Second Trimester

Gosh - it's been nearly a month since my last post! Kyle and I packed up our apartment in Honolulu, then took off for a 7 day cruise that left out of L.A. on the 19th of December. We arrived back in California to spend a few days with Kyle's sister and her family, then I said my good-byes and headed up to San Jose solo. I met up with mom and dad and we drove north to Oregon. It was a VERY busy several weeks! Upon my arrival in Gold Beach I began work at Curry General Hospital as a nurse (night shift!) and have been adjusting to the new schedule. Whew! Quite the month.

During this time I've been feeling better and better. My appetite has returned 100% - and while I still am taking Unisom at night for nausea, I am on the verge of stopping that to see how I do without it. I was 14 weeks as of January 12th and most everything I've read said that the nausea should be subsiding right about now. So we'll see! I'm optimistic. I have my first prenatal visit with Alice Taylor on Monday, January 18th. Alice delivered me 29 years ago today in the room right next to where I am sleeping. Having her be my midwife will hopefully be a wonderful experience! 

Just the other night at the hospital I helped 2 other nurses in the delivery of a baby on the unit. It came out so quickly that Alice couldn't even run the 100 meters from across the hospital before the baby popped out! I held him last night while at work when his mom was sleeping. So tiny! Such little fingers! Hard to imagine we'll have one of our own in just 6 months. Scary. And wonderful.