Lots and lots of Bruising.. - 14 weeks,4 days

So lately I have noticed that I have had alot of bruising. In particular a huge one that takes up most of my calf on the left leg. There are several small ones all over my body that come and go. I have bruised before but not to this extent. I was debating on whether to wait till my next appointment or call the doctor. But more and more people starting noticing it and it seemed to have gotten bigger and more tender. So I went ahead and just called. They wanted me to come in right away to check it out.

I saw the registered nurse and she did say that she have never seen on that extent that I had it and it didn't look like it was a blood clot or anything serious. She suggest we run some blood tests to confirm and she wanted the doctor to come in and see it as well. He did and also didn't seem concerned but did order additional blood tests just to rule out anything that it possible could be.

I ended up giving about 6 tubes of blood. It didn't really affect me right away, but by the end of the day, I was so tired and could hardly think straight. I was supposed to go to boot camp, but decided to skip it and take a nap instead. Good thing I did, because I felt horrible the rest of the night. We went out to eat and I could barely make it through dinner before I had to go home and lay down. I just stayed in bed the rest of the night and snacked on some crackers since I couldn't eat dinner. I am feeling much much better today.

Heartbeat - 156 bpm

13 Weeks, 3 days

This was supposed to be our 12 week appointment. Nothing really to report here. Just the usually stuff, blood pressure, urine sample, questions/concerns, and listen to the baby. We were able to listen to our baby again and that is music to my ears. I could listen to it all day every day. We also got the results for our genetic screening. Everything came out normal. We also talked about what is safe and not safe during my 2nd Trimester. I also asked about drinking caffeine and she said it was okay as long as it is only 8oz a day. I only allow myself 1 coke/tea a week. I may have a couple of sips of someones drink but try to stay away from it. I also asked about lunch meat because I have been craving a turkey sandwich and Nurse Julie gave me a brand that I could buy that was safe. We also found out that we could find out the sex of the baby at our next 16 week appointment assuming the baby cooperates with us. I still can't believe that the 2nd trimester is already here. It is now starting to feel real.


Heartbeat - 160 bpm