This time, the game has changed. I am so tired all of the time, and have no energy despite the fact that I am getting more sleep than I normally do. I am nauseated all. day. every. day. Yup, that means my stomach hurts ALL the time. After lunch (no matter what I eat) I become incapacitated. This lasts until I pass out "later" that night from sheer exhaustion at about 9:00. I can't do anything. I sit at my desk and try not to throw up. I get dizzy, light-headed, and flushed. Once I get home, all I can do is shuffle upstairs to our condo, drop my purse somewhere, and sit on the couch watching Hulu. It's all I can manage. No laundry, no dishes, no cooking. NOTHING. You don't want to see my house right now.... Everything has to wait for the weekend. We run out of dishes constantly. It's bad. So bad. Thank goodness for Todd. He has to do everything without me. He has been such a support. We normally share tasks for Rylin where one of us will feed her and the other will bathe her and get her ready for bed. More often than not lately, he has been doing it all, including cooking/fetching anything my poor stomach decides it must have NOW. When I want something to eat, I want it right then and there, otherwise it is unappetizing later. Leftovers are not options anymore, even if it’s something I was craving earlier.
Here are just some of the random things I have "craved" lately:
Frozen yogurt piled high with a plethora of fresh fruit
Beef jerky
War heads
Plain Hershey’s chocolate bars
Roast beef w/horseradish cream cheese and cheddar on croissant sammiches
7-layer dip (freshly made, NOT cold)
Simply Grapefruit juice
Pink jello salad
Chzburgers from Burger King (flame-cooked taste)
Karev’s chzburger and fries (resulted in a midnight McDonald's run)
Bean and cheese burritos (Todd calls these "wimpys")
Tortellini with pasta sauce
Spaghetti with pasta sauce
Pizza with pasta sauce
Pasta sauce
Grilled cheese sammiches made with American cheese (yuuuuck normally)
Jamba Juice
Any chewy, fruity candy
Orange sherbet
To combat nausea I have used:
Canada Dry (ONLY) ginger ale
Saltines
Whole wheat Ritz crackers
Junior mints
Jolly Ranchers
Watching TV and letting everything pile up
It is ALL worth it though. I am SO thankful that I have a very good reason why all of this is happening. I am looking forward to the 2nd trimester in 3 or so weeks and hope that I magically feel better and can feel more like Jena again instead of a lump.
Sounds pretty much like my pregnancy. The morning sickness was way worse and lasted longer. I never cleaned or did anything either. Geoff did it all after working all day plus having school and his business stuff. Truly amazing. :) I had trouble sleeping in the beginning for some reason so instead of going to bed and getting blissful sleep where I could forget how horrible I feel I'd toss and turn all night. It was great! I'm glad that's over!
ReplyDeleteNow I feel great! The one good thing was that it did seem to go faster so even though it lasted longer the time went by and now I'm done.
I hope yours goes by fast and you feel better soon! Let Todd baby you right now. It's the only time you truly have an excuse to be pampered so use it. :)
Try Graham Crackers for the nausea. and you can take Ginger Capsules if the flavor bothers you!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I know how you feel. This pregnancy I'm in right now is SO much different than my first, I feel like I'm pregnant all over again for the first time, but my mind still isn't in pregnant-mode.
I forgot about not being able to sleep well! I pass out early enough but have to pee SO badly at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...usually I just shift positions and try to ignore it. I can't make it past 5:00 though, and then the rest of my morning trying to get back to sleep is shot.
ReplyDeleteI'm just so excited for you guys!! Hopefully the morning sickness will ease soon!! I totally know what you mean though when you talk about being so sick!! I was sick with all three of mine too and even ended up the hospital twice with my 2nd boy and once with my first!! I just couldn't seem to keep anything down! Yucky!! Hopefully this time will pass!! Oh and I totally remember what it was like sitting at work and like even the slightest move of my chair would make me feel so sick and I'd be reaching for garbage can to puke!! Oh man I feel so bad for you right now!! But as you know, it's all worth it!! :) The worst is when you have people who were pregnant but weren't sick at all and they think you are faking how sick you are!! I hated that!! So just know that I can totally relate to the not wanting to move for fear of vomiting all over the place!! ;) Good luck with the sickness hopefully it will be over after the first trimester and Congratulations!! :)
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