This week...I feel like a new person! I finally got relief from the nausea that was hanging around me all day long, every day. At my last appointment with the IVF clinic (so sad to leave them), I asked the nurse practitioner about the anit-nausea meds and she said since I wasn't barfing I couldn't get it. I was so mad! I felt like sticking my finger down my throat right there in the office and saying, 'so...can I now?!'. I was released from them to start seeing my OB that same week and I thought I'd try another doctor for the meds - I kind of felt like one of those people hopping from doc to doc asking for pain meds...eek! So as the doc is about to walk out of the room after seeing me I squeeze in, 'umm...is there anything I can take the nausea, it's getting really bad, and I feel horrible ALL THE TIME now.' She responds immediately, "Oh yeah, sure! I'll write you a prescription for Zofran, no problem!" HALLELUJAH!!! So it pays to ask a 2nd time ladies!
So as I mentioned above, I'm no longer seeing the docs and nurses at the IVF clinic. I wish I could stay with them the whole time, but I guess it's only their job to get me knocked up and then they ditch me...sounds like a horrible loser-boyfriend if you ask me! ;) Just kidding ladies, I love you all and will miss you! If anyone in the Chicago area is looking for fertility help and don't know where to start, I can't stress enough that Chicago IVF is the way to go. The entire staff of doctors, nurses, techs, and receptionists, are amazing and caring people. We literally wouldn't be having a baby without them!
My new OB office is HORRIBLE and I think that makes me miss everyone at Chicago IVF even more. I waited over 2 hours for my first appointment and the doctor saw me for about 3 minutes. Our insurance is changing in August though, so I'm changing doctors the second that kicks in! So I only have to see this doctor one more time. It's kind of weird that I'm only having doctor appointments once a month now since I was having them weekly with CIVF! I'll definitely miss all those ultrasounds and getting to see our lil' peanut so often. I did get to have an ultrasound this past week though since I had some more spotting (this is getting really old, let me tell you!). I actually got to see the lil' peanut move this time!! I was watching the screen and it lifted up it's head and kicked one of it's tiny little feet!!! I think that made it more real for me than hearing the heartbeat honestly.
The lil' peanut lost it's tail this week and you can see the beginning of little feet! And I'm pretty sure you can see fingers in this one! I only counted four, but I'm telling myself they're still too small to count, or one is hiding! ;)
Oh, and the cravings have kicked in! Tapioca pudding is ranking in at the #1 craving so far. But it has to be the Jewel brand...haha, who knows. I'm eating a giant tub of it in a few days. I actually got upset yesterday at the store when I went to buy two tubs of it and they only had one left! Who is buying all the tapioca pudding...and store-brand at that?! Oh, and peanut-butter-chocolate shakes (from Oberweis) are the #2 craving. MMmmm...that sounds so good right now. I might have Adam make a pit-stop on his way home from work today! ;)
Food of the week.....
Your little embryo has now officially graduated to fetus-hood. Adding to the excitement, a Doppler ultrasound device might be able to pick up the beating heart. With basic physical structures in place and increasingly distinct facial features, baby is kind of starting to look like... well... a baby!
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