16 weeks 4 days- get your guesses in!

I think pregnancy is set up to be a constant reminder that your life is no longer your own and plans are futile. Think you’re gonna go out with a friend? No, you’re gonna accidentally fall asleep at 6 pm instead. Planning on taking the dog for a walk? Nope, you’ll be puking.

My morning sickness is gone but the last several days this very annoying thing is happening where I’ll be eating, and then with no warming, from one bite to the next, I’ll suddenly feel just disgusting from whatever I’m eating. So I’m really frustrated right now, because I just went to Safeway and got a Rug Doctor so we can take care of our nasty carpets, grabbed some soup while I was out, came home and finished clearing out my living room, ate my soup before I started steam cleaning…and I’m laying in bed instead, terribly nauseous from the soup.

Lame.

Wednesday, I got sick for the first time since being pregnant. Which is surprising since I’m sick all the time and your immune system goes down when you’re pregnant. But anyway, I barely slept all night Tuesday/into Wednesday, which was the warning sign I missed. I frequently get weird insomnia just before coming down with something. I woke up Wednesday morning puking, thinking the morning sickness was back. I had one of y employees open, and went to bed for a while, but was throwing up anytime I tried to eat or drink anything. After an hour or two of that, I realized I was very feverish- chills, bad body aches, the whole thing. I knew I needed to eat something to take Tylenol. I got a zofran from a friend, got some applesauce down, took my Tylenol, and worked for the rest of the day (it was hell, in between dogs I was literally laying feverish on the floor). I made it home without puking anymore, but then 4 pm-11 pm, I couldn’t keep anything down (the only thing I was even attempting was Gatorade).

Around 11, Jonathan made me some juice and chocked it full of kale, beets, apples, carrots, and a few other fruits and veggies. I kept that down, thank god because by that point, I was desperately needing any nutrition I could get.

I took a tylenol pm right after and went to sleep. The next morning I woke up, went to the bathroom, and nearly passed out when I looked in the toilet bowl and my pee was red. I freaked out, checked my cervix, no blood…no blood anywhere else. I had no signs of a UTI and my kidneys felt fine, so I decided it *probably* wasn’t blood and that I’d google it.

Turns out it was the beets from the juice! Normally I’ll throw one in, that night we had two big ones, and apparently fresh beets are notorious for producing red pee! Later I found out Jonathan peed red the night before, LOL. But omg, it was so scary right at first. Especially since I couldn’t keep food down at all the day before, and was probably slightly dehydrated.

Anyway, Thursday I was still achy and very exhausted, but feeling better, and I’m fine now.

I’ve managed to make it through the week without telling anyone about the secret ultrasound, but it’s been so hard! I’m ready to burst here! I can’t wait, it’s so soon now. Speaking of which, now is a good time to post your guesses as to what you think I’m having 🙂