I'll be 13 weeks on Friday, my energy is coming back, I'm not taking two naps a day anymore ( I am 5 minutes from my office so I go home for lunch to nap and take a soup back to work with me to eat), and I'm glowing! I understand why they call the second trimester the honeymoon of pregnancy stage! Oh, and the nausea and heartburn have subsided for the most part. The hiccups remain, which makes me laugh and everyone thinks is cute. I did experience some serious dizziness Friday though. I woke up lying on my back and went to get up for work. Whoa! Almost fell over twice! It lasted until I got to work and finally disappeared. My friend Carie told me not to lie on my back anymore as the ever growing uterus is now large enough to slow the blood/oxygen flow of some main vein. So much to learn!
My doctor wants me to come in this week for a bunch of testing (well, this week and the upcoming weeks). I've read tons of pregnancy websites and heard feedback from friends who've had wee ones. There's a risk of miscarriage but the tests detect defects and disease. Both Brian and my side of the family, going pretty far back, have a clean bill of health with no known birth defects or disease. Still, the doctor thinks it's a pretty good idea but I just don't know. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. The doctor has suggested the Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein (MSAFP) screening, chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and an amniocentesis. A sonogram will also be given to see if it's twins or not. GULP!
We also have really started picking out baby names. I'm going to create a poll in the next few weeks on our top 3 choices for each.
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