Two Weeks Away From the Big One Two

Holy wow, I am almost ten weeks.  Two weeks away from said safe spot, 12 weeks.  Really, seriously, I know, I know, almost there. ::eeeeeeeeee!::

Now to update, I have been feeling well.  No morning sickness, thank goodness.  Food aversions have gotten better, I am able to eat a lot more protein.  And smoothies, oh you heavenly delicious thing you, with greek yogurt have been...hmmm..let me think here....one of the most amazing things I have gotten to know in the past ten weeks.  I drink you up and I don't feel guilty if I have seconds, yea I said it. Am I talking to a smoothie here?  Too early to blame things on hormones?  Anywhoo, when I am not falling asleep on the couch I have been able to keep up on my exercise.  I used to walk about two miles a day, now I am averaging about 1.7 each time.  Not too shabby. 

Let's see what else, oh my doctor called me a few weeks ago.  After my seven week appointment I got 13 vials of blood taken. The only thing that was good about the previous sentence was being able to eat graham crackers and drink grape juice after they robbed me of my blood. Hello, grade school, I miss you. Ok back to the real story, he called me and told me I actually have two blood diseases.  One, which causes blood clotting, and another which can also cause blood clots, miscarriages, higher risk of abnormalities, spina bifida and down's syndrome. One reason, among others, is that my body breaks down folic acid and tries not to bring it in.  The above freaks me out almost daily.

With the realization of having Leiden Factor 5 and the MTHFR mutation (yes I know what that looks short for, let's keep movin' people) I am on a high dose of blood thinners, which sounds not so bad except it's in the form of a shot, yuck.  I take it once a day, in the stomach.  Luckily, it really doesn't hurt, just stings a little.  The worst part is the bruising.  I have palm sized bruises on my stomach, which is definitely not fun.  I look like mother of the year already!

All in all, I have been doing good. I get to see the doctor next Wednesday.  I will be sure to update after that. Love you all!