Back At It

Today is my first official day back to work after being off for more than a week. Man, let me tell you…it’s hard going back. I can hear my comfy bed and precious dog calling me back. I can’t imagine what it will be like having to come back after the baby is born and I’ve been off for 12 weeks. I wish I could just stay at home all the time; I love it. :o)

I took yesterday off because I was sick. It had nothing to do with baby, it was just your regular common cold. I feel much better today, but still a little tired and achy. I started feeling bad on Thursday, during Thanksgiving feast (what a bummer!), and it lasted all weekend. I had a sore throat, achy muscles, a stuffy and runny nose (don’t know how that happens), headache and just felt all around miserable. The only medicine I could take was Tylenol Cold. It didn’t help. To make matters worse I got my poor mom sick too. Yesterday was 100% pure lazy relaxation. I didn’t wake up until 11pm! Holy cow! I haven’t slept that late since college. After I woke up I didn’t even get out of bed. I just laid in bed with the remote in one hand and Buster in the other. I laid there until I had to get up and go to my doctor’s appointment.

The doctor appointment wasn’t for my sickness; it was for my monthly pre-natal visit. A couple of surprising things happened yesterday at the doctor’s appointment. For starters, I lost weight! Aren’t you supposed to gain weight and get all fat and happy during pregnancy? Well, apparently this is perfectly normal during the first trimester and baby is doing well. Besides, I don’t want to gain too much weight during my pregnancy because then it will be that much harder to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight (if it happens at all). All my other appointments have been with nurse practioners or ultra sound techs and this appointment was with the actual OB/GYN doctor. I was excited to meet the actual doctor, Bruce Eich, MD. Well, my excitement soon wore off, because the appointment lasted a whole 5 minutes. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it all happened really fast. Dr Eich was super nice and friendly, but there just wasn’t a whole lot to be done. He had me lay on my back and felt my tummy and said I was a “good size” and then we listened to the baby’s heartbeat…still amazing. Then he sat me up and said he would see me in four weeks. That’s it! I told him I was sick and he it would work itself out of my system in 7-10 days. The end. I felt bad that I made Chad rush to the appointment. It felt like a waste. Oh well, we will do the whole thing over again come December 29th.