Be careful what you wish for!

Once upon a time......I said when I get PG again I would even prefer to have morning sickness with my next pregnancy. As a reassurance that things are still ok with baby. I obviously wasn't thinking very clearly! lol Saturday started the nausea. And I have NO idea why they call it morning sickness! Mine is all day nausea, sometimes worse in the evening. I am starting to get used to it. A lot of the time it's like I just need to eat a little something. It's just kind of hard figuring out what to eat and then eating it when you feel like you might just rather vomit. I have been eating several smaller meals a day now. My friend Lauren bought me some preggo pops and those help, but only while they are in your mouth. And then the nausea creeps back in. I have also found Ginger Ale helps. Which is weird because I used to hate that stuff but now I actually seem to like it.
And the saddest part is, even with the constant nausea I still find myself having the occasional doubts that something might have happened to lil Pea. But I am grateful that so far the sickness is not as bad as some other friends I have known that have had it. Hopefully it will stay tolerable without meds as it is now. It does put a bit of a downer on your mood, though. You want me to smile while I feel like vomiting on you?!?! ;-)

So today was our first visit with my new OB. We loved him! Thanks Lauren. And he let us see our lil Pea again!! We could even see lil Pea's arms!! (put a pic in our album) Even after all the tests from my RE's office I still had to have 5 vials of blood drawn. Also he said he wanted me to continue the progesterone until 12 weeks. Yayyyyyy me!! lol
And here is the exciting part!! I thought for sure he was going to say he will see me back at 12 weeks. The nurse started telling me this and he chimes in, well I am sure she is going to want to see baby again before then for some reassurance so we will do a quick scan in 2 weeks (i will be 10wks) and then we will see her again at 12wks. I will actually be having my 12 week scan at the perinatologist. This is when they will be doing the early testing for Down Syndrome, ect.. After giving it much thought hubby and I decided to have this new testing done.
I also asked doc about the Swine Flu vaccine. He said he would advise to me to get it after the 1st trimester. The PG women that have gotten the Swine flu have become very ill from it, which I had heard. This is why they are on the priority list to get the vaccine when it becomes available next month. I am still uncomfortable with the whole thing but if I take the chance and do get the virus the only treatment is not approved for PG women. So it is what it is.
I also asked my dr. how he feels about me buying a Fetal Doppler. He said he wasn't going to tell me either way what to do. It does not harm the baby at all. BUT....he said what is going to happen when you can't find the heartbeat?? This happens sometimes even when he uses his Doppler. He said if I do get one he would strongly suggest waiting to use it until after 12 weeks. So I guess we have a little more time to think about it. Let me know if any of you ladies have experience with them and what your opinion is??

So we are starting to get very excited now. We are still also very cautious as I am still only 8 weeks but there is no turning back. We are both very in love with our lil Pea already. We just continue to hope things go great and in 4 weeks we will be past the 12 week mark!! It was weird today when they did the ultrasound. I am so used to the RE's office where they measure every little thing! They only measure crown to rump. No sac, ovary or cervix measurements here! Also the measurement was 7wks 6days and going by the last two week measurements from the RE's office I would be 8wks 2days today. But she said that doesn't matter, different machine, ect.. So I am going to stay with what the RE's said. Plus the lady that did the scan was very quick so I wouldn't be surprised if it was just because she wasn't as precise with her measurement as my RE was. And I totally forgot to ask him about my due date. I know most OB's go by your LMP. That would make my due date April 30th. But my RE's office went by measurements which is how I got May 3rd. I guess I will ask in two weeks when I go.
So now I just continue to take it day by day. And how exciting! Monday lil Pea will no longer be an embryo but will be considered a fetus!!