Been a bit slack of blogging my progress......no reason really just find that I am quite tired in the evening and don’t have the energy do much more than slouch on the coach.
I am now 11 ½ weeks – I have had my first appointment with my OB which went well – I am using the same OB that I used for my son and going back to the same hospital (Glengarry) – she is a great doctor and the midwives at Glengarry at really really good – there was no messing around when the released that my son was very sick and need some urgent attention (He was born with immature lungs). They were really impressed with my weight loss (30kg) down from when I gave birth to my son. Blood pressure is good – had a look at the baby (pics below) and everything is looking great – at 10 weeks he\she was 4cm – has arm and legs and even gave us a little wave... I had booked in for my C-Section on the 21st July 2011 – I will be 38 weeks...
Next Tuesday I am going for the ultrasound for the first trimester screening – being 40 puts you into a whole new category of risks – hopefully everything will go well with the scans and blood test – fingers crossed...
I am feeling not too bad at all – the nausea is certainly easing – still coming in waves but for the most part of the day I don’t feel too bad – my energy level is low but saying that I do work full time and look after a house and two kids so I suppose my energy level is going to take a bit of beating at the moment.. I am having a real problem with food though - there is not much that I can eat that I actually enjoyed – most food has this really awful smell and taste – I can even describe or relate what the smell and taste is like – it is so distorted there is nothing I can compare it to..... The types of foods that I can’t handle any more:
Milk (including flavoured), cream, cheese (unless mixed through something), yoghurt, pasta, eggs, couscous, ham, coffee, diet coke (actually most soft drinks), any pastries (pies, sausages roll, quiches, spring rolls etc..), sausages, I & J fish, hot chips, potato chips, anything deep fried, hamburgers, kebabs’ – pretty much all takeaway just stinks... some bread (mainly if it contains grains)... (I know that a lot of this I should not be eating anyway...)
What can I eat – rice, rice & rice, most vegetables (except pumpkin), most fruit (except pineapple) – eating a lot of peaches and nectarines, meat pizza (strange as it does smell but taste OK), most meat as long as it is not marinate or contains any spices, white bread, crumpets, margarine, some ice-cream (bulla cookie & cream) – basically as long as it is fresh and pretty bland I can eat it...
My diet is very boring but I have to say that I am not really that hungry so it is not too bad – on the upside though I have not gain any weight at all – I have actually even managed to lose a couple of kgs....
Wish me luck for Tuesday – fingers crossed all is good – really don’t want to be faced with that decision....
