Well, I haven't much energy, but here goes:

We had our first ultrasound on the 23rd. At first, I was a little nervous...I hoped that the baby looked healthy and that all was going well. When the baby came on the screen, I could only stare. It started to move a little bit, and all the sudden I burst into a laugh! It seemed that the baby could hear that I was 100% enthralled--it started putting on a show! It was wiggling and moving and grooving. All I could say was, "Is that really my baby???" It wouldn't hold still enough at times for the ultrasound tech to take snapshots of the important things, get a measurement, and take the baby's heartbeat. Steven and I just sat that with these huge silly grins on our faces, completely facinated. I then turned to Steven and said, "Uh...Steve. I think we're going to have a very wiggly baby on our hands. We are going to be tired!!!"

They also diagnosed me with depression. Pregnancy can actually bring on depression...with my luck, of course I would. The increase in hormones is too much for the brain to deal with. I was sleeping 14-16 hours and then would stay on the couch or in bed for the remainder of the time. They sent me along with a prescription and it really really helped. But my victory was short lived...

Yesterday morning, I woke up and didn't feel so good. I had a really bad headache and didn't think anything of it...I always have headaches. It got more and more painful as the minutes passed, and soon had to revisit my breakfast--I had eaten well, too--only to be given to the toilet god. We called my doctor, he said to get up there as soon as possible. After looking at me curled up on the table, and looking at my vitals, he said that I'd better get on some heavy pain meds soon. He had me do a urine test, too, to see if I was dehydrated. The doc came back after seeing the results and said that I'd better be good and push the fluids or he'd have to put me on an IV drip. I promised him I would be good. He was going to prescribe me lortab, but I KNEW that was going to make me throw up boots after having to take it before. So, he let me have my pick of the heavy pain meds I'd had before, and he sent me on my way with a vicadin prescription. It was a really rough day yesterday. I'm tired of throwing up...It's still not so great today, and I'm about due for another vicadin.

Well, all is going well for the most part. I keep watching my ultrasound over and over...Steven's gonna get sick of me watching it soon. It's one of the only things I can do right now to help myself buck up...

Keep ya posted...

:)