As many of you already know; my husband and I have recently
found out that we are pregnant J
This is a wonderful thing and I’m so very happy that Alex will have a sibling
sometime early next year. This was also, however, a very nervous thing for me.
It was a little earlier than planned and I didn’t know what this would mean for
my health; brain-pressure wise.
I’ve been dealing with morning sickness for a while now and
honestly believe it’s been so bad because of how stressed I have been about my,
then, upcoming neurologist appointment. Well, that appointment is over now and
I’m doing much better! It’s more like regular morning sickness now (with the
help of Diclectin from the Dr. as well) and I’m very happy to post about my appointment
today!
After taking a look at the pictures of my eyes, my
Neurologist was very pleased. He said both eyes were doing much better and they
looked good. I was so relieved to hear that and then I shared the news. I’m pregnant. What does this mean for me?
What
does this mean for Baby?
Well, he was very excited for us J And promptly told me I should
find out what I’m having haha This is why I like him.. he’s so genuine! He
congratulated me and said that he was very happy with the fact that we are
starting out with things fairly under control.
He advised me to follow my
Doctor’s curve of weight gain but to do my very best not to go over it, as he
expects as I gain weight, the disease will come back. He’s hoping not to the
extent that it was, but said we would deal with it then.
As the pills for lowering the pressure around your brain
have not been completely proven to be safe for babies, I will not be taking
them even if necessary in the later stages of this pregnancy. If I think about
that for too long, it gets scary. My vision could be at risk; however, it’s not
my life or my baby’s life and I’m just so very thankful for that.
The plan is, once morning sickness is over and I am not
repulsed by all random things on the planet, to eat extremely healthily during
this pregnancy.. in the hopes that I gain only what is healthy for the baby and
also won’t be too much for me. Some prayers would be much appreciated as this
is a different journey than the last time <3
On another positive note; many women whose hypothyroidism is
caused by a first pregnancy (this is me), is often reversed and set back to
normal after a second pregnancy. I am very hopeful that this will be the case
for me and that after this beautiful second baby, all my Winnipeg appointments and
daily pills can stop! Wouldn’t that be amazing?? Yes. Yes it would <3
Thanks for listening, yet again! Sorry this one was a bit
more factual than fun ;)
