Very long overdue post needed. I know, this has been the
most I have ever been late. And calling
this a 32 and 33 week post is probably inaccurate since I don’t remember
anything from 32 weeks, although remember having the feeling of having so much
to share. So much for pregnancy brain, that has definitely been kicking in and
doing lots.
So what the heck has been going on in the past 2 weeks? A lot!
My appointments have now started to be every two weeks. My next one is
this Friday actually, making me remember that at my last appointment I saw Dr.
Gildenblatt and I asked him to feel baby and tell me if he can tell what
position he is in- and baby is head down! So that was one of the exciting
things from 32 weeks I could probably remember. So that was nice to know, and
gave a piece of mind. Although I heard baby can still change position if you
have enough fluid in there and there is still room. So just to be safe I will
ask again on Friday when I have my next appointment.
The past 2 weeks have been a little tough. Overall, the last
6 weeks my body has just not had a break at all. You guys all know how often I
get sick with me complaining about it every time. And every time I say “I’m
sick” it sounds like old news now because it happens so much. Especially in the
last 6-7 weeks I have been sick 3 times already and am on my 3rd
course of antibiotics right now- which I HATE!
I mean, I am not a big natural person, I believe it is the
best thing, but I don’t avoid medicine if I can have it. But I HATE having to
take antibiotics so much! Especially being pregnant. I know they tell me it is
safe and what not but still does not make me happy. The first (recent) time I
got sick it started with the typical double ear infection and sinus infection.
I always try to wait it out for a little, hoping it is just congestion or a
cold that will go away, but it never is and only gets worse. So after several
days of getting worse I ended up going to the doctor’s, got amoxicillin, and
that did not help. I actually didn’t see my primary care provider because he
was not in the Ilion office that day and I remember feeling extremely miserable
and not wanting to make a trip to New Hartford and they said I would be able to
see someone here otherwise. This was some nurse practitioner lady who obviously
knew nothing about me. She gives me these antibiotics and I ask her ( knowing from previous experience of them
upsetting my tummy, giving me yeast infections and sometimes just not being
strong enough to kill the infection) if there is any other antibiotic she can
give me and she just said “ Amoxicillin
is the ONLY antibiotic safe during pregnancy”- which is total BS. But I was
sick and miserable and was not in the mood to argue with her. Whatever, I took
them, they started to make me feel *slightly* better but not completely and the
day after I finished them I started to feel worse- not to mention I got that
nasty yeast infection, that I believe I mentioned in my previous posts.
After JUST finishing antibiotics I was not planning on
running to the doctor’s right away, that was beyond ridiculous to me. I ended
up having a midwife appointment mid week and asked her opinion and she told me
if I don’t get better I should go see my primary care provider again. I waited a
week, and on top of my ears and sinuses getting worse, I developed bronchitis.
It was SO painful, and non bearable. I couldn’t breathe and sounded like a man.
I had pneumonia once and it was pretty much feeling the same and I was
terrified of getting pneumonia while pregnant. So we went to urgent care and I got
Azithromycin. That cleared everything up in a matter of days and I was feeling
great. But of course that can’t last long, can it? About 3 weeks later I get
sick again! This happened last week; I developed the typical sinus and double
ear infection again. I am seriously so over this already. Once again I waited
it out and that didn’t help and headed to my doctor on Monday. I made the trip to New Hartford this time
because I wanted to see my doctor and wanted to ask him for advice. I mean,
this whole season I have had these infections 8 times at least for sure if not
more. It’s ridiculous- nonstop! This is not normal! I asked him if there were
any procedures that could be done to avoid getting them so much (like sinus
surgery or getting your ears cleaned with tubes or whatever.) He says to get
the ears cleaned you have to have a middle ear infection? I don’t remember if
it was inner or middle, but either way I don’t have middle I have inner which
that procedure is not meant for. As far as a sinus procedure he thinks that may
be something to consider but there are other steps to take first.
He explained to me he thinks the reason that I have both of
these infections so often is because I have really bad allergies. Which, I do…
I mean they haven’t been as bad as I remember them being in general, but I do
have allergies. (Although being sick so much I haven’t been able to even
observe my own allergies since I am sick all the time.) He says right now I am
pregnant and there isn’t much to do. But he truly believes the causes of my
infections are these allergies. So, what do I have to do? Right now kill the infections with
antibiotics AGAIN (which I am working on.) And to try to keep my allergies
under control. Right now since I am pregnant, I can’t really do that, other
than do nasal/saline rinses. After I have the baby he is recommending me to get
weekly allergy shots. As awful as that sounds, this is actually a 2nd
time a doctor is recommending this to me.
