Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Morning yuckiness... ALL DAY!

Who ever titled it 'morning sickness' is a big fat liar! True it did start one morning and mornings are worse than the rest of the day but, its all day! I first started feeling sick last Wednesday morning, it might have even started the night before when we had friends over (Jo & Zac) I couldn't eat, well I ate but just not like I usually do, and then started to feel worse as the night went on (don't feel bad Jo, I know you are starting to think that).  It was also the first night I took real prenatal vitamins.  I was taking a supplement drink until then.  The next morning I could barely stand at work, I felt like I could fall over and hurl at any moment but really nothing would come up. I ended up leaving work early, I was starving too. So I came home and had some ramen noodles, put on a movie and laid in bed.  Laying down doesn't help but the food did.
I ended up only taking that horse of a pill for 2 nights.  The third night I got wise, I know I have read that they make you feel sick or worse on top of your crazy hormones that are having a wicked party in your tummy.  So I didn't take it.  I still felt sick, but not nearly as bad.  I also learned some tricks.  I now have saltines on my bedside along with a glass of water at all times.  I haven't eaten a lot of the crackers but they are there just in case.  The water I consume like crazy and yet I am still dehydrated.  Actually, the other night I dreamt about drinking water, that is how thirsty I was.  I also learned that if I have keep something 'fresh' in my mouth( ice water, gum, candy) I tend to feel better.  Your saliva is the stuff that makes it all worse, thats why the morning is the worst.  Nothing has been in my mouth for like 8 hours but saliva... yuck.
On top of all this, smells drive me crazy.  Right now I don't think I will eat chili or any pasta dish for a long time.  They are smells that have lingered in my kitchen and now every time I smell them I want to gag.  The other day it was so bad I left my house through my front door and walked around the house to the car because our back door is through the kitchen and I just couldn't do it.  But its not just scents in my house, today I went over to the Nordstrom Cafe at the mall and I love the smell of coffee, I had to breath through my mouth.  I could smell someone cooking something with pasta sauce from outside their home today while walking.... I walked a little faster.
The funny thing is, I was sorta looking forward to getting 'morning sickness' because it would be this true sign that I am pregnant and I am progressing.  Don't ever wish for it. And from what my Mom told me it usually lasted for 2 to 3 months for her, I was hoping for just 2-3 weeks!  What was I thinking!

2 comments:

  1. oh nooooo! I haven't talked to you this whole week, I didn't know this!! Call me please!

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  2. Yuck. I hope you feel better soon though. I can't imagine feeling like that all the time...I know my day will come though. Ugh I hate that I'm missing out on EVERYTHING & I never get to see your or JO & now your prego & I'm not even there. I feel so out of the club now.

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