Pregnancy Week Sweet 16? Jane celebrates by throwing up several times. I celebrate by cleaning up.

I’m not liking this new trend we’re on.  When the clock hit midnight on the day Jane turned 14 week pregnant, she threw up like crazy.  And now today, Jane hit the Sweet 16 weeks of pregnancy, and she rang it in by throwing up several times.

She didn’t throw up once up until she hit 14 weeks pregnant, but since that day – she’s had some VERY rough days and early mornings.

Jane started to get a really bad headache yesterday and during the night it turned into a migraine.  The pain in her head was so bad it caused the nausea which in turn caused her to throw up.  I was hoping that Jane’s Sweet 16 weeks of being pregnant was going to be a smooth and easy day, but I was wrong.  Heck, for that matter, I thought that the second trimester was going to be smooth sailing.

When I woke up this morning, I walked out into the living room and saw Jane sleeping on the couch.  She woke up and I could tell that morning sickness / nausea was kicking her butt hard.  She didn’t look good.  We talked for a few minutes and she asked me to make her some toast and told me she had already through up a few times, but she hasn’t eaten yet.

If I’ve learned anything over the last few weeks, it’s that an empty belly and a pregnant women do not mix.  That’s a sure fast-track way to nausea land.

So I made her some toast and went to give it to her, but she wouldn’t take the plate.  ”Are you OK babe?”  No response.  I then heard a deep rumpling sound come from her belly that sounded like a very angry monster screaming in a dark, deep cave. 

Jane jumped up and ran to the bathroom…

She didn’t quite make it in there in time and we’ll just say missed the target.  I went in there and rubbed her back while she threw up.  Instantly those feelings began to emerge that I talked about in a recent blog post about pregnancy week 14.

I felt so bad for her.  I wished there was something that I could do.  I felt so helpless.

Jane went back into the living room and I went back into the bathroom armed with paper towels, cleaning supplies, a plastic bag, my shirt over my nose, and thoughts of walking on the beach dancing around in my mind of all things to avoid thinking about what I was doing.  My stomach had already done a few summersaults; I didn’t want to be praying to the porcelain God myself so I focused on the wonderful imaginary walk on the beach I was having.  Sounds crazy, but it worked.

By the time I got everything cleaned up, Jane was eating her toast.  And now, it’s been about an hour and Jane is feeling better.  Her headache is still there, but nothing like what it was.  She hasn’t thrown up.  And I’m hoping that today, the day my beautiful wife is Sweet 16 weeks pregnant, she feel better fast and has a wonderful nausea and headache-free day.

Sometime today we’ll take a picture of Jane for her 16 weeks pregnant belly picture.  I’m shocked how much her belly has grown over the last 2-3 weeks.  You can TOTALLY tell she’s pregnant now.  There’s no hiding it especially in Texas where you don’t need a winter jacket.

So yes, today our baby is the size of a small stud finder!  :)

Father-to-be update at the sweet 16 weeks of pregnancy

If you’re a frequent visitor to our little pregnancy blog here, you know that we’re having a tough time financially with the economy, business, and the huge doctor bills that we have to pay every month.  Dare I mention another *surprise* bill came in for Jane’s blood tests a month ago.  I called them telling them I already paid the bill there, the company doesn’t believe me so they’re making me fax the receipt over to them.

Scary thing is that the bill that was sent to us in the mail listed other tests that were not on the original pregnancy blood tests receipt.  So I’m hoping there is a mistake somewhere, or there goes another $300.  That’ll make this month the most expensive so far.  $550 for the doctors visit the other day, maybe another $300 for blood tests (I had already paid then $250 or something), and a whopping $900 in 2 weeks for the ultrasound to find out the sex of our baby and to make sure everything is A-OK with our baby.  That’s a whopping $1,750.

Where did I put that bottle of vodka?

