her money now, and I was left feeling very small and insignificant. So the house will definitely go on the market in December and then we will be screwed. We could just afford to rent in this area but now the rents have gone up so much that it is just not possible. I don't know what to do. And it will all be such bad timing. Oh well I guess we have 6 months to work it out. I just need to win the lottery.
Pregnancy News
All is well (although I am constantly paranoid that it is not). There was a rough few weeks in there for a while. I stated bleeding at (what I thought was) 9 weeks. It sent me to pieces. I thought that I was having another miscarriage. My GP was great, he saw me straight away after I rang and sent me for an ultrasound. Everything was OK. Bub had a heartbeat although it was only 117bpm which is a little low and it was only measuring 7+3 weeks. I felt OK for a day but then the bleeding got heavier so I started to freak out again. GP sent me for another ultrasound (about 6 days after the first) and I was 100% expecting bad news. I was pleasantly surprised as bubs was still hanging in there HR was increased and was growing at the right rate. There was still a lot of blood though and no indication on the u/s as to the cause. GP rang the hospital that I was booked into and got them to move my next appointment to closer as he wanted an ob to check things over. OB at hosp. pretty much did nothing about it. He just said 'it happens in 20% of pregnancies', it was like thanks for the stats but it doesn't make me feel any better. Luckily because of the whole VBA2C thing he made another appointment for me in 2 weeks with the high risk OB. I had to sit it out till then. By the time the appt rolled around the bleeding was starting to ease up. She was lovely and did an u/s just to check on things. Bub was still there, heart beating away. That was at about 10 weeks (by the adjusted dates) and I don't have to see another doc till 16 weeks. I ended up bleeding for about 3 weeks but it all seems to be gone now. I won't get to see my bub again till early Sept when I have the morphology scan so I am just closing my eyes and hoping for the best then. So I 'lost' a week and a half when my dates were adjusted by the u/s so I feel like I have been pregnant for ever and I am only 13+3 weeks. My new EDD is 23 January. As for the me side rather than the medical side, I am OK. Not wonderful, I still seem to be getting sick but it does seem to be more morning based now than all day and smells have been making me vomit. David filled a petrol bottle for the lawn mower and spilled some on himself and then we had to drive home and I ended up throwing up in the car because I just couldn't stand the smell. The vomit smelt SOOO much better LOL. I have no belly yet. I am in 2 minds about it. I mean a belly gets in the way and I know how uncomfortable it makes you, but I would love people to be able to tell I was pregnant. It also worries me because of the earlier problems and by this time with Emily I was getting pretty huge. Oh and the third bad thing is that the baby is still growing and taking up space and if it doesn't stick out the front it just means it is squashing everything and that is exactly how it feels. There is pressure up under my ribs from things being pushed up and my bladder is the size of a pea. I have even had to get up at night and go to the toilet. For me that is huge as I never even had to do this when I was 9 months with the other 2.
Other News
I have been having uni holidays. It has been wonderful I needed the break so much. We had an exam before the break (great timing with all the other stress I had). The results are out and I did alright, especially considering how little study I did and how extremely distracted I was. I got 100/140. The pass mark was 81 and the average was 93.9. Out of 111, 16 people failed. I came 38th out of 111 so I am content with that. It sets a benchmark to improve upon. Uni went back today - but I didn't. David had classes and the kids don't go back till tomorrow so I had to skip it. I would have liked to go the lecture topics actually seemed interesting.
We spent a week at mum’s house. It was OK. I was glad to have my bed back at the end though. She didn't annoy me too much. Aimee did though; I guess she can't help it she is 17. She is just so rude and lazy and it drove me insane. Mum set boundaries (you can't go to your friends till your room is clean) and then gave in on them. Now 2 weeks latter her room is still a bomb site. It is a HUGE room. It is meant to be a rumpus but Aimee wanted it for a bedroom and she has covered the entire floor with clothes. She goes back to school tomorrow.
In house news, my dad fixed the roof so David's parents, sister, uncle, aunty, cousin and cousin's daughter all came over yesterday to paint it. David was in Gerringong at mums so it was just me and the kids and I felt so uncomfortable. I am fine (to an extent) with his parents and sister but it was just weird because they (especially aunt/uncle) were inspecting the house. They walked around every room, even opened my bedroom door, which was closed because it was messy. I just felt so invaded. They are all very comfortable here, they grew up here so it is not unexpected but I live here now. Add to that his aunt was all moody because she doesn't want to wait till December to sell the house as she wants her money now, and I was left feeling very small and insignificant. So the house will definitely go on the market in December and then we will be screwed. We could just afford to rent in this area but now the rents have gone up so much that it is just not possible. I don't know what to do. And it will all be such bad timing. Oh well I guess we have 6 months to work it out. I just need to win the lottery.
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