The Sickies Cometh!

Hey all!

Just a quickie update on our week since my last post. Not long after my last post, Sam started running a fever out of the blue. I was really worried about Swine Flu since it seemed to come out of nowhere. Swine Flu is very dangerous for pregnant women. Before bed, Mark gave him some Tylenol and not a minute later Sam got sick all the Tylenol and his dinner.
So then we were thinking stomach flu.

Ick.


But he didn't get sick again, and continued to run a fever on Tuesday. Ugh-oh. Mark took him to the doctor to get 'swabbed' for Influenza Type A and H1N1. Thankfully, both came back negative. Apparently, there is some chance of a false negative with the H1N1 test...but Sam was so happy and acting 'normal' on Tuesday night, we knew he was OK. So it was just some very weird '24 hour throw up once' type bug.

Crisis averted.

I have not been feeling to fantastic. Nothing to do with the hematoma or bleeding, mind you. I've just been very nauseous and struggling with migraines. My perinatologist diagnosed me with 'hyperemesis gravidarium' according to my symptoms of my last pregnancy. Hyperemesis is a severe form of morning sickness that causes weight loss, lots of vomiting, and sometimes severe dehydration and malnutrition. I've been taking medication to prevent vomiting for several weeks now...and they have been working to some extent. But they don't help my nausea or lack of appetite. This is leaving pretty tired and weak.

I got a migraine on Wednesday night that just wouldn't seem to lift. I couldn't keep down my dinner or any medication to help with it, and I was really feeling in pain and very dehydrated by Thursday morning. So, my perinatologist suggested I go St. John's ER (where he is) for treatment. It was a LOOOOOOONG morning there with Sam, but I was able to get 3 bags of fluid through IV to help rehydrate me, along with medication to help with my vomiting and migraine. Oh yeah, and the twins looked great on u/s!!!!

So that was our big adventure yesterday. I'm 12 weeks along now and hoping the migraines will subside soon. The hyperemesis got better with Sam around 20 weeks, so hoping I'm at least more than halfway through it!

Talk to you soon!