Iron Therapy

So I am now on iron therapy. My hemoglobin and ferritin level are extremely low (my ferritin to the point that I am only .5 away from being the lowest it can possibly be) so we are having to take very aggressive measure to try and bring them up. This is not agreeing so much with me, which means poor baby girl has to put up with Mommy throwing up even more. A normal iron dose for a person a day is 15-30mg and I am required to take a 300mg dose, and because I don't absorb iron well its very important that I take it with high amounts of vitamin c to help with absorbing it. Well its so hard on my body. Thankfully my Kytril is now 100% covered and I am able to now keep food down. The nausea is still quite present and the burning from everything I have to take is not fun. But its all worth it. If it prevents me from bleeding too much after delivery and insuring nothing happens to me so I am here for my family then I will do it. This time I also will be continuing for a while after I give birth to help my iron levels stay up and for my body to have good stores!

So on to the better stuff! My mom picked up baby girl's first year calender yesterday, it matches her baby book. I am so excited. I am so lucky to have my mom, she has been such an amazing support to me and always has helpful information (she was the one who said to stop taking iron at night and do it during the day with a meal, and sure enough, she was right!! Thanks Mom!!) She got some really sweet stuff for the baby including this sweet daisy light for her wall, which is up and I turn on at night and sit in her room just thinking about what life will soon be like. She is also going to be there for the birth, which is awesome for me because she is such a strong woman and that always helps me to find my own strength (not to mention she is a pretty darn good photographer and captured amazing shots at Ky's birth!)
We have been working hard to get the house super clean and ready for baby, its amazing how much cleaner you want things when your nesting. Poor Todd is probably sick of cleaning, but we're just not done yet lol. Hopefully by next weekend. As soon as the nursery is done we will post some pics of that too. Its pretty exciting to be so close, hopefully closer then we know!

Well I have lots I need to get done and little time to do it in peace and quiet (Ky is napping right now) so I best get on with things. Till next time!