I have spent the last 2 weeks learning about certain aspects of pregnancy the hard way. My nose hasn't been in a book or a lap top. It's been in a toilet or a bag of chips. WHO CARES about a green pregnancy when you're green with nausea??!!! The only green things I cared about recently were ginger ale, and well...that's about it. Why is it that carbonation feels so good to a queasy stomach?? I hadn't had carbonation in so long that the pain of it searing a hole in my throat was a nice distraction from the churn in my belly.
I can't tell you how many women gave me the mocking laugh when I'd tell them I was sticking to my healthy habits during this pregnancy. Ok, well, FINE!!! You were right!!! The thought of most vegetables makes me want to vomit as does pretty much everything else that is a staple in my home. The taste and smell of gluten free anything makes me want to projectile, and dairy is my new best friend. I eat yogurt for breakfast lunch and dinner and I have ice cream every night. So much for gluten and casein free mama! Oh well, I guess there's a reason why we crave things. And it also goes to show the importance of a prenatal. One that has non-toxic formulations of course. ;)
Oh, and I have the super sensitive nasal passages that have me sniffing around this house like a blood hound for those weird smells that you can never find. It's making me crazy having such heightened senses and no energy to cope with them! I'm too tired to clean my house so it gets messier and then I go coo-coo crazy and get all bitchy about "why is this place such a wreck?! and why doesn't anyone clean up after themselves?!" And then I realize I have a 3 and 4 yr old and a husband who is at home pretty much never and when he is, he is hand washing all of the dishes I'm too queasy to scrape. I just throw my hands up, tell myself it's OK and go back on the couch. I have about enough energy to get me through 8am to 12pm. Then I'm DONE. I cannot WAIT until my second trimester. I'd love to know when that is!!!
Speaking of....my appointment is this Thursday at 9am!! Woohoo! It's about darn time! Ok. Going to bed now!
2 comments:
Hahahah... I'm not laughing AT you, I'm laughing WITH you. I am TERRIBLE during my first trimester, although better during this second one. The only thing even remotely healthy I can eat are fruit smoothies. But, I can't even eat wheat bread... it's white bread all the way, baby. The only food that appealed to me at all was pizza, and I ate it... hmmm... 5 times a week for dinner? So, this baby was pretty much built on smoothies, ginger ale, pizza, and other quickly digestable stuff.
BUT, during the second trimester (for me, 16 weeks), it totally turns around. I feel like superwoman now, and can eat great!
But, I'm with you. Being sick is the absolute, total worst thing in the world. Do what you can and don't sweat it too much!
Kendra
i will be praying that your second tri will be over soon..i stopped feeling sick at 10 w, so maybe there is hope for a quicker recovery :)
love you!
h
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