15 weeks...

You wouldn't believe the things that can happen to you when you're pregnant. Good news first - I haven't really needed my medication for the last 2 days! Yay! I have been somewhat nauseous since I haven't taken it, but nothing like how sick I was before. It's bearable now and also subsides if I eat something. I'm also finally able to eat like normal and even on some days above and beyond normal. It's a nice change and also alleviates some of the anxiety I have been feeling about failing to gain any weight. Icecream tastes better than ever now!

Unfortunately I woke up in the middle of the night Monday night with a really sore jaw. I thought I had just slept on it wrong so I went back to sleep, but in the morning it was still pretty sore. I waited until Wednesday to call the doctor and went in on Thursday morning. Apparently since I've been taking my pre-natal pills with dinner since they make me sick, they can cause heavy dreaming. The heavy dreaming, in turn, caused me to clench my jaw so hard that I strained my Temporo-Manibular Joint. It's the joint and muscle that controls jaw movement. It's located just in front of your ear. The pain didn't start out too bad, but after a day of constant talking at work, the doctor said it was close to locking up. If that happens, there's no choice but to use a mild sedative so a mouth doctor can go in and release the joint. Needless to say, I'm on a liquid diet (that I haven't been following) for five days and was forbidden to do any excessive amount of talking for a few days. I didn't go in to work on Thursday for that reason despite rumors that I've been taking days off when I'm not sick. Some people are pretty immature.

I'm thinking positive thoughts and I know NOTHING else is going to go wrong with my physical health!

So Thursday night I went to bed knowing Friday would probably be a snow day. Lucky for us because it was a swimming day and we all pretty much hate to take the kids swimming. When I woke up to turn on the TV to watch for delays and closings, Doug told me that his car had been hit by a drunk driver as it was parked on the street while we slept. Luckily the guy didn't get away because his car was undrivable after the accident, and he had good insurance. So as the day went on and Doug put his energy into having his car taken care of and getting a rental car, I relaxed with heat on my jaw and watched movies with my mother and sister-in-law. When Doug and I got home, however, he opened the storm door to get in the front of the house and the glass literally fell out. We think the wind was blowing so hard it pressed against the frame and broke the corner and then when we opened it, the glass fell out. *sigh* Why do I feel like something is not right? Or the only way to have a healthy baby is if everything else goes wrong? I just wanna sleep. For a long time.

Fortunately I'm in a good mood today. I'm hungry for KFC which I'm not going to get, but I'm still in a good mood. We cleaned the house last night and I have the laundry started so I should be able to relax a lot today. We're working on replacing the kitchen floor and replacing our front door next weekend, so I need to get all the rest I can get now!

18 days until our ultrasound! Yippee!


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