gotta love needles...and names...

So my doctor (just regular doc) emailed me last week that she's been talking with my allergist and since I'm becoming more deficient in the vitamin that I'm allergic to, and desensitizing me to it via pills didn't work, they want to....drum roll please.... admit me to the hospital and give me a series of 10 injections (maybe only the first one will be in the hospital) to see if that will desensitize me to it.

doesn't that sound like fun?? The reason for the hospital, well in case i go into anaphylaxis. I'm so excited! ok. maybe not. So I wrote her back and said.. "ok but just for your information do you remember I'm 10 weeks pregnant. can we wait until april or does this need to be done now. ". and I haven't heard back. today my allergists office called to set up an appointment for next week to talk about this with my allergist (i guess the decided I can't wait until the end of october for my scheduled appointment with her). I mentioned to the person on the phone "does she know I'm pregnant?" so she's going to check with her and see what she wants to do. makes me want to scream.

anyways i'm doing ok otherwise. the morning sickness was gone last week and this week is back just slightly. fingers crossed. I go on friday for another ultrasound--11 weeks for the First Look test. hopefully all will go ok.

We still haven't told the girls yet. I wanted to make sure that things looked ok first. Not sure if we'll tell them this weekend after the u/s or wait until after my 13 week checkup. Right now I'm thinking we'll wait until the 13 week checkup and we get the results from the first look test as well.

I am getting pretty frustrated about names. There are NO boys names that I like (at least that i'd use...others i like for other people. :) ) well i actually liked one boys name (although DH didn't). However my SIL's sister just had a baby and named him that (Ethan). DH said , that doesn't matter we'll never see them. But it bothered me that if we did, and BIL/SIL had a baby...then that baby would have 2 cousin's with the same name. so back to the drawing board. I do have about 2-3 names for girls that I like.

stupid allergies...

the other news is that my allergies are REALLY bad. I've had two attacks (anaphylaxis) in the past week and a half. I've never gotten these while pregnant with the girls (i have them off and on otherwise).

We still aren't sure what is causing them and my OB is very concerned since they should be gone during pregnancy...not worse. thankfully the last one i stopped with 2 benedryl but the previous one i had to give myself steroids (the hospital is mainly useless near me for this) to stop it. and steroids in the first trimester aren't great (not horrible...but not ideal)

i just hope they go away soon. i don't see my allergist until next month...but there really isn't a ton she can do.

It's actually sad-- a kid on bean1's soccer team has a severe life threatening allergy to peanuts. my comment to DH (in my sad ironic mode) was "I'd love to have a life threatening allergy to something i actual knew what it was". because that's what's hardest--no one knows what's doing this to me. I do have a severe allergy to something else that's completely random....a vitamin!....but that doesn't seem to be involved this time. But I'm so happy that it's me going through this and not one of the beans.

sorry for my rambling. it just sucks. and all this started 2 days post partum with bean1

Doc appointment!

I had my appointment yesterday with the OB and all went well! I'm 9 weeks and the little bean was measuring exactly on with a heartbeat of 173 bpm. I go back in 2 weeks for another u/s.

Yeah! wow... this is really happening. :)

catch up. and lots of first!

Wow! I haven't written in awhile and it's been busy!

First.... Bean1 and I went on a super vacation a couple weeks ago. We went for 4 days to San Diego to visit my best friend from college. I was a little worried because I was 6 weeks PG the day we left. and with both girls...at 6 weeks PG is when my morning sickness kicked in ... BAD. But I did ok. It seems if I keep eating and dont let my stomach get hungry...i'm ok

So we had a blast. hit the san diego zoo, a beach with seals on it, went up to disneyland for a day! (she had a blast looking for princesses) and the children's museum. very fun! and even better... on our red eye home (yes i took a red eye with a 4 yr old...eek). she fell asleep BEFORE we took off and woke up AFTER we landed. :) i didn't sleep at all but that's another story. (so is getting sick at disney and barely making the bathroom)

then this past weekend has been really busy. Bean 1 & 2 had their first day of gymnastics this year on Saturday. For Bean1 she actually had to go into class on her own--no parents. It took her a bit and I had to go in with her for warm-ups...but SHE DID IT!! (she took this last year but the 3 yr old with parents class). Then Bean2 had hers... (with me). She was so excited because this is "real gymnastics" and she really wanted to do what bean1 was doing last year.

Then sunday was bean1's first soccer game. DH is one of the coaches. I *think* she had fun (at least for the snacktime.) She did better in the first half--the practice, then the 2nd--the game. lol. I actually had to go on the field with her for the game.

Today is the biggest though...today was her first day of preschool!!! She was very excited but nervous. Did not want me to leave but eventually let me. Her teacher is so nice. She had a great day they both said and was excited to tell me all about it. how did she get to be so big?? and kindergarden next year!!