Michelle's Pregnancy Journal - Page 2
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April 5, 2002     6w4d
Still Feeling About the Same
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   Well, I'm still pretty much in a holding pattern, in terms of my symptoms.  I have noticed some very slight nausea, especially when I get really sleepy, but other than that, I'm about the same.  Sometimes I worry that NOT having worse symptoms is a bad sign, LOL.  I wish I could just shut the paranoid part of my brain down.  I do a pretty good job of thinking positive, but based on all the miscarriage nightmares I'm having, I haven't been successful at pushing those thoughts out entirely!
     As usual, more than anything I'm just really tired.  It seems to hit me worst right about one in the afternoon, which is funny since I don't usually wake up until between 9 and 10 most days.  And it's not like I do anything really strenuous in the morning.  Mostly I just surf the web or study.  My other main symptoms are a lack of hunger (how weird, huh?), acne, and some serious congestion.  The congestion is really no fun, especially at night.  Oh yeah, speaking of night, I also feel like I have to pee all the time, and it's worse at night...I wake up about 3 times every night just to go to the bathroom!
     I just can't control the urge to shop baby stuff already!  It's really interfering with me getting ANYTHING done. :)  I've picked out a handful of baby room themes already, but I'm not planning on making any hard and fast decisions yet.  But since decorating the room is one of the bigger choices you have to make, it seemed like that would be a good place to start my shopping.  I also compulsively look at strollers and car seats.  Nate and I are probably going to subscribe to Consumer Reports online so we can check out the safety ratings of all this stuff before we get our hearts set on anything.
     We're also talking about a new car.  We'd really wanted a minivan - I'm dying for a Toyota Sienna - but I just don't think we can afford one right now.  Still, the Honda is getting old and in need of repairs too frequently, so we're gonna start shopping for a new car with a good lease or purchase plan that will have a warranty. 
     Well, that's about it.  Time is finally starting to speed back up a little...this week has actually gone quite quickly.  I hope time continues to go fast so I can hurry it up and get to my first ultrasound next week!!  I know I'm just going to be on cloud nine when it's over...thank goodness I got out of TA'ing that afternoon (told a little fib) so I don't have to try to sit through that after my appointment.  Honestly, from what I've heard, the initial appt is often so long that I might not be able to make it to class if I wanted to.  That was actually the real reason I lied to get out of class...I've just now realized the added benefit!
     Signing off for today...
April 8, 2002     7w0d
Our First Big Baby Purchase!
    Well, Nate and I just made our first big baby purchase! We had already decided we wanted a Combi stroller based on the Baby Bargains book and some online research we'd done. We were planning on getting one of their mid-range models, but yesterday I was doing some surfing and stumbled across a site selling the 2001 version of Combi's top of the line Ultra Savvy for only about $45 more than the mid-range one we were planning on buying (full price, it's about $160-$180 more!))! I called the vendor and Combi itself to make sure a 2001 stroller would still attach 2002 carseats (this is one of their strollers with "Perfect Match" that allows you to attach several different infant car seats), and both places confirmed that it would. I also got the return info from the store, to make sure they're not one of those places with crappy return policies, but it turns out they have a great return policy. So we bit the bullet! I can't wait for it to show up just so we can assemble it and then look at it. :) It's supposed to ship within 24 hours and it's coming via Fed Ex ground, so I think we'll have it by the end of the week. I just can't believe what a great deal we found! This thing has an aluminum frame that only weighs 10 pounds, and it closes with one hand. It is soooo cool! It also has an "acoustic canopy" that allows you to plug in a portable CD-player, cassette player, or MP3 player into a special pouch and then it plays the music into special speakers embedded in the canopy. How cool is that? The cheaper model had that feature, too, though, so it's not like that's what we're paying extra for. It's sure a cool added feature, but nothing I would have made a "must have." Click here to see a picture of the stroller.
     We also bought some little stuff over the weekend. We drove to Michigan City, IN on Sat, which is about 45 minutes away, where they have a big outlet mall. We specifically wanted to see the Carter's outlet, which was a really great store! The prices were great and they had so much cute stuff. I couldn't resist buying one outfit. It's this little yellow onesie with a ducky on it and a matching hat and booties. I also got the matching bib just for the heck of it. However, we agreed we shouldn't buy too many more clothes...we realize that's a pretty popular shower gift, so we should probably use our money to start stocking up now on things that you don't usually get as gifts, like diapers and such. With the way our insurance is, we're probably going to have a pretty hefty bill after the preg and delivery, so we're looking for ways to spread costs out and to save money without sacrificing good quality(like saving approx. $150 bucks on that stroller!). This is our baby, after all!
     Only 3 days until the ultrasound...
April 9, 2002     7w1d
Rotten Day
    OK, I'll make this short, but I've had a rotten day.  I've known for a long time that when I got preg, I could no longer use Dovonex for my psoriasis.  So as soon as I got my positive, I stopped.  A couple of days later, I called the only dermatologist office on my plan.  (Well, not exactly, but it's too long a story for me to explain now, but for all intents and purposes, this is the only office on my plan).  They've been giving me the runaround ever since.  Have your doctor call.  Then, they'd tell them to have me call.  Then they'd tell me to have my doc call again.  Well, after all this wrangling, they tell me there is absolutely no way they can see me until...August 30th!!  What the hell good does that do me?  I'll have begun my 3rd freaking trimester by then! 
     So anyway, my first reaction was to be enormously angry, but because this has dragged out for so long, I think the shock of finally hearing that they really couldn't get a pregnant woman in any sooner than that just overwhelmed me.  I started BAWLING.  I must have cried for most of 2 hours.  I'm sure my hormones aren't helping anything. :)  I'm done with the crying, but I'm still so furious.  Personally, I think what they are doing is medically unethical.  When you consider that the people ahead of me are mostly getting botox injections and facial peels and other cosmetic procedures done, the fact that they will not see a preg woman with a legitimate medical condition that needs treatment seems downright unethical.  I wonder if there is anyone I can report them to?  Probably not.  The almighty dollar rules, eh?
     So anyway, that's my rant for the day.  I'm going to call my family doctor tomorrow and see if he can do anything for me.  My OB just doesn't know anything about psoriasis, so he can't prescribe me anything.  Here's hoping my family doctor does...
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