Here I sit, still in the hospital, chronicling the road to recovery from acute appendicitis (that ended up rupturing) at 22 weeks pregnant. In case it hasn’t been clear already: Appendicitis during pregnancy? I do not recommend it.

TUESDAY
I woke up on Tuesday morning feeling like a bit of a new […]

Here, I’m continuing catching up by recapping the days following my appendectomy at 22 weeks pregnant. My appendix had ruptured, which is STILL causing all sorts of fun complications. See post-op days 1 & 2 (Friday night and Saturday). Here are Sunday and Monday!

SUNDAY
Saturday night into Sunday was just […]

It seems that since my surgery on Friday, all I’ve really had is time on my hands. Unfortunately, for a lot of that time, I haven’t felt very well. I’ve also had a lot of visitors—Michael and Nora, my mom, my brothers and their families, my in-laws, my grandma—to keep me company for good stretches […]

On Friday, I wrote a post about my appendicitis—at 22 weeks pregnant—as I was lying in my hospital bed, waiting for my impending surgery. It had been a hell of a 30 hours, but I was OK. As long as I was lying completely still, the pain wasn’t that bad. And when I did […]

This baby. It is trouble.

First, we had a scare with his/her heart. And now, I’m sitting here writing this from my hospital bed. And I guess it’s not technically the baby’s fault—it’s my body causing the issue—but still. What is it with this pregnancy??

Let me back up a little bit.

I woke up […]