Pregnancy Update

What a LONG summer for me. As you know we found out May 31st that we are expecting our 2nd child Feb. 5th 2010. The day we returned home from vacation (June 7) I have had terrible morning sickness. With Kyra I got sick at 7 weeks and was sick for 40 days and 40 nights...ugh! This little one is proving to be not much different. We are on day 44 of being sick. This time the sickness kicked in at 5 weeks. Much of my summer has consisted of me in bed or on the couch. I did spend some days out at my mom's which was really nice. Kyra had lots of fun with her Aunt Free"bum". I have lost a total of 14 pounds as of Saturday. Not throwing up as much now, but still am constantly nauseated 24/7. I'm definately looking forward to this stage being over.

Yesterday was the first day in about 3 weeks that I felt like getting out of the house and we traveled to Manhattan to eat at IHOP and a short trip to Manhattan. The trip was cut short because yes...I got sick. I've also been very weak and can't stand for very long which I'm sure is because of the lack of food I'm not getting. A typical meal for the day (all) day is some chicken broth and MAYBE a 1/2 of cheese sandwhich with just the cheese and bread. I've been trying to at least get as much fluids in as I can...which water is about the only thing I can drink...I've started apple juice yesterday.

Kyra has been so sweet through out all this. When I'm sick in the bathroom she comes running in and says "You sicky mommy?" while rubbing my back. Ryan has been great too. I miss him while he is at work.

This pregnancy is different in the fact that my patience is GONE...can't find it. I also don't want to be touched....I think that is because I'm sick...and emotional! Good grief talk about leaky eyes! I NEVER cried with Kyra until she was born. I said it must be a boy because only boys would make me cry:-) LOL.

The pictures are from yesterday. I thought if I tried to "look" good I'd "feel" good...it was a nice try:) The top one is of my hair....it's pretty bad when you haven't done your hair since June 27 and you pull is out of your ponytail and it's grown like an INCH or more! LOL The bottom picture is of me at 11 weeks and 14lbs less then what I was at Gerard's wedding.

Hopefully I will start to feel better and maybe the next post will be more chipper.