So we have been trying for a second child a while now. Planned for a piggy baby but that didn't happen... and I didn't want the following zodiac so moo moo baby was the next. Seems harder to conceive this time, maybe because we are older? Had been trying for a while and always unsuccessful. Even used ovulation tests to track ovulation but no idea why not successful too. When I used some ovulation tests some were totally negative for a cycle, but no idea if the test was too cheap to be sensitive enough as per some product reviews said or I really didn't ovulate on certain months. So decide to splurge on the expensive ovulation test and it seemed to have worked!
Week 4
Had been feeling a little crampy in abdo area and perhaps a tinge of sore breasts? not sure if its in my mind though
3/3: took pregnancy test with first pee of the day but threw it away before checking as realized I was bleeding upon wiping. Thought that this time was not successful again and the test must be negative. But the bleeding was much lighter than my usual period so went back to check and saw a faint second line on the pregnancy test strip. Not certain if really pregnant due to the bleeding and also the pregnancy test strip is one of those cheap paper ones and is also expired. Having some left pelvic pain
4/3-5/3 bleeding light over the next 2-3 days, more like spotting. Ongoing left lower abdo/pelvic pain
8/3: took another pregnancy test and the second line was much darker than the previous one. Left lower abdo/pelvic pain continues. A bit concerned about ectopic pregnancy so decided to bring forward GP appointment. Was supposed to see GP on 12/3.
Week 5
9/3: saw GP and had 7-8 vials of blood taken along with urine test. Height 157cm, weight 48.9kg. Also did a pelvic ultrasound to rule out ectopic pregnancy - none seen on ultrasound. Still too early to see foetus but there is a yolk sac and gestational sac apparently. technician said there seemed to be cysts on my right ovary but the pain is at my left side? perhaps the cysts burst causing the pain? however later in the report sent to the GP apparently there were no cysts at all. This new GP that I'm seeing is so good, even gave me a call rather late at night around 9pm to update me about the ultrasound results. Starting to have some breakouts today, previously skin had been rather clear.
10/3: had a bit of nausea after dinner (baked rice with salmon)
11/3: nauseous after eating lunch (steamed prawn gyoza with sweet chili sauce) and dinner (hot chips and beef burger). went back to see GP for all the test results - bilirubin is high, hmm wonder why. iron is low, calcium is low, vit D levels border line... need to supplement all those. GP also prescribed metoclopramide for nausea, going to use as backup for when I need to work or when nausea gets worse
12/3: i think this is the start of the nausea. felt nauseous after eating few pieces of candy melon and a fried egg. could tolerate chicken porridge
13/3: nauseous. unable to tolerate fish porridge. could have canned chicken soup and bread and cheese
14/3: nausea continues...
15/3: starting to be sensitive to smells: cardboard boxes, laundry room, hand soap, garage fumes etc were all ok yesterday but from today started to smell funky. nausea continues before and after eating, all day on and off... also having constipation likely due to all those supplements and lesser intake.
Week 6
King has been such a champ, keeps heading out to buy food stuffs that I may be able to tolerate or may feel like eating. Also takes over the care of Atty without me asking so that I can have some rest. He would take Atty out with him to the supermarket or when running errands or to the playground or out in the yard. The best <3 And Atty is also so sweet and understanding. When i explained to her that I was feeling nauseous so couldn't do lots of activities with her, she was so understanding and was okay to do sit down activities with me like reading or crafts and she would play on her own while letting me rest. So super sweet! My Atty baby is all grown up now <3
16-18/3: main symptom is nausea... and getting worse. have strong desire to throw up after eating only a little bit. sweet stuff seems to leave a metallic aftertaste in my mouth. salty things sit better with me. able to manage bread/eggs/cheese/ham/sausages.
19/3: huge drama today. all started off with an ominous dream I had this morning - dreamt that I was scheduled for the covid19 vaccine and while in the queue I declined as I was pregnant. then I went to the toilet in my dream and there was blood all over my underwear. even with a tampon and a pad the blood still leaked through staining my underwear rather badly. such a bad omen omg. upon waking everything was still ok and I headed to work. nausea was actually not that bad at work, I thought it was because I didn't have my prenatal/calcium/iron vitamins yet as I didn't bring them to work. at the end of the day, around 4:45pm I went to the toilet and was so shocked to see blood on my underwear! upon wiping also had blood - bright red. enough to saturate a panty liner sort of amount. it was like that ominous dream coming true omg. I called the Women's Assessment Service at Women's and Children's Hospital immediately, headed home, and then off to WCH with King and Atty. Was there for about 2hours, most of the time waiting and also filling in paperwork... but the actual checks were blood pressure, oxygen saturation and the ultrasound. Atty helped to take my blood pressure and oxygen saturation! the midwife let her press the button to start the blood pressure taking and clip the pulse oximeter onto my finger. anyway... saw baby moo moo on the ultrasound, there is a heartbeat! <3 they couldn't figure out the reason of the bleeding, perhaps a subchorionic hematoma like I had with Atty? that's my guess but wasn't evident on the ultrasound. still spotting at the hospital. was supposed to get HCG levels taken too but after the doctor saw the baby's heartbeat on the ultrasound decided that didn't need the blood test. so now its down to observation and waiting...
20-21/3: still some spotting but just a little. all day nausea continues. seems to be a little worse, once i eat anything i have a strong desire to throw up and takes lots of effort to prevent that from happening. also getting more sensitive to smells. also have this lingering sour taste in my mouth - this symptom has been around since week 5 perhaps? and feels like its getting worse sigh.
And people always say every pregnancy is different but so far the trajectory of my second pregnancy totally mirrors the first! Week 5 started having nausea and sensitive to smells - same in both. Week 6 had bleeding - same in both! Feeling like deja vu. Might as well copy and paste the updates from the first pregnancy hahahaa.
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