With Ellie I was SO sick for the first 18 weeks. Morning, noon and night. If the toothbrush went anywhere near the vicinity of my mouth I would puke. I puked every morning. I lost 18 lbs in the first 12 weeks. I was in bed by 6 every night. I somehow though, never missed a single day of work.
This pregnancy is so different. I wake up each morning and can brush my teeth. I can shower and get myself ready. About that time Greg gets home from work and gets Ellie up and dressed for me. Then we are out the door to work/daycare. On the ride in I have to eat something. That is the big difference this time around... I have to eat something about every hour or I feel nauseous. My NP told me to take 1/2 a unisom (yep, a sleeping pill) every morning to help curb the nausea. It really helps and I feel like I'd rather fight the sleepiness than the queasy belly. So I pretty much get to work and eat something every hour. I'm trying to make healthy choices: strawberries, cantaloupe, grapes, toast (sometimes with peanut butter and no not the salmonella kind!), yogurt, granola bars, etc... but oh am I getting sick of food.
The days at work lately are dragging by slowly. I am actually kinda bored at work right now. But that's a whole nother story for another time. So anyways by the afternoon the fatigue sets in and I need a nap, doesn't happen though. I leave work at 4:30, pick up Ellie and come home. By the time I get home the evening ishy's have started to set in. I usually have to lay on the couch for a while before I can even begin to think about what I'm going to make her for dinner. Ugh. Greg is only home half the week in the evenings now that he's on night shift. So when he's home I'm in heaven because he makes dinner and I'm in bed by 7. When he's not home I have to make dinner, get Ellie a bath and get her into bed. Those nights I'm usually in bed by 8. All the while feeling like complete crap. I have been throwing up at night which is way worse than with Ellie when I was throwing up in the morning. In the morning your stomach is empty and I threw up a little bit of fluid. At night I have lots of food in my stomach and well, you know... it's disgusting. I hate throwing up. It catches me of guard to... the other night I threw up in the shower!! Eww.
So yeah. Completely different pregnancy. I've pretty much done nothing but work, sleep and eat for the last 3 weeks. I assume this is also what I'll be doing for about the next 8. Fun, fun.
My husband has been a wonderful blessing. Every day I thank God for him. I can't imagine being one of those girls with a husband who doesn't help around the house or with the kids. I just couldn't do it. Just couldn't. I am seriously one of the luckiest girls in the world.
On Tuesday I left work at 3, so we could get some grocery shopping done in Roch before my nighttime ishy's set in. We went to Target for groceries and to Sam's for a few other things. We finally got home around 6:45. All I could do was walk in the house and fall into bed with my clothes on. Ridiculous I know. But I just had nothing left in me. Poor Greg, I left him with Ellie running wild and all the groceries to bring in. But he just let me be. He brought in and put away all the groceries. Got Ellie to bed and cleaned up all the dirty dishes in the kitchen. The next morning I got up wishing I had stayed awake long enough to cut up some of the fruit we'd bought that night (since I wasn't going to have time to do it now, before work)... and when I opened the fridge what do I see?!?! My fruit all cleaned and cut up. To good to be true. God I love him.
So there's my weekly blog post since I can't seem to get on this computer at all during the week. I haven't read anyones blog in the past week either so please don't think I don't still love you all... I'm just a bit otherwise distracted. I promise to be back to my usual self in the next few months!!
Kinda off subject... can anyone suggest a good wrap style baby carrier? We have a baby bjorn but I want one of those cool looking wrap ones...
4 comments:
Sorry you are so tired and not feeling that great. It will pass! I've been thinking of you so glad that you posted.
My pregnancies were very different too. With Porgie, I threw up every morning before (or shortly after) my kids came into the classroom. Fun times. And I was EXHAUSTED. But with Izzy I got super lucky. I never throw up - not even once. And I didn't notice any fatigue. It was really a miracle.
Hey girl - with Lil'pad I puked my brains out every day at about 4:30 pm and was sick til' bout' 7! Crazy, isnt it?? Just think though, every time you puke on yourself in the shower, it is SO worth it!! :)
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