FMS update

Well, I wasn't completely positive about it until a friend who has trained to be a massage therapist gave me a massage, but, I am still in remission from the Fibro. It was very strange during the massage to realize there were no trigger points or tender points being aggravated. Today (the morning after), I'm not writhing in pain or more uncomfortable than I was before the massage.

Ben's doing well, nothing really to update on.

Update

Spain was wonderful. I felt great for most of the time we were there, only typical aches and pains that everyone else had from the increase in activity of walking all over the town to explore. The flights were reletively easy, if I forget about the tail bone pain I got on the second half of the long flight. I had none of the usual problems with walking in the airport of after the long flights and was able to make it through all of the airports without a cane. I would highly suggest that if you have an option to fly through a city other than Miami you take it. That airport was a nightmare. The wedding was absolutely lovely as was the reception. We had a bit of a chance to dance, but unfortunately, people were smoking inside, so I often chose to be outside enjoying conversation.

For those of you waiting an update on my latest doctor's appointment, I had the date wrong in my head. It wasn't today, it's Thursday. More on how Roo and I are doing then.

Feeling Good

I was explaining to someone I met the other night about Fibromyalgia and got to the point where I talk about pain levels. I said, "My normal pain level was between a 6 and 8." She wondered how I lived like that and a friend that was sitting and listening asked what my levels are now that I'm pregnant. It was at that point that I realized that my pain has really gone away for the most part. Any little aches and pains I feel don't even rate on the scale I'm used to using. They are just so low. In addition to that, my fatigue is much less. Granted that I am tired, but much of that is just the pregnancy. It's a much different feeling than being fatigued. On a night I get little or poor sleep, I do notice a change in my fatigue levels, but it takes very little to get back to having little to no fatigue. It's such a wonderful change.
Other than that I'm feeling pretty good. The morning sickness is basically gone. I occasionally notice a bit of nausea, but nothing compared to what I had. Some of the food aversions are still around (mainly eggs), but I've been able to prepare a couple of dinners that we then cooked on the grill. It's nice to eat at home again.
I went out and bought my first round of maternity clothes last Wednesday. My best friend from college, Allie, was in town for the day for work and we had dinner together and then hit Motherhood Maternity shop. Allie is great with shopping and helping it be less of a chore for me. She also shops sales and such, like me, which is great. We had limited time, because she had to get to the airport for her flight home, but we managed quite a haul for not too expensive. I got one pair of pants (supposed to be cropped, but hit just a the foot for me), a pant set, a nice dress for the upcoming weddings, a causal dress, 5 t-shirts, and 2 pks of 3 pr of underware. The shirts and dresses were the most pressing items I needed, seeing as my bust has increased in size and much of what I own is no longer appropriate to be wearing to work. I still have several pairs of pants that fit and I can wear to work, so no rush in that area yet.
In other news, we managed to go out and buy a new car to replace the stolen and totaled Accord. We really had intended on just looking, as we haven't gotten the check from insurance yet, but the dealership is willing to hold our check until next Wednesday, allowing for time to get that check. We have the deal worked out for the lowest possible amount we would get, and if we get more, we will renegotiate the contract, likely shortening the length and decreasing the APR while keeping about the same payments. Jeff is very happy with the new car. **EDIT** I just got off the phone with the insurance adjuster and we got around what I expected, perhaps a bit more. We will be able to renegotiate the deal for a year shorter with the same payments and less interest. Yay!! I'll be very happy for this to be all over with.**END EDIT** We got a 2007 Toyota Camry. Very few extras, but it drives quite nicely and with the security system we got in it (for a steal of a price) the car is rated as "nearly unstealable". We are quite pleased and that is more stress that is gone from our lives. We can return the rental car today (which we really don't like). Soon, all of this will be behind us.
That's about it. Next Doctor's appointment is on Thursday.

Morning sickness

Well, the title says it all. I was hoping, as I was in my 6th week I would manage not to feel morning sickness. I haven't had so much luck, it started Wednesday. I do however, have enough luck that it isn't as bad as it could be. I can still manage to eat, I just need to plan well and make sure that I don't wait too long between meals. Drinking water helps a lot at keeping it a bit at bay. I had Thai food for dinner last night, and the ginger (I ordered ginger chicken) helped enormously. It was the first time since waking up Wednesday that I didn't feel at all nauseous. I keep thinking that from everything I've read, this is a good sign that the placenta is developing well.

Other than that, on Tuesday I got a call from the Doctor with the results of my blood tests. "Everything looks fine, except the doctor would like you to come in and redo your hCG, some sort of lab mix up." I asked for clarification, but again was told that it was just some sort of difficulty with the reading. Wednesday I headed back to the Dr. office after work, got my paperwork for the labs and went to get one more lab done, nervous the whole time that this was a bad sign and in actuality my levels were too low. I started to get a bit worked up and decided, after looking closely at the lab sheet that the Dr. had checked the wrong box and only gotten a qualitative, not quantitative result thus I needed to test again. The morning sickness and Jeff helped me calm down on this point. As he said when I told him how I was feeling "well, that's a good sign."

I got the call yesterday that everything looks good, so now it's just waiting for the OB appointment in 2 weeks.

Finally, for all those who have been curious about the fibro, it is still here, as strong as ever. I've done more than my body is happy with the last few days, and I felt for it last night and this morning. I stayed home from work today, making sure to take extra good care of myself.