About 5 years ago I think, I was really sick. Kind of the
way I am sick this year. My mom would never take me to the doctor. The 4-5
years we lived here (at that time) she
never once took me to see a doctor here. She finally took me to a doctor after
me having a sinus and double ear infection for 8 weeks. And this was the first
time I saw my pediatrician at the time. I took the opportunity and told him
about EVERYTHING that was bothering me, not knowing when I will see a doctor
again, lol. When I lived with my parents my allergies were the worst they have
ever been. All year round. After explaining everything to him in detail he
offered the shots too. Which my mom without thought said no. I think one of the
big reasons (as most of her reasons were to not even take me to the doctor’s in
the first place) was money. Money for the visits, money for the shots, money
for the meds. Also I think the idea of getting a weekly shot just was bizarre
to her.
Anyway, going back to now time. My doctor- Dr. Syed strongly
recommends them to me. I mean, I think I can say I have had allergies really
badly now for about 10 years. And he says because I have allergies all the
time, they irritate my sinuses and clog everything up creating constant ear and
sinus infections. So if we can get that under control that should help with the
infection issue. He says that is the first thing to try. If for whatever reason
that does not help, that is when they would refer me to an ENT specialist who
would do further analysis on my sinuses and do all the needed scans and what
not to see if there is something else causing the issue. And I guess in that
case if they do end up finding some growth or something else that is when a
sinus surgery would be something to consider. Regardless, right now I just have
to rinse, after I have the baby I guess the experimentation will start. So this
kind of explains why I am so sick all the time on top of my immune system just
sucking to begin with.
Now, that the health part is covered let me tell you about
what has been going on in the past 2 weeks in general. Well, as you all know we
are moving May 27 which is in about 2.5 weeks. Wonderful. Since our house is
barely packed. We have a few boxes of books but that is it! Nothing else is
done. Oh boy. Also it was our Easter this past weekend. A lot of preparation
was put into that preparing the Kulichi, Cheese Pascha, eggs and what not.
I have to say this year’s Easter service was probably one of
the most difficult ones I had in a very long time. I feel like such a baby and
like I am complaining too much… but I can’t help it… I feel very weak saying
all this. I tried to sleep before the service but that was a fail. And not only
because I am pregnant and heavy and can’t stand for long periods of time, but I
also was SO miserably sick. People thought I was crying I think at one point
because I looked so out of it. But I cheated… I was at the service for 1.5
hours, and was literally just passing out and feeling like death. I told hubby
I was going to rest in the car and to get me when it was Veruyu, and closer to Communion.
That gave me about 1.5 hours of rest in the cold car, lol. We came home around 5
am and passed out, and the next day I continued to feel like death. The weather was so nice and I felt horrible
–feeling horrible. I didn’t want my stupid sickness getting in the way of
enjoying Pascha!
Anyway, I look at other pregnant girls and feel so weak.
They are able to stand for long periods of time; they don’t seem to have a hard
time carrying the extra weight, moving around like they don’t even have a
belly- staying up all night is a breeze. And then there is me who seems to
complain about everything. I really don’t like complaining, I love the fact
that I am pregnant, I love the fact that there is a baby inside me growing, our
little miracle that we waited for and wanted so much. And when I talk about the
things that bother me, I am in no way trying to put down pregnancy or try make
it seem like this horrible thing. I love it, I love feeling baby move. I love
hearing the heartbeat, I love seeing ultrasounds, and knowing every day we are
getting closer to meeting him. It just can be… difficult sometimes. And I don’t
know if I am just weak to begin with, that it is harder for me… I don’t want
people thinking I am just trying to make a big deal out of nothing and I am
just trying to be a drama queen or whatever. I don’t know… just looking at
other pregnant girls makes me seem not strong at all and like it really isn’t a
big deal and I am just making it out to be.
I try to calm myself down by trying to tell myself that
pregnancy is different for every person, and everyone handles it differently. I
sometimes even feel slightly ashamed to honestly answer the question of how I
am when people ask. I feel like they are just so quick to judge my answer or
brush it off or look at me as if I am overreacting. So I apologize to anyone I have annoyed with
my constant complains, I guess. I really don’t enjoy being sick and miserable
all the time. I wish I could be full of energy and jumpy and for everything to
be smooth, to enjoy pregnancy to the fullest- that is truly what I want, I hope
people know that. And as far as for my own sake and sanity, I just have to keep
telling myself that other women are stronger and can just handle certain things
(like pregnancy) better and I just have to do the best I can and leave it at
that.
