Saturday, April 26, 2008

Fever and sore throat

I have really felt ill this past week. First, last Sunday I started with a runny nose and lots of sneezing, lasting a few days. Then, it turned into a chest congestion cough for a few days. Yesterday morning I woke up with a bad sore throat, and by last night had a fever ranging between 99.8 and 100.5. That scared me so much because I know a fever isn't good while pregnant. I went to Urgent Care Clinic this morning, and they prescribed Amoxicillin, assuring me that it was completely safe during pregnancy. I sure hope so! But, its probably a good idea because I am so miserable...and that can't be good for the baby either :(

I have not had any new pregnancy symptoms...
~ Extremely tired (though that is probably due to the illness)
~ Sore breasts (noticed primarily last night and today...not sure if that is just being achy with the illness)
~ Going the bathroom frequently (of course that's probably cause I'm drinking 60 - 80 oz of water each day)
~ Occassional pinchy, stretching feelings in the uterus area and the left ovary area (hoping that doesn't indicate an ectopic!)

I'm looking so forward to my ultrasound scheduled for 5/12 to see the heartbeat. That will be added reassurance that all is progressing normally.

We haven't decided when to tell everyone yet though... I've told mom, Carrie, and a handful of people at work (Holly, Lindsey, Megan, Jackie, Carrie, and Gayle). Mom wants us to announce it after Tiffany's graduation at the end of May, since grandma Rutan and Marlene will be back. I guess we'll see if everything looks good. That would put me at about 9 weeks.

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