The 7th Test

Yup, I did it. I peed on my 7th HPT this morning. Oh the power of my pee. It can turn a stark white landscape into a pink zebrafest of thin stripes. So fun. I think I only have one digital test left, though, so my addiction will be cured soon.

This weekend started off with me calling the after-hours OB on Friday night. Only 4w4d and I was already making emergency calls. I hope this isn't a pattern that I'll continue. I was having really sharp pains in my right shoulder. What could that be? An ectopic pregnancy, clearly.

Do I have a history of those? Um, no. Is that my only symptom? Um, yes. No severe cramping? Bleeding? Nope and nope. Get off the phone and stop wasting my time then. Oops. Sorry. Enjoy your dessert.

So Dr. McKinney wasn't that abrupt, but I did feel a little stupid. My official (self) diagnosis was that I had gas pains in my shoulder. Better a false alarm than a real one, right?

The good news is I'm still feeling pretty good - and I'm 5 weeks today! I think with Ella the boom was lowered somewhere between 5 1/2 and 6 weeks so I'm going to enjoy as much of this week as I can. I'm also doing my best to get "life" organized. I can't do much with taxes until all of our year-end forms and statements are available, but I'm in the process of cleaning up our investments. I have to do it in two shifts (one left to go tomorrow) to wait for all of the "sell" orders to clear first.

I am up-to-date on MH filing, and bills are in pretty good shape. I'm just going to do my best to take everything in small chunks and not let it all pile up too much. I would really like to get our 2007 Manning dvd done, but the last time I worked on it, I cried actual tears and wanted to throw our Mac Book off a very tall building. By deleting the trash files, I've essentially killed the dvd - which I've already put 50+ hours into - due to a bug in the software. I'm going to do my best just to finish it up as is, and try not to fume watching the last 2/3rds each time, noticing how none of the photos are cropped, centered or in motion as they should be. Okay, I'm getting livid again. Peanut doesn't need the stress, and neither do I.

I'm making some good progress on the nutrition front. I've discovered both Luna bars and Whole Wheet Cheerios have 100% of lots of the vitamins I need, including folate, so I'm working those in each day and my bladder doesn't seem to be too angry yet. I'm hoping that the Cheerios, at least, are something I can continue getting down even with m/s. Then there's also the Ensure route to take.

Oh, and my weight bumped up to 140.5 lbs today. Is that water weight? Or am I already taking the "eating for two" thing too far? On some level, I do feel like I need to pack in some winter fat stores against m/s, but 1.5 lbs is a bit much. Maybe I'll dial it back for lunch today.