Here is a photo montage of my pregnancy from the beginning:

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It’s been a very rough pregnancy, not only because of the hyperemesis, and then the placenta previa, but also because I haven’t gotten the support I needed from my family.  My husband works too much and is too stressed out, and my daughter is only five and doesn’t understand that much.  So, it’s been a rough pregnancy and I don’t want to do this again.  Some days I still feel exhausted and down because I just get no support from anyone.  Even on my sickest, darkest days, I was still doing dishes, chasing after the dog, and doing laundry.

I have had numerous hospital visits this entire pregnancy and all of them have been absolutely miserable.  I was in the ER twice in the first week, and admitted once for dehydration.  Around week 18 I went to the ER because I had severe cramping from my niece elbowing me in the belly.  Then at 19 weeks I woke up to gushing bleeding and clots.  That was in fact the scariest and that was when I recieved the worst diagnosis anyone could dream of.  Thankfully it was the wrong diagnosis and Kiran and I are fine now.  Hopefully that will be my last ER visit until I am in labor and Kiran is ready to come out full term.  She is due October 26.  I am predicting she’ll be ready by October 18.  We shall see.

And now my daugher is home on summer break for the first time every, but I don’t get a break.  I’m with her all day long and some days are so rough where I have tons of cramping, or I’m too tired to entertain her.  And she is a very active, stubborn child and gets tough to handle at times.

We now since found a new home for Bella and it’s definitely for the best.  Parag was becoming so severely allergic that some days he would just begin sneezing continuously and choking from the fur.  I believe Alex was also beginning to show signs of being allergic by complaining of nasal stuffiness and sneezing.  Now the dog has been gone a week, and there has been no sneezing in the house since.

I am very anxious to begin work on the girls’ rooms.  But it looks like we may not be able to what we originally planned to do because things don’t look to positive at Parag’s work.  So, for now, we’ll paint the walls, get some new furniture for Alex’s room and move everything into the 3rd bedroom.  We still need to get baby furniture for the nursery.  But for the first few months the baby will be in a bassinet in our bedroom.

Parag’s parents will be coming when the baby is born, so that will be very helpful.  His mother is a godsend and does not mind cooking and helping with the cleaning while we adjust to life with two girls.

I am meeting with a new OB next week since I’m not happy with the one I am with now.  I feel like I’m in some sort of factory when I go.  I spend over an hour in the waiting room every time I go.  The staff and nurses treat me like a piece of leftover meat and I don’t deserve to be treated like that, especially after what I’ve been through.  A woman at the swim class gave me this new doctor’s card, so I just hope he is different.  I’ll see.