I feel like absolute garbage this morning. Even with the nausea, I’m usually able to stomach breakfast. Nope. Not this morning. I had some trail mix and a glass of water. I’m trying to sip on my coffee now and even that is having a hard time going down. -_-;;
I got my start date for me new job. March 1st. In reality it’ll be March 2nd because the 1st is a Sunday, but I’ve only got a month left on Med Surg. I have to call my new boss on Monday and ask her what the pay rate/ dress code is on the floors. If I’m right, I’m pretty sure I don’t have to wear scrubs anymore! Which means I get to go shopping!! XD
I’ll be 6 weeks on Monday. I had a lot of labs drawn on Thursday, and I’m going to get a tube drawn to check my HCG levels again tonight. My midwife is supposed to call me on Monday with the levels to make sure that they’re doubling, and if they look good based on these first 2 draws, she’ll have me do it 2 more times next week and hopefully the following week (pending my levels reach 2500) I’ll have my first ultrasound! Because I had the miscarriage, she wants to keep a closer eye on me this time around. I’ll have my first ultrasound around 7 weeks and then my first appointment with my midwife at 10 weeks. I think my appointment is March 3rd at 9am. That’s going to be a busy week. I think that is when I am going to tell my new boss about the pregnancy. I’ll be just over 10 weeks after my appointment with Ginny and I think that’s a fair/safe time to tell Melissa (my new boss) about the pregnancy.
I’m also excited for hitting 12 weeks for several reasons. 1, at that point my risk of miscarrying drops dramatically and Tim and I will finally be able to take a deep breath. 2, I’ll be 12 weeks on March 16th, which is my fathers birthday. My dad was so heartbroken (obviously) when he found out about the miscarriage. He has wanted to be a grandfather since Tim and I first met (probably before but never liked any of my boyfriends enough to say anything) and I’m really hoping that for his 54th birthday I can give him a picture of our ultrasound as a birthday gift. I’m planning on arranging a big dinner with my aunt, uncle, mom, dad, brother, and cousins at this restaurant that my dad loves and either sticking the picture in his menu (thanks for the idea, Briar!) or giving it to him in a small gift box.
I’m not getting ahead of myself, these are all just “best case scenario” ideas. I’ll feel much better about everything if we hear the heartbeat in a few weeks.
I was going through all of my tests and labwork from my last pregnancy and the miscarriage. Apparently I lost the baby at 6w5d. I also apparently have a cyst on my left ovary that no one has ever told me about. When I spoke to my friend who is a nurse she said that they probably didn’t say anything because it’s really not a big deal, but it would be kind of nice to know these things.
They also posted all of the labs I had drawn on Thursday. Everything looks good! Just waiting on a urine culture and the hcg level. :]
Okay, I guess I need to get ready for work now.
:( I’m so tired.
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