Sleeplessness..

Okay, this is just getting weird now. I don't know if this has anything to do with being pregnant, or just random coincidence, but lastnight I just could not get tired for the life of me. I finally gave up at 8am this morning, and decided to try and sleep. So I layed down, closed my eyes and stayed that way until 1:15pm this afternoon, with not an ounce of sleep. And here we are almost 4am the next morning, and I'm still just not tired. It doesn't make sense. I took an hour nap earlier this evening and that was it, and I just don't get why I'm not tired at all. I don't know if that's something to be concerned about or not. Eh.

Random Pain..?

So lastnight when I was laying on the couch, I had a very quick, random sharp pain, that only lasted maybe a second, but lower down towards my vagina. It was really weird. And it happened twice, about 30 minutes apart. It's got me just a little bit nervous, but I haven't had any other pain anywhere else, other than my normal back soreness, and breast tenderness, and have had no spotting or bleeding. I'm trying to take it easy and just hang on the couch, watching movies and whatnot at my parents. 

I'll apparently also getting to be a little more visibly larger. Not a whole lot, but my parents have both mentioned it. Tomorrow will 9 weeks. Three more weeks until my next appointment. I know I'm being stupid, but man I wish I had one each week just to check up and be sure everything continues going smoothly, but realize that's completely unrealistic.

Minor Concerns..And A Plus..

So once again, before I begin, probably too much information, but as I said, I plan to document everything that I go through with this pregnancy.

The good news is, that I tried the pills today for the first time (which I guess they also give chemo patients), and thankfully, it was flavored, because it's one that you dissolve on your tongue, and I kid you not, I sat down, took the pill, started to eat one of those pretzels you get from the mall, got halfway through, and my nausea was gone for the rest of the day. It is a very quick and very effective worker. Thank god for that. On the down side, the whole of this evening, I've been feeling really gassy and have had a little bit of a headache.

As for my minor concerns, one is that almost every night now, my body feels anxious. I'm not under a lot of stress, and I don't feel mentally anxious about anything, but almost every night, my heart starts racing, and it makes me uncomfortable. 

Also, tonight I noticed that my Montgomery glands have gotten significantly larger, and I wasn't sure if that was normal, or good or bad, or what. I looked it up though, and they said that that is normal during pregnancy. So I guess that's good.

8 Weeks!

In good news (still not trying to get too excited) I've made it to 8 weeks! Today, David and I went to our 8 weeks Dr.'s appointment, and had another sonogram! Only this time instead of being a super tiny little black spot of a sac, it was, a kidney bean! lol. j/k. But you could actually see the baby, as see it's little heartbeat. It was insane. I also got the Dr. to write me a script for the meds that were suggested to me, so hopefully those will work. :) I go back for my next appointment on the 18th of next month and then will start taking monthly classes that are covered by my insurance, which meets as a group with other women that are due around the same time, so that I can hopefully make new friends and meet others that are going through the same things at the same time. A downside is that I found out that our family won't be able to make our Canada trip in December like we'd planned because I can't travel after December 20th, but it's okay. We're going to try and do spring break instead since the kids will be out of school, and I'll have a new baby to show off! 

I Feel Terrible..

This nausea is horrible. Once a day I actually throw something up, and 80% of the rest of the time I just feel awful, like I need to throw up but can't. This is not a fun feeling at all. When I go back on the 20th, I'll be asking the Dr. about a prescription that was suggested to me by some friends. I just feel so gross Bleh.

Oh My..

Nausea at it's finest. I am definitely not looking forward to this. The good news is that it's like just being sick, and once you throw up, you finally feel better.

Update:

I got ahold of the nurse today to check up and see if they got the results of my bloodtest. She said everything looks good. That when I went in on the 25th, that my HCG levels were 416, and this past Wednesday when I went back, they were 6000+, so that's a big relief to know that our baby is still currently healthily growing. :) And based off things that I've read, it's heartbeat should be starting this week, now that I'm 6 weeks along.

hCG levels during pregnancy (in weeks since last menstrual period)
3 weeks LMP	5 - 50 mIU/ml
4 weeks LMP	5 - 426 mIU/ml
5 weeks LMP	18 - 7,340 mIU/ml
6 weeks LMP	1,080 - 56,500 mIU/ml
7 - 8 weeks LMP	7, 650 - 229,000 mIU/ml
9 - 12 weeks LMP	25,700 - 288,000 mIU/ml
13 - 16 weeks LMP	13,300 - 254,000 mIU/ml
17 - 24 weeks LMP	4,060 - 165,400 mIU/ml
25 - 40 weeks LMP	3,640 - 117,000 mIU/ml
non pregnant	55-200 ng/ml

Oh Wow..

They weren't kidding when they talk about tenderness in your breasts. I've never experienced this before, but my, oh, my. Yesterday it was just the right side of my right breast that hurt just a little bit. Today, well moreso this evening, they hurt quite a bit and are very tender to the touch. I've heard to wear sports bras to bed which is what I'm doing, but even that hurts to try and struggle to get it on. If this is insight into what the next 8 months will be like, I'm worried. :/ Luckily, it'll all be worth it in the end.