Well, the lab finally ran the correct tests, and the results were very good. My hcg levels are rising as they should, and everything seems to be fine. (Yay!)

It's nice to have a little peace of mind. I've been having minor panic attacks the past few days over the dumbest things - not being tired after waking from my nap (go figure!), getting cramps (or was that gas?) after my workout, feeling upset due to hormones (I thought it was from a drop in hormones), boobs not being quite as sore maybe, etc.

Last night, I even dreamed I miscarried again. It was soooo upsetting! In my dream, there was blood everywhere and I was cramping. I was going to need a d&c and wouldn't be able to try again for a year. I had to take a few minutes and reorient myself when I woke up. I was so relieved it was only a dream!

So I got up bright and early this morning to go to the lab and have my blood test done. I got there at 6:40 am, and the place was packed! Still, I waited around about 45 minutes so that I could get a very painful jab and a really nasty bruise.

Well, I waited all day long, and no results. I called the doctor at 4:30 pm and they had just received the results. Too bad the lab ran the wrong test! So still no indication about my levels and whether they're increasing as they should. They kept the blood (thankfully) and are going to do the RIGHT test, but I won't know until tomorrow. Ugh!

I got home and had a bill waiting for me from the doctor's office! I paid my co-pay, but Aetna renegotiated a rate with them for one of my follow-up visits, and the accounting department thinks they can sucker me out of the extra money! Argh! Of course I didn't get this until after the office closed, so again, I have to wait until tomorrow to straighten this stupid thing out.

You'd think people would know better than to mess with a hormonal pregnant lady!

I think I got my first real pregnancy craving today, or last night rather. Ever since the football game last night, I had been craving a milkshake or a very cold glass of milk. Well, we had no milk in the house, so I stopped by the grocery store on my way to church this morning.

Unfortunately, the store didn't have any fat-free milk in the small sizes, like a milk "chug," but they did have quarts on sale for $0.99. Yep! You guessed it - I bought the quart and chugged it down in the 5-10 minutes it took me to get to church! The WHOLE quart! Granted, I probably could have stopped when there were about 4 ounces left, but figured what the heck. I needed something to wash down my prenatal vitamins with anyway.

While I was in the store, I bought something called Expecta that the practitioner recommended in my appointment Friday. It's supposed to contain all the good stuff fish has in it and help with baby's brain development. I hate seafood, and fish is a risky food anyway, so this seems to be a good choice if it does what it claims. It's pretty expensive - almost $12 for 30 daily gel caps. Oh well, I knew children would be expensive from the very beginning!

Last night's game was fun, but I found the small stiff plastic seats uncomfortable. (Yay!) I also had to go up and down the stairs to our nosebleed section 3 times to make bathroom trips. (Hooray!) This pregnancy must be turning me into a masochist, as I'm not happy unless I'm miserable with symptoms. At least the frequency of the boob-checks have diminished. Or maybe it's become such a habit I don't realize I'm doing it.

Well, hooray for pregnancy fatigue! I'm 6 weeks along now and am lying down even as I write this entry. I was so tired yesterday, I fell asleep on the couch at 8:00pm, woke up at 11:00pm, then went straight to bed and fell back asleep.

I woke up at around 3 or 4 in the morning and spend about half an hour tossing and turning, before giving up and walking downstairs so as not to wake Alex. Finally, around 5:00am, I felt tired enough to go back to bed, then slept until after 9:00. I was STILL tired when I woke up and could probably use another nap now.

In addition to the fatigue, I'm feeling some nausea. Yay! It's not very pleasant, but at least I'm just feeling a little queasy, and not spending my days and nights hugging the toilet!  I find it's worse if I haven't eaten in a while, so I better keep my blood sugar in check. Also, I felt really dizzy when I woke up this morning. Not enough to fall over, just a little to get my attention and make me extra careful walking downstairs.

I don't feel like doing anything today. Alex laughed and called me "lazybones," thinking my lack of energy is because of my lack of activity. I went out and pruned my very neglected rose garden, then decided to lie down on the futon in the office with the laptop. There's a football game tonight, so I'm hoping to get in a little nap this afternoon so I can be rested enough to go.