My first pregnancy went pretty well. A little bit of evening sickness but all and all it was a pretty easy pregnancy. Maybe that’s why the delivery seemed to take FOREVER….
This time around….the pregnancy has been a slightly different story. My body appears to reject pregnancy. It all started after a somewhat normal first trimester which really only included nausea and tiredness…all very normal. Well that’s where the normal part ended. Around week 14 and 15 I got a random sore on my toe and hives all over my body. None of this seemed to be out of the ordinary given my history of hives and toe things until my toe just didn’t get better. I was warned of staph infections and ingrown nails, etc. I didn’t think I had either but I listened to the Dr’s suggestions. I first saw my OB, who referred me to a Family Doctor(who was worthless), I then tried a dermatologist (mainly for the hives and somewhat for the toe) who was even more worthless then the general Dr, neither gave me good or decent suggestions. I found a podiatrist who I don’t think ever saw a pregnant patient in his life and was afraid to try or do anything but I still followed his instructions for about a month, then I came to my senses (pregnancy brain has really hindered me in the last few months) and went to a much better podiatrist. We are going on 2.5 to 3 months now of toe issues. He decides to remove part of my nail on my big toe, no big deal, I probably needed it, but it didn’t solve the issue. Things look ok until a couple of weeks go by and the infection comes back worse then ever and spreads to another toe…HOLY CRAP, seriously….I go back to the better podiatrist who wants me to go on my 4th antibiotic which isn’t recommended for pregnant patients…thanks, there goes my trust in you better podiatrist. I consult with my OB who refers me to an Infectious Disease Specialist, in case you lost track that is Dr #6 who doesn’t tell me much but sends me for an MRI to see if it is a bone infection and does several blood tests. I assume nothing came back because they never returned my call after my visit….great referral. My infection comes back pretty bad and I am at my wits end, this is over 4 months of craziness so I try an alternative doctor, a homeopathic doctor who is a little crazy but what else do you expect. She tells me to cut out dairy, wheat, soy, corn, tomatoes, potatoes, chocolate and chicken from my diet…great, so my limited diet is now non existent, what in the heck was I supposed to eat now, kale and fish…I DON’T THINK SO. I followed the restrictive diet for a couple of weeks until Thanksgiving came around and then I couldn’t take it anymore. The good news (knock on wood) is that the infection is actually gone, I don’t know if it is actually gone or just resting until it will come back in 2 weeks but I will thank my lucky stars it is gone for now. (somewhere in the middle of those series of events I slipped and fell at a gas station wearing flip flops which caused me to cut my OTHER foot so badly I almost needed stitches…par for the course for this pregnancy)
I hope the last 6 weeks of pregnancy will go fine and with limited issues, but who knows. I will just appreciate the rest my sweet husband gives me at home and hope the delivery of this little boy goes a little better then his big sister’s. If the Braxton hicks I have been experiencing lately are any indication of an early delivery he should be here any day now.
This crazy boy is measuring extremely large which is already making me cringe, but nothing I can do about it so I will just wait to see how this works out.
32 weeks pregnant…not too many pictures this time around.
