of the ungood

( seriously TMI )

So I had the midwife paged and she said ( more TMI )

So I'm going in this morning to get looked at. I feel AWFUL. The nausea is worse than it has been just about ever, and I'm light-headed, probably from dehydration at this point. I had to call my mom and get her to cancel her dentist appointment (*guilt, guilt*) and she came over to get Isaac and take him to daycare.

Now if you'll excuse me I have to go ( even more TMI )

and try not to freak out in the hour before I leave for the appointment.

sigh.

update

I am back from my midwife appointment, where "I am back" means "I am at the office and took time to eat lunch and get my ass kicked at Scrabble before updating you." Sorry.

The good news from the appointment is that everything seems to be fine with little Cosmo. We heard his/her heartbeat on the Doppler monitor, which is a very good sign. (Studies indicate that the risk of miscarriage drops to something like 1% after the heartbeat is heard or seen on ultrasound.) The other good news is that the midwife wasn't too concerned about the spotting. ( slight TMI )

She was concerned about the diarrhea though, and asked a lot of questions trying to figure it out. ( And this is where the BAD news comes in. )

It was also discovered at the appointment that I have lost 7.5 pounds since my last checkup five weeks ago. O.O I knew I had lost some, but that was more than I expected. This is not good. I explained to the midwife that it's because of not eating due to nausea, and we had a good chat about nausea during pregnancy and how to handle it, etc. -- what it boils down to is, you have to find the things you can eat and just eat them, whether they're potato chips or M&Ms or spicy wings or whatever. I am of course still really hopeful that the nausea will be clearing up in the next couple of weeks, but it's still good to hear the midwife's tips and opinions. I bought some candied ginger to chew on when the mood strikes. Whew! That stuff is potent!

Anyway, that's my update. At least we are both relatively healthy, which is the bottom line.