How YOU Doin?
When you announce a pregnancy there are several questions that come up soon after the words “Congratulations!” leave your friends and family’s mouths. Of course there is the due date question but soon afterwards is “How are you feeling?”
I get the feeling the unspoken words are “Are you worshiping the porcelain god? If so, how often?” Pregnancy and morning sickness go hand in hand so it seems a reasonable assumption.
Since blogging pregnancy is all the rage (it helps when you are actually pregnant) I do plan on indulging my egocentric mommy blogging tendencies to share exactly how I am doing in this pregnancy. Like today, I was painfully constipated, about to faint when I climbed the stairs to my husband’s office, and pukey at the hours of 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and again right before 6. Not that I actually puked, but it was quite the battle to keep my stuff together.
My husband has pointed out I am also in a bit of a foul mood. I’m tired and feeling a bit overwhelmed with the chores and lack of energy. And even though I am tired, I am pretty ticked that I haven’t been able to sleep very well. I remember during my last pregnancy, I had insomnia toward the end of the pregnancy, but having problems this early is pretty new territory for me. Add to that the painful constipation (I never had constipation when I was pregnant with Fuller) and I’m a big, blubbering ball of “I don’t feel well.”
Foul mood? Probably. Need a nap? Definitely.
July 16th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Ooooo, hang in there!!!
Maybe it’s twins, hahaha.
I ended up using many pillows by the end of the pregnancy (maybe a body pillow might help?). And eventually my insomnia was so bad that I used unasom and a tylenol each night (with the permission of the doctor). I just didn’t think I’d have the energy otherwise.
Hurrah–it’ll be fun to have cousins close to the same age!!!!!
July 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am
Hang in there! I learned with Nathaniel that no 2 pregnancies are alike, and the 2nd one feels so much more tiring because you have another child to care for. A good friend gave me the best advice, “Just take it 15 minutes at a time and before you know it the day will be over.” So that is what I did, I would pray and ask God for the strength to make it through the next 15 minutes. Also, lower your expectations and standards. For me, getting a load of laundry done and dinner on the table meant the day was a great success, everything else was gravy.
And of course, the best motivation of all, remembering that in the end you will have another little one to love and hold!