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Convincing myself

By Goddess in Progress · Comments (0)·   September 14th, 2006

I’ve been wavering back and forth a lot today, all while going rapidly insane waiting for next Wednesday. Part of me starts freaking out about things like blighted ovum and all of the other negative things that I could find at the ultrasound.

After that, I sometimes swing back to the optimistic. I start listing my symptoms as a way to convince myself that this could really be happening. Occasional waves of (mild, thankfully) nausea; heavy, enlarged, tender boobs; and some of the more subtle ones, like sensitivity to smell; disrupted sleep; slightly more frequent trips to the bathroom. Oh, and that whole “no period in more than seven weeks” thing. :-)

And then I swing right back to crabby-as-all-hell. I can’t concentrate at work, since all I can think about is pregnant or not pregnant. All I can do is practically count the hours to the ultrasound, poke around the Babycenter bulletin boards, look at maternity clothes, and play with various permutations of my favorite due date calculator (it lets you easily figure out things like “on what day will I be 20 weeks?”). I imagine ways to tell my parents and friends. And yet, the fact that I feel paralyzed on ALL of this, feeling like I don’t have any solid confirmation, is driving me positively batty. My poor husband is trying hard to be sympathetic and understanding, but that sadly doesn’t help my mood. It’s going to be a rough week, waiting for this darn ultrasound…

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Categories : Pregnancy
Tags : paranoia, pregnancy symptoms

Not myself

By Goddess in Progress · Comments (0)·   September 13th, 2006

I usually am the kind of person who feels relatively in control of her own body. I suppose the pill might have lulled me into a false sense of security that way, with its precise 28-day predictability, but I have always paid close attention to my rhythms and signs, noting anything unusual. I notice the littlest twinges and aches, I’m aware when I haven’t had enough water in a day and am a little dehydrated (my rings get tighter), I can tell when the air changes or when I’m getting sick.

But now, I feel totally lost when it comes to my own body’s signals. I’m not reacting to food the way I normally do – things that usually keep me satisfied until lunchtime have me starving at 10am. I’m exhausted at 9pm, but wide awake at 3:30am. I was nauseous for the first time yesterday afternoon. Was it just a bad grilled-cheese sandwich? Is it pregnancy hormones? My prenatal vitamin? The progesterone supplement? What bothers me most right now, whenever I feel something unusual, is the inability to pinpoint what is making it happen.

I suppose I could just chalk everything up to “pregnancy,” but that doesn’t feel especially satisfying. That might be because I’m still only about 65% believing I’m actually pregnant. Maybe I’ll be a true believer after next week’s ultrasound. I sure hope that gives me reassuring news! Honestly, whether good or bad, I just wish I could know now, instead of waiting and waiting…

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Categories : Pregnancy
Tags : pregnancy symptoms

Paranoia

By Goddess in Progress · Comments (0)·   September 9th, 2006

And now, we wait.

Got blood drawn yesterday (which, by the way, hurt way more than the other times), but of course I have to wait until Monday to find out if I have normal hcg levels. Greeeaaat. That means I have all weekend to just sit and over-analyze every twinge, ache, and mood. That wasn’t a cramp just now, was it? Is a backache normal? Am I overly sensitive to smells, or does my dog really just stink that bad? Am I running to the bathroom more often because I’m pregnant, or did I just drink more water this morning?

Though it wouldn’t be the end of the world, I really don’t want to have another chemical pregnancy. The emotional ups and downs just are not fun. But I’m so paranoid. Every time I go to the bathroom, I fear I’ll see spotting. Every random twinge makes me pause and hope it wasn’t a cramp. Please, let this time be the real thing!

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Categories : Freakin' out
Tags : blood draw, chemical pregnancy, hCG, pregnancy symptoms

The Waiting Game

By Goddess in Progress · Comments (0)·   July 25th, 2006

I went to bed early last night, only partially because I was tired. It was mostly because I felt useless. I feel like there’s something important that I should be doing, and yet there is nothing to do. Just wait. I’m a little stressed and nervous, and I’m beginning to wonder if that will ever change, or if I’ll be perpetually fearing the results of each new test.

I went back to get more blood drawn this morning (why does it never work on the first vein? Why do they always need to poke a second time?), and will supposedly hear back this afternoon as to whether my hCG levels are increasing at an acceptable rate. In the meantime, my occasional brown spotting (TMI, what can you do) is still very occcasional, but turned a little red this morning, which worries me. Not much to do, I suppose, except wait for the phone to ring. Ugh.

By the way, last night was a blast. Not only did my boobs hurt enough that I couldn’t really lie on my stomach, but at one point I was simultaneously laughing and crying. Hard. I think I freaked out my husband a bit. This is going to be fun…

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Categories : Pregnancy
Tags : blood draw, hCG, pregnancy symptoms
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