about time to be feeling good already (15 weeks)

i'll tell you what, lil lobster, you are really giving me a challenge.  working mom, pshaw i can handle it (sometimes). working mom whose dogs caught something at the boarder causing them to shit and throw up all over the house we're trying to keep spotless for potential buyers... no problem. working mom whose dogs shit up the house that's for sale while dealing with fat egomaniacs screaming at her all day... getting harder.  working mom with crapping dogs at home getting pounded on by lazy idiots at work while trying to stand up straight without passing out and find something edible that i can stomach.  ya got me.  i give. 

the past week my body has been run through the gauntlet but i think we've survived.  the second trimester is supposed to be smooth sailin but man it started off with a bang.  last week the typical pregnancy nausea was accompanied by a raging sore throat, high fever, and, after that cleared up, a fun itchy rash from my belly to my face.  tmi, i know, but it's really not that much info considering i haven't gotten the results back from the viral panel yet.  the leading diagnoses as of yet is roseola, courtesy of a baby we hung out with a few weeks ago combined with my wonderful immune system.  at least the doctor didn't seem too worried, just some discomfort for me.

thankfully, seems like the worst is over and today i can function like a normal person.  and, my crazy pregnancy paranoia that arose a few weeks ago due to the fact that i wasn't gaining weight (go me!) let me to get a doppler, which comforted me through much of last week.  it was nice knowing that even though i felt like crap, i could still hear the lobstah's heart drumming away.  now that i'm feeling better, i'm limiting my doppler use to once a week at the most - even Gobbles noticed how crazy i was last week.  he would go up to the shelf where we kept the device and point to it, Gobbles heart? he'd ask, and we'd listen to my boy's strong thump thump thump.  i need to get this boy a toy stethoscope!

so to sum up - after 15 weeks i'm still feeling pretty dizzy, this pregnancy is a lot more mentally draining than before (the other day i ran a load of clean clothes through the washer.  twice.), but on the plus side, i've only gained 5 lbs as opposed to 15 at this point last time, and we have the 20 week ultrasound scheduled for September 9th.  no idea what i'm expecting, but i'll be happy with either.  a little girl to be bffs with her october due cousin or a little boy to be Gobbles' buds.  a happy healthy bundle that will start sleeping through the night much sooner than their big brother did is all i ask ;)