Being sick while pregnant is no fun at all.
On Christmas eve my family celebrated with a potluck. Only a few days later we were all sick with very nasty head colds, chest colds, headaches, sore throats, wheezing coughs....you name it...all at the same time. I had to use two very precious paid leave days because of the darn thing. We've all been sick for about a week.
The thing is, most pregnant women avoid taking any medications while pregnant. I've found this very liberating...except for this past week. My midwife did tell me of one otc cold pill I could take and it helped, sort of. Anyway, being sick while pregnant really truly bites the big one.
So instead of focusing on negativity, I"m going to do Baby Huck a favor and list some good things::
1) My sister-in-law is having a boy!!!
2) My husband's cousin is having a little girl in May. I have only met her once but we have been corresponding weekly by email with pregnancy updates. Today she told me that she finally grew out of her regular pants...this makes me feel like I am right on track because even with the Bella Band I don't think I can keep wearing my regular pants for more than another month or so. My belly has offically popped and my butt is expanding.
3) We heard the baby's heartbeat again and it brought tears to my husband's eyes. Did I marry well or what?
4) That same man told me yesterday that I was "huge". Thanks a lot. Well, at least it didn't make me cry this time. Besides he has NO idea what is coming.
5) I finally, truly, have real boobs. I have grown out of my biggest bra. I could get used to this cleavage really fast! ...And I suspect that I will miss the girls when they are gone. I really like them. Sometimes they bump up against things and completely surprise me.
6) Friday is our ultrasound and we will hopefully find out the sex. I'm equally excited and scared. It will make this whole thing very real for us.
7) Baby Huck is moving around like crazy! Usually in the morning and evenings. It's truly divine.
(About 21 weeks)
No tis not fun to be prego and sick! When are you due?
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to keep up with you girl!
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I was just reading over your posts and felt compelled to comment. =) I know we don't know each other very well but I am here to *try* and make you feel better.
ReplyDeleteI'll start with: me & pregnancy, don't mix!
I'm sorry to say that I laughed hysterically while reading about the person who said it looked like you'd put on weight. It just sounded so much like me. And my hubby always hugged me too. Only it was usually me who came up with choice names for the offender.*smile* When I was pregnant with my first, we would go see my grandparents and Grandpa would say, "Hey, you're gettin' awful wide." Every.Single.Time. Hours later we would get in the car to head home and I would burst into tears and wail about how horribly fat I was getting. Jay never realized what brought it on because he never heard Grandpa say it. The funniest thing about it is that I weighed 10 pounds less after I had him than when I got pregnant with him. I think people just feel obligated to say something about how you look and size just happens to be the first thing that comes to mind.
On the flip side, people always told me that my belly didn't look very big but I felt horrible. I would tell even my Drs how uncomfortable I was and they would just smile and tell me it was normal. Well, when I gave birth to a 9 and a half pound baby I realized that I actually wasn't crazy and nobody else knows what they are talking about! =)
And if it makes you feel any better at all I wanted to stab you with knitting needles when I read how you are in a size 8 petite maternity pants. Ugh. I'm not pregnant and I would be down right gleeful if I could shove my pilsbury butt and thighs in a size 10!
As for the hormones, they really will get better. In my experience they are instantly better when I have the baby and then about a week in I have a major sobbing, weeping, snotty, wet mess of a melt down that lasts a couple days and then I feel great! But I think I'm about the most crabby pregnant person ever. It's more of a mildly suppressed violent wave of rage for me than a whole series of emotions. In fact, Jay didn't seem very excited when I told him I was pregnant this last time(our third) and when I asked him why he said, "It's really hard to be excited about nine months of constant and progressively worse PMS. But I am happy about the baby."
I'm sorry that you've been sick. It seems like every pregnant girl I know gets some awful bout of something at least once during the nine months.
ReplyDeleteWith my first I thought it was a double ear infection I was so miserable and after two throat cultures, a couple blood tests, and three hours in the ER they told me that it was viral and to just go home and take Tylenol and get some sleep. I was so mad I just burst into tears right there and when the DR asked me what was wrong I told her, "If I could sleep, and if Tylenol was worth my weight in crap, I wouldn't be hanging out in the ER getting poked and swabbed by you!" Well, I paraphrased, but that about sums it up. She then told me I could take Robitussen or Sudafed. Not much better than Tylenol. But I survived.
With my second it was a stomach bug and I spent a whole night puking while I was six months pregnant. On my birthday. That was exciting.
And this last time Terah and I both got what we believe to be the swine flu. I seriously wanted to die. I remember telling Jay that I hoped the baby didn't feel the way I did because I was afraid it would kill her. I also claimed that if she kept kicking me that I was going to cough a little harder and spit her out onto the floor because it stinkin' hurt!
I'm not trying to use all your comment space talking about myself but I wanted you to know that you're not alone. And I will never tell you to "just be thankful you can even have children. some people can't you know" because when people would say that to me in my third trimester I can actually remember thinking, "Lucky witch!"
All of this to say, Congrats!
I'm sure you look amazing and I'm excited for you to know the feeling of holding your beloved baby for the first time.
(Afterall the hellish nightmare of pregnancy will be behind you then) =)