Elsie modeling her carefully selected outfit (complete with blueberry stains)
and her mother's most frequent posture these days
and her mother's most frequent posture these days
I got pregnant on my last cycle -- cycle 3 after Hub's fever and the last chance before his trip, for those keeping track. Now I feel like dying, and I'm only 6 weeks in.
It's reminiscent of pregnancies #1 and #2 (Elsie and blighted ovum respectively). I am not throwing up (so it could be worse), but the nausea is debilitating. Food of almost any sort makes me gag. I smell EVERYTHING. I am completely useless for most of the day. I don't know how working women do it. In both those previous pregnancies I ground to a halt at work, barely showing my face for weeks. This time I don't have to put on a brave face for anyone but Elsie. She keeps a nice schedule, allowing for 3 hours of couch-wallowing during nap and bedtime at 7:00 pm, as soon as she's down. During my waking hours, it's constant, unrelenting queasy misery.
Of course, it's also just what I always wanted, so hooray for that!
If you know me IRL, keep it on the down-low, please! Six weeks is nowhere near safety yet. At least you'll know why I'm green at Thanksgiving!
Congratulations! So happy to hear your good news! I had really bad nausea early in my pregnancy this past summer, and it was awful! I am a teacher, so on the bright side I wasn't working yet, but it definitely ruined parts of summer vacation. I feel for ya! As far as remedies go, I tried all the old tricks to no avail, and eventually some things just started working for me. For example, my favorite thing to eat was soup and smoothies: calories without chewing! And it also helped to at least drink water right after waking up. Because if I was going to throw up, I learned that it was better to throw up liquid than nothing at all!
ReplyDeleteI pray that it only lasts the first trimester. At my first pregnancy visit to the Doc, she asked if I had any nausea/vomiting, I said yes, and before I could even start complaining about it, she says, "That's great! I love to hear when people are super sick--it's a good thing! Means the placenta is doing it's job!" So there you go! It's a good thing!
Congrats again and I look forward to reading about your progress!
Moira
Awww, Kate! I'm excited for you and thinking good thoughts for you. The nausea is one of the worst things. Congrats! Can't wait to hear about this journey.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, I can't wait to read more!
ReplyDeleteHappy for you and your family! :-)
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