Father-to-be Stress.  I’ve been walking a LOT lately; several miles a day.  Yesterday was at least 6-7 miles.  I’m doing all I can to try to keep my stress levels down.  I’m also reading a book written in 1950 about attracting good things into your life.  It’s helpful because more than anything else, I need to bring my mindset back to thinking about what I want for myself and my family rather than focusing on what is lacking in our lives.

What you focus on grows - and lately all I’ve been thinking about is the lack of money, the lack of feeling good, and being overwhelmed by stress.  So I’m working on that.

As far as our house, I have been spending time researching and planning out what we’ll be doing to sell.  It’s going to take a HUGE effort.  It’s going to take doing something no one else is doing to stand out like a sore thumb.  It’s going to take every creative juice I have swimming around in my head to get our house sold, but I’m feeling good about my ideas and plans.  We’ll start the process this weekend and work hard next week to see if we can sell it by next weekend.

I’ll admit… I’m embarrassed.  I’m ashamed.  I’m not looking forward to talking to Jane’s parents and telling them that we have to (or hopefully telling them that we sold) our house.  I’ll feel about the size of an ant when I talk to them about it.  Knowing me, after I tell them, before they say a word, I’ll be assuring them that we’ll get back on our feet and that I’ll be doing everything I can to ensure a safe place to live and a happy life for Jane and our baby.  But it may not be until the end of the year before we get back on our feet.

As a soon-to-be daddy, I feel – heck, I am responsible for providing a great life for my beautiful pregnancy wife Jane and our soon-to-be born baby.

Now I know many of you may not agree with me on what I’m about to say…

I have a feeling that Jane’s parents would offer us a loan that would keep us afloat for a few months while I work my tail off trying to get things going, but I cannot and will not go that route.  For me, I know this may sound crazy, but I feel like that would be taking the easy way out and open a can of worms I’d rather not open.

And believe it or not, it would be more stressful for me knowing that we owe Jane’s parents money than having to pack up and move into a house 1/3 of the size of what we’re in now.  When it comes to borrowing money from friends/family, each time I’ve been involved in a transaction on either side, things did not go well at all.  In fact, I don’t talk to any of those people I’ve loaned money from or have loaned money to.  So I have a bad taste in my mouth going that route.

Although I shouldn’t take 100% full responsibility for our financial collapse because it is in fact directly related to the economy, but I do.  As a recently married couple, in a new house, with a baby on the way, we should be all gitty and getting ready to start working on the nursery in 2 weeks once we find out if we’re having a boy or girl.

But instead, I’ll be packing up all of our stuff to move somewhere else.  To go from owning a nice, big, and beautiful house to becoming a renter stings – and it stings a lot.

However, Jane and I have talked a lot about it.  And after a lot of tears shed, we know that deep down it’s the right move – and we know deep down that we’ll bounce back.  Take one step back then two steps forward as the saying goes…

I feel funny about sharing all of this here.  And in the past when I’ve posted about my stress and our financial situation, the moment I click on “publish” I get a weird feeling in my stomach.  I feel like I’m exposing too much.  I feel like I’m standing there naked in the middle of Times Square in New York City.

But on the other side of the coin, what we’re going through right now is all directly related to our baby.  We’ll always do anything and everything for our little one – and we’ve already started.  This is all part of our journey to parenthood.  And someday in 17-20 years when we sit down with our child and show him/her these blog posts, s/he will hopefully be even more proud of his/her parents.

We haven’t met you yet, but we’re already doing everything we can to make sure you’ll be safe and happy.  And if you are reading this 17-20 years down the road or whenever, I want you to keep in mind everything your mom and dad did for you – even before you were born.  And especially keep this in mind before you buy us Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Christmas presents.

You might also want to read:

1. Father-to-be thoughts about first times and last times.
2. 14 weeks pregnant: “morning sickness” and nausea are hitting Jane REALLY hard today.
3. His Boys Can Swim’s top blog posts (so far) hand-picked by Tarzan and Jane
4. Pregnancy Week By Week: Weeks 36, 37, 38 Pregnant Belly Pictures Added.
5. What do you call your baby during the weeks of your pregnancy? Peanut? Bean? Sweet Pea?

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