Alright enough of this sad emotional stuff… moving on to
happy thoughts! BABY SHOWER! That was next on the list of things happening.
Easter, Baby Shower, Moving, DUEDATE!
First one down, 3 more to go ;) 10 days left and I am probably annoying
the HECK out of everyone on facebook but trying to get a guest count is getting
a little bit difficult. I feel like we are just going to have to wing it, and
hopefully have enough food and drinks for everyone who does show! I mean, we’ll
see! But I’ve been prepping for that by hunting everyone down handing out
invites, stalking everyone :) All the fun stuff! And we were trying to figure
out a sitting issue but luckily our church is letting us borrow some of their
long benches! So that is a big weight off our shoulders and we won’t have to
worry about that. I just hope it doesn’t rain, but I think the Monastery has
those tent things too in case the forecast decides to be fun that day. And
hopefully they won’t mind us borrowing that too! After this weekend I am really
hoping to get a better understanding of how many people are coming to then go
shopping for utensils and food and drinks and stuff. Exciting stuff going on!
I still haven’t shared my maternity photos on here but that
is on the to-do list as well as this week’s belly shot! Which I already
posted:) Late and behind but with so
much happening I think it is understandable!
Oh, I of course I didn’t weigh myself last week, but I weighed
myself yesterday and I am 167.6 pounds!
Here is the infamous chart of weight gain!
10/25/12: 5w 140 lbs
11/5/12: 7 w 135 lbs(5 lbs loss)
11/12/12: 8 w 133.8 lbs(6.2 lbs total loss, 1.2 weekly loss)
11/26/12: 10 w 133 lbs( 7 lbs total loss, .8 bi-weekly loss)
12/17/12: 13 w 131 lbs( 9 lbs total loss, 2 pounds
tri-weekly loss)
01/14/13: 17 w 133.5 lbs(6.5 lbs total loss, 2.5 lbs
four-week gain)
01/28/13: 19 w 135.8 lbs(4.2lbs loss, 2.3lbs bi-weekly gain,
4.8lbs total gain)
02/04/13: 20 w 136.5 lbs (3.5 lbs loss, 1.3 lbs weekly gain,
5.5 lbs total gain)
02/11/13 :21 w 137.2 lbs ( 2.8 lbs loss, .7lbs weekly gain,
6.2 lbs total gain)
02/18/13: 22 w 139.4 lbs ( .6 lbs loss, 2.2 lbs weekly gain,
8.4 lbs total gain)
02/25/13: 23 w 141.0 lbs ( 1 lbs gain pre-pregnancy weight
gain, 1.6 weekly gain, 10 lbs total gain)
03/04/13 : 24 w 147 lbs ( 7 lbs gain pre-pregnancy weight
gain 6 lbs weekly gain, 16 lbs total gain)
03/11/13: 25 w 147.8 lbs ( 7.8 pre-pregnancy weight
gain, .8 lbs weekly gain, 16.8 lbs total gain)
03/18/13: 26 w 150 lbs (10 lbs pre-pregnancy weight gain,
2.2 lbs weekly gain, 19 lbs total gain)
03/25/13: 27 w 152.4 lbs (12.4 lbs pre-pregnancy weight
gain, 2.4 lbs weekly gain, 21.4 lbs total gain)
04/01/13: 28 w 156.2 lbs (16.2 lbs pre-pregnancy weight
gain, 3.8 lbs weekly gain, 25.2 lbs total gain)
04/08/13: 29 w 159.4 lbs (19.4 lbs pre-pregnancy weight
gain, 3.2 lbs weekly gain, 28.4 lbs total gain)
04/15/13: 30 w 159.6 lbs (19.6 lbs pre-pregnancy weight
gain, .2 lbs weekly gain, 28.6 lbs total gain)
04/22/13: 31 w 163.5 lbs ( 23.5 lbs pre-pregnancy weight
gain, 3.9 lbs weekly gain, 32.5 lbs total gain)
05/05/13: 33 w 167.6 lbs ( 27.6 lbs pre-pregnancy weigh
gain, 4.1 lbs bi-weekly gain, 36.6 lbs
total gain)
Anyway, that sums up this post. Until next time! At this
point I shall not make any promises when that will be since life is going to be
hectic for the next few weeks!
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