15 Weeks!

I went to my Thyroid appointment today and finally saw the endocronologist Dr. She was really nice and went through everything with me. She looked at my previous test results (they were from October) and she went through her normal routine.

She said my test results were good for the baby, bad for me. She said that all the baby really needs from me is my T4 hormone. That hormone level was perfectly normal. On the other hand, my TSH level was almost non-existent and that is something that I need to keep my body temperature steady.

She asked if I had ever had my neck scanned. I had not, so she told me that my thyroid was "very large". She asked if I ever had trouble swallowing, I told her no, and then she had me do this swallow test so she could see for herself.

So, she sent me for more blood work and made another appointment for January 24th. If there is anything urgent on the results of this last blood work, then she will give me a call to come in earlier.

I then had a 4 hour little escapade to go and get my blood work done. I was supposed to be at work at 2:30 and didn't end up making it in at all, which they weren't happy about, but oh well.

Other than that, I feel great!! I'm still a little sleepy, Steve and I both have colds again (his is MUCH worse than mine though, I feel horrible for him!!) and my belly is continuing to grow ;0) I'll post another belly picture next week sometime. It's getting to the point where none of my clothes fit me anymore.

Week 14!
So, I'm at the 14 week mark which means only one thing... 2nd trimester baby!! Oh yeah ;)

I posted a picture below of my 5 week picture and my 14 week belly picture. So you can see the difference. My belly has been itching a lot more lately so I will have to start posting more pictures.

I have been feeling much better as far as getting nauscious when not eating fast enough. I'm still pretty tired, but it seems to be getting better as well. I have been more emotional lately... that's something that is very weird. I'll hear a song on the radio or a commercial will set me off... it's kinda funny. Going along with that emotion, my hormones have been all over the place as well. I have been very short with people, so I apologize now for it. I don't mean it at all, I just don't know that I am doing it until I either get a strange look from you or when I am laying down at night recapping all conversations in my head and think "oh, man... why did I say that?!?!?"

I have my thyroid appointment next Wednesday at 11:30am, so I will post after work what they say. Hopefully they don't cancel on me again!

Update...
So we had a pretty big snowstorm yesterday and my Dr. called and said that they were cancelling my appointment and would get me in as soon as they could (literally the Dr. called me, no one else was in the office). Therefore I couldn't go :( Oh well, I'm actually feeling really good and I'm not nearly as paranoid about my thyroid as I was. My Dr. told me that the endocronologist sometimes will wait until after 12 weeks because that is when my hormone levels will even out. He also said that the baby will very soon start producing it's own thyroid hormone and won't be stealing mine anymore. So we'll have to wait and see what they say.

I'm still feeling really, really good!! My back is really sore now and then, but I think that's just because I work with a bunch of midgets (AKA 4 year olds) and I'm bending over all day. It's feeling a lot better today though. I've been nauscious only a few days here and there, but nothing really that I can complain about. Many, many other people are way sicker than I.

We are decorating for Christmas today and I'm so excited. I'm glad that we didn't do it last weekend because now when you look out the window you see snow and frost and it just feels that much more Christmas-y. LOL. You should see all the snow we have outside... it's crazy. Steve's Mom left a comment that it was in the 20's Vegas and 60 degrees here in IL last weekend when we went hiking. Well, one week later, we caught up. It's now in the high 20's here too ;0)

Oh, I have also been asked by Mom if I was going to find out the sex of the baby. Yeppers, I definately am not one to wait and I don't trust my own instinct. I actually don't have an instinct. I couldn't tell you what I even think I'm having because I'm totally confused. It could be either and I can see myself with either, so I'm going to have the Dr. take a look and tell me. It's funny though because Steve was at first against the idea of finding out, and that he wanted to be surprised. I told him that we will talk about that when the time comes because we had a long time to go. Our Dr. doesn't do "that" ultrasound until 22 weeks. Anyways, when we were at the 12 week ultrasound appointment Steve was so excited and kept asking me "do you think they will be able to tell what it is?". I just kept laughing because first it's way too soon and second he completely changed his mind. I didn't realize until then that he wanted to find out the sex. Just a funny story. Ha, ha...

I'll let you know when my next thyroid appointment is... I have to call on Monday and make the appointment.