Trying to be...
2003-12-07 - 10:34 a.m.
Has it really been this long since I updated?
between going on vacation (which was amazing) and then returning to work chaos, I guess so.....
Don't have much to say today. Sunday morning, just finished cleaning the bathroom....cooked up a storm yesterday (whole wheat walnut pancakes for breakfast, a whole wheat spinach and cheddar quiche for lunch, dinner was pasta with zuchini and tuna, and for desert oatmeal chocolate chip cookies...what a yummy day!), and today have some work to do that I didn't get to finish during the work week.
I'm feeling pretty good. Oddly, most of the time I don't feel pregnant. Sure I feel the sciatica shooting down my left ass-cheek and I belch for hours and hours, but otherwise I'm not nauseaus anymore (ok, very rarely). My breasts don't hurt, and I'm not peeing any more often that I did pre-pregger. Then again, pre-pregger I was a constant pee-er anyway, so I still pee more than most normal people.
The doctor couldn't hear the heartbeat this past week. Granted it was early (we were 9w3days and usually they can hear it at 10-12 weeks). Rational me knows that it was just due to timing. Paranoid me thinks "Am I still pregnant? How would I know". My doctor assured me that since I"ve had no signals that something has gone wrong (no major cramping, no bleeding or spotting, etc) all is well. We go back a week from Tuesday again, just to hear the heartbeat. I think that will calm me....
Work has been insane. I have multiple clients in crisis ('tis the season and all) including one I had to bring to the hospital because she was having suicidal thoughts. I really like this woman and have been workign with her for months. She's a single mom, has an 11 year old daughter, and I'm doing everything I can to advocate w/the medical staff that she IS a good mother. I don't want to see her daughter lost to the Foster Care system because I have known the two of them for almost 3 years, and I am fully confident in her parenting abilities. I know that once her meds are leveled and her suicidal ideation dissipates, she will be capable again of being the caretaker. For now the daughter is staying w/the mom's friend, who is also a client of mine. I'm spending time workign w/the daughter too, trying to explain in an age appropriate way what is going on w/her mom. I also hope to accompany her to visit her mom at the hospital, once the psychiatrist gives the ok (she's under official visiting policy age)
this is a rambly post.
but what do you expect, after 3 weeks, I'm out of practice.
