I haven't journaled in a while. I left on a rather grim note. However, I now have a perfectly healthy little girl. She's just over a month old. She was born on December 13, 2007. The rest of my pregnancy was a strain. My morning sickness NEVER went away, and I eventually became toxemic. They induced my labor on the 12, and now I have an awesome ( Read more... )

I'm calming down slowly. Though, I have cried a couple times about the thought of my baby having a birth defect. Yet, I'm finding myself getting excited to go to this doctor's appointment because I'm getting an ultrasound that other's rarely get. This is a level II ultrasound so the machine is far more expensive that what is used in the regular ( Read more... )

Last week I went to the doctor and they took some blood to run a couple of tests. One of the tests was looking for birth defects such as spina bifida and other nural defects. This test was also looking for Downs Syndrome. The doctor called and said my bloodwork came back "Abnormal." those were her first words to me. She said I'm completely clear of ( Read more... )

So far this morning the nausea hasn't made an appearance. I ate a banana as soon as I got up. However, if I don't get something into my body soon, this euphoric feeling could once again become nausea. I feel it just at the edges of my stomach. Well, off to McDonalds (so healthy) and to my parents' house.

I'm now 16 weeks pregnant. I held onto the hope that I would eventually get over my morning sickness, but it still clings on. Some days are better than others. There are days when I'm over my sickness by 10:00 a.m. However, yestday I was sick from the time I awoke to the time I went back to sleep last night. Those days are hard. I'm starting to ( Read more... )

Morning, Noon, Night, ALL NIGHT!!! I am literally gagging all day and all night. I've thrown up maybe 3 times altogether, but it's the gagging that's a constant. I've been eating snacks every 2 hours (per doctor order) to ward off the nausea and it works occasionally. Everyone wants to offer me saltine crackers and those make me the most nauseous. ( Read more... )

So... for the past few weeks I've been feeling super tired, and I've been having cramps. My breast hurt too. I thought that I was starting my period. After a week of feeling that way I decided to take a pregnancy test, which turned up positive. At this point I've taken 5 tests. I'm bit anal!! I'm so excited. My doctor's appointment to confirm my ( Read more... )

I have been constantly craving something today. I just want to eat anything high in sugar. My husband absolutely refuses to be the bad cop. He said "look you're a big girl, I'm not your daddy. Eat what you want." I want him to be tough. I left the room in tears and folded clothes for 30 minutes. It wasn't that he was frustrated with me that ( Read more... )

So I thought I was pregnant. Went to the doctor. I had a miscarriage. I'm ok with this, just nature's way ...if I had been further along or really trying to get pregnant I would have been devastated. However, my doctor put me on some hormones to start my period because before I got pregnant... I hadn't had a period since August. That's way too long ( Read more... )

"On January 3, 2006, 18-year-old Nazanin Mahabad Fatehi was sentenced to death for murder by court in Iran after she stabbed one of three men who attempted to rape her and her 16-year-old niece in a park in Karaj (a suburb of Tehran) in March 2005. She was seventeen at the time. Iran is signatory to international treaties which forbid them to ( Read more... )