Week Ten

This week was definitely my most “interesting” week so far. Monday morning I was severely throwing up everything I ate. Initially, I thought it was a bad morning sickness day, but as the day went on and vomiting increased (both in size and frequency) I concluded that something else was wrong. I ended up going home at 2:30pm (remember that I had been at work since 7am and vomiting since 6am). Once I got home, I had a fever and couldn’t get warm. I had 7 blankets on me and was shivering! With every sip of water I took, ten times that amount came back up seconds later. I ended up taking it easy and resting as best as I could. My so-called rest was really tossing and turning so much that I formed one giant dread-lock in my hair. I ended up combing that out two days later and losing a ton of hair…oops!

 

On top of all of the stomach bug sickness, I also caught a head cold. The cold itself was tolerable, but the headache that came with it was brutal. It felt like I had drank a bottle of vodka the night before and I was experiencing a hangover headache. I gave in and finally took a Tylenol.

 

Thursday morning I woke up to my nose running. When I went to blow my nose, I discovered that it was gushing blood. I probably haven’t had an actual nose bleed for 20 years. I actually didn’t even know what to do because it’s been so long. I ended up stuffing a wad of tissues up there until it subsided. So, when I say I had an interesting week in pregnancy, I mean that it was pretty terrible. Even with all of that, I’m still in good spirits!

 

I’m really looking forward to the end of this week! I have two OB appointments, one with the ob nurse, and another with a nurse practitioner. I’m eager to hear the heartbeat and to be assured that my little sweetheart is doing just fine.

 

 

Week 10: Prune

Average size: 1.2 inches, .14 oz.

 

With bones and cartilage starting to form and vital organs beginning to function, baby is making major progress. Body length will almost double in the next three weeks, and arm joints are now working. (Soon, legs will too.)