Tuesday, October 7, 2008

17 weeks and counting...DOWN!

Ok so I would like to meet whoever says morning sickness goes away after the first trimester.

Here I am at 17 weeks and crying as I look at myself in the mirror. My face is covered in little red dots that are from broken blood vessels from puking my guts out day after day.

I look like... well I guess I look like I have horrible acne. Litterally, my whole face and part of my neck are covered in little red dots.

I should have stayed home today, but right before work, as I was trying to choke down some nutrition, my boss sends me a message with some grim news.

It seems the world recession has affected my company. Our area has already let some people go and slowed production to a minimum. But now, our shifts are limited to 40 hours a week.

We went from 5 days of overtime a month to not even being able to work our full work week.

So, now I am pregnant and people are losing their jobs all around me and our company is slowing down and I am starting to stress out. 4 months ago, it was a good time to get pregnant. Now, I am worried that my husband or myself or God forbid, both of us will lose our jobs.

Its not a good time to miss work. So I drug myself and my broken face into work today.

On a positive note, I find out the gender of our little bean of love in 15 days. :) I am looking forward to that. I am hoping seeing my baby again on the ultrasound will lift my spirits.

to be continued...