Vacation Preparation (8 weeks 6 days)

Oh my goodness has this been quite a week. It started on Monday morning. When I went to the bathroom first thing in the morning, I wiped and had brown discharge. I freaked out a little bit. I knew that brown was okay because that meant it was old blood but I still was not comfortable with this. Once 9am came around, I called my doctor and spoke with the nurse. She reassured me that everything was okay and that can be normal. I still was so upset. Now all the “what ifs” ran through my mind. The spotting continued on and off through most of the week.

I have not had any spotting since Wednesday. I am so grateful! I even had to change my exercise routine this week a little bit since I did not want to over do it. It is really scary not knowing for sure everything is okay. My morning sickness clamed down but only for a short period of time. It is definitely back today. But as long as baby is okay, I am okay with that!

We leave in a few hours for Baltimore. We are going on a cruise to Bermuda. I have not even been that excited about it because I have been so worried about everything with me and baby. It should be really fun. It is going to be a relaxing vacation for once for us. Brian and I really need it.

Brian's week was probably worse than mine. Another company has kept in touch with him for the last year while he finished his master degree. They offered him a job once before that he turned down. Now they are back and he received another formal offer this week for a job that he is more interested in. There are some changes planned at his current job though, but he didn't know all of the details until this week when they were finally announced. They created a new system architect role and promoted him into it. That's a good opportunity too. He spent all week trying to decide what to do. It was a really tough decision, but he decided to stay where he is and accept the promotion and new assignment. In the end, everything worked out.

I am looking forward to spending a week together. Hopefully I will feel okay and no major issues occur while away from home.