Starting Low Dose Asprin Therapy

Spoke with my OB yesterday about starting low dose aspirin therapy for high risk patents for preeclaimsia. So now that I am out of my first trimester i will start taking 61 grams of aspirin a day. The research on this is very mixed. Some studies say it doesn't work at all and some say it does ... so there is a small chance it could help ... so i am going to do it. Pregnancies that are not high risk should never take aspirin during pregnancy.

Todays's doctor's appointment

Today I had another appointment with my OB, he wanted to make sure I am not losing any more weight since I lost 19 lbs in my 1st trimester. He said no more. And today i was the same as my last appointment ... didn't lose and didn't gain .. so we both were happy with that. There was blood in my urine so I had to go do lab tests after my appointment. He doesn't know if i have a bladder infection or what is going on. So we will see. He was having a hard time finding the heart beat ... he said he knew it was there but wasn't hearing it. So I was sent in for another ultrasound. Which is always fun. The baby had a strong heart beat and everything is fine. Here are my photos. The baby looks like a baby now! Next OB appointment is in 4 weeks. And I am now entering my 2nd trimester, Yay!

 
 

Baby's 1st Ultrasound Photo - 6 weeks

 

This was 6 weeks ago! So a lot has changed since then. I cant wait for the next ultrasound!

First Blog Post!

For those of you that dont know we are a few days away from being 12 weeks pregnant. The first three months were very challenging due to severe morning sickness. Today i woke up and ate breakfast! This was a very new experience since I have been too sick to eat much at all in the past weeks. So starting today, I feel like I get my life back! Very Exciting! Just in time for my 35th birthday!