Braces, PG, and Happy 4th of July!

Before:
03/21/2008

After:
06/17/2008



It's amazing how much my teeth have moved even since this last picture.  Unfortunately since my upper two front teeth aren't overlapping anymore, a cavity has been revealed.  Right on the side of my right front tooth.  Yuk!  I guess after the babies are born I'll have to make a trip to the orthodontist to get the upper wire taken off, rush to the dentist to get the cavity filled, then run back to the orthodontist to get the wire put back on.  This is the second cavity I've ever had.  :-(  Boo!  I didn't have to even get any numbing medication for the first cavity because they caught it so early.  I can see how this new one is eating into the tooth, though.  Oh well!

Although the nausea is only increased by the braces, the braces seem to be helped by my pregnancy and nausea.  They say that your gums are softer during pregnancy and that could explain why my teeth have moved so much since June 17.  I'm talking I've got visible space between some of my teeth!  This is a completely new phenomenon for me.  It's crazy!  And since I'm still so sick to my stomach and anything that gets caught in my braces makes me vomit, I'm eating only soft foods.  This means there is zero pain from my braces (or from my loose teeth...'cause boy are they loose).  See, there really is a bright side to almost everything.

As far as pregnancy goes, all seems well.  I'm still very sick to my stomach and have even missed a day of work due to the vomiting.  I'm still taking my Zofran religiously and adding the Phenergan when truly necessary.  Oooh!  Oooh!  And if anyone who has taken (or is taking) Zofran can tell me how much colace they needed to get things...um...working again, I'd greatly appreciate it.  ;-)

I've got my first true OB appointment on Monday at the wonderful MUSC.  I'm getting a little nervous, now.  I'm always afraid that I'm going to go in and they're going to give me bad news.  I'm really grateful that I only feel this way a couple of days before my appointments.  And I have a feeling that this will go away once I'm being seen regularly (or at least once I'm truly being monitored instead of just being moved around).  I asked if they were planning on doing an u/s and there's a big possibility, but no guarantee.  I plan on doing my damnedest to get one, though.  I'd like to know that the babies are growing OK even though I'm not eating very much.  I'd also like to be taken off of pelvic rest, if possible.  I'm sure I'll update Monday evening!

What I was going to say was...

Well, I'm not really sure.  I just don't know what to say lately.  I'm reading all the blogs I normally read, but I just don't know what to put in a comment.  I feel like a total creep for not commenting, but...I just don't know what to say.  :-(

But at least I can give a little update.  I had to cancel my u/s on Friday because CD1 didn't show in time.  I did get my braces on, though.  Can you say "ouch".  Getting the braces on didn't hurt, but since then...waaaaaaaa!!!!  They had to put "build ups" on my lower back molars so I literally can't chew.  My teeth don't touch.  I wouldn't want to chew anyway.  My teeth are actually loose.  You can wiggle them, if you really wanted to.  I've been told the pain/discomfort should lessen in a few more days.   (and in this pic, that is as close as my teeth come to touching.)



AF decided to show up Saturday morning.  5 am.  While I had a hangover.  With brand new braces.  I'm sure that I looked hilarious walking around the house hunched over with makeup smeared around my eyes, my bathrobe paired with my shirt from the night before, one hand cupping my aching mouth and the other cupping my excruciatingly painful abdomen desperately trying to gather my thoughts long enough to find the ibuprofen.  I have only had cramps this badly one time in my life.  But at least the bitch finally showed up!But today is a new day.  I was "cleared".  The u/s tech that wanded me today also works for the local fertility clinic so she knew a little more than your typical hospital u/s technician.  Woo hoo!  She explained that I was there for a "clearing".  She was also kind enough to turn the screen my way and point out my ovaries and the lack of cysts on them.  She said I had a "follicular cyst" which was expected at CD3 from last cycle.  She said there were plenty of possibilities for eggs, too.  There was a more technical term she used (not antral follicles) but I can't remember it.  She sent me on my way with a very heartfelt sounding "good luck"!I called my doctor's office (she's on vacation but the nurse told me Friday that one of the other doctors would write the prescription for me) and left a message letting them know what the technician said, but understood that they would have to have a doctor read the report.  And that I would appreciate it if they could either write the script by noon and I could come pick it up or if they could call it in for me because tomorrow is CD4 and I need to start it CD5.  Now I try to be patient.  But I did begin the message by giving my name, telephone number, and my status as most annoying patient.  :-)Hopefully I'll be able to put a few of the words in my head together and begin leaving some comments.  I really do care!  I promise!