I have now been in the second trimester of my pregnancy for 2 weeks. It has been great! The nausea and morning sickness is gone for the most part (with the exception of some foods making me nauseated, all is well!). For the first week of my second trimester, I couldn't exactly enjoy any of it because Jeff so lovingly shared his illness with me. He had a sinus infection, bronchitis, and upper respiratory infection. I'm not sure what all I got, but I know had some sinus stuff and bronchitis stuff.... in the end I got so dehydrated that I had to go to the hospital and get 2 liters of fluid! Luckily, my mom had Jeff call my OB on-call and talk to him before taking me to the hospital, and he said instead of waiting in the ER with all the swine flu people, so check in at the ER and then go directly up to the OB floor! THANK GOODNESS! The ER was packed and we would have waited for EVER! So anyway, everyone on the OB floor was AMAZING! The nurse we had, Kim, was so incredible! I am praying that she is working when we deliver! She is a Christian and had such a calming way about her! Anyway, after my first bag of fluids she came in and said, "Do you need to pee yet?" and I said, "no" and she said, "then you're getting another bag of fluids!" Lol. So apparently I was REALLY dehydrated!
Now, I am 14 weeks and 6 days (I'll be 15 weeks tomorrow) and am feeling MUCH better! I went shopping with Marilyn (Jeff's mom) last night at the mall and I got some awesome sweaters and a pair of pants and some underwear from Motherhood Maternity! I am very excited about being able to wear it all! I can already fit into the maternity pants, and one of the sweaters fits now, but by the time it gets REALLY cold out, I should be showing enough to wear them all.
Last night and today Jeff and his dad, Bob, are blowing insulation in our attic to make our house much warmer! Thank goodness, cause it needs it! And today while they are doing that, Marilyn and I are going to go to the Dayton Mall and pick out some curtains for our bedroom windows. Yes, we've lived here for 2 and a half years now and still only have blinds in our bedroom windows. And it's cold with only blinds! So all that's hopefully going to change today!
Anyway, all in all this second trimester is MUCH more amazing than the first trimester. I finally feel like I can enjoy being pregnant! :) YAY!
