never fall asleep chewing gum, chew your prunes.

I can't expound on either one of those pieces of advice. Needless to say, work has been very interesting this week. And last week. It was my personal challenge these last few weeks to get through each work night without

puking

falling asleep at the desk

crying

or killing a co worker.

I failed one or two of those criteria, however... (care to guess which ones?).

The full moon of last week really brought out some winners in my little home town. Even a little old demented lady who would vociferously verbalize her intentions to kill most of us, on a regular basis. Nights like that I love being a nurse :)....

The wee little Hun in the oven has reached a new milestone, we are now in the second trimester, and, according to my "what to expect..." application, he or she is now the size of a lemon. We were the size of a peach last week. Is it just me, or aren't peaches bigger than lemons? I had a small scare last week, one that many pregnant women experience, but nothing really prepares you for it. For the first time, I had a tiny bit of spotting. Nothing major, nothing that was bright red in nature. Very small amount, but my heart nearly stopped. I did call my OB's office, and the Dr. Himself called me back, he was awesome. He told me it was "probably nothing", then said I could come in and he would check me, just to be safe. So I of course, went, and everything was very fine. I rested, slept, and the spotting went away. No harm, no foul. I read later that it is common to spot in the 12th week, and its a big placenta development week apparently, and we can actually develop a small hematoma (bruise like thing) at the bottom of the placenta that will not hurt either the placenta or the baby. But it was probably something like that which caused my little spotting.

Whew.

See what you learn on this blog?

We decided also that we would have an amniocentesis performed. The reasons for this are many, and good reasons, and my Dr. is sending me to a Dr. who is rated #1 in California at doing these procedures. The same doctor did my middle sister's amnio with her third child, and she swears he is very gifted and she barely felt it. Yes, I am scared of it. I hate needles. But the information we can gather is very important. Least of all, we will find out the gender of our little Hun. Mid February is when I will have it...

So, I have five days off, my sick symptoms are spacing out, and my appetite is slowly returning. I still don't eat a whole lot, but what I do eat, I make it count. The rest of today is looking pretty good.....