Morning Sickness

February 11, 2009 - WEEK 6 - Morning Sickness
Well the Morning Sickness thing is now in full swing in my world. Honestly, it is the only thing I think about anymore. Just like my friend who is currently prego with twins...it started Day 1 of Week 6. Week 6 is the average week it starts, and on average it lasts through week 12 (end of 1st trimester).
Every morning this week has been the same. About 3am I wake up with a queasy stomach, but not enough to warrant throwing up. Just enough to be uncomfortable and mess up my next few hours of sleep. I force myself out of bed around 6:30am and head for the shower. I deal with the queasy feeling all morning while I'm getting ready, driving to work, sitting at my desk.... A couple of mornings I've tried to Google remedies for morning sickness, but reading about it and thinking about it just makes my stomach turn worse.
Up until today the queasiness subsides by about noon. However, today it went away when I had some soup for lunch, but it returned about 3:30pm. Ugggg. So now I am back to Sprite and crackers.
Seriously....6 more weeks of this!?!?!?!?!?


February 12, 2009 - WEEK 6 - Morning Sickness...continued
I woke this morning feeling that same queasy feeling I have had every other morning this week, except just a little worse. I tried the trick of eating crackers before I even got out of bed...but the crackers did nothing. Water seems to make the queasiness worse. All I can stand these days is sprite. I managed to get myself showered, dressed, and in the car. I took a barf bag with me...just in case.
I got to work at 8am and between 8:00 and 10:00 I rushed to the bathroom 3 times and puked every time. This is very very tricky when you are trying to keep your secret from coworkers.

By 10am I gave up...I sent my boss an email that said I was sick and going home. On my way home I called the my doctors office and left a message about my morning sickness. The nurse called me back about an hour later and told me they could certainly call me in a prescription for medication. Thank goodness, but I didn't have the energy or stomach to leave the house and go to the pharmacy. So I spent the day going between the bed and the toilet. Bobby picked up the medication on his way home from work, which I took before I even said Hello to him.
Thankfully the meds started working within about 30 minutes. At the same time I realized I was not queasy anymore, I realized how hungry I was. So I sent my sweet husband to Chipotle. :)

Late that night I found out that one of my girlfriends had a Baby Boy. That excitement gave me hope and a flicker of light at the end of this nauseating tunnel.


February 14, 2009 - WEEK 6 Valentines Day
I went to my 3x weekly boot camp workout this morning then rushed home to get ready for our day trip to Wimberley.
Bobby woke up with a worsening toothache that had started the evening prior. By the time I got home from my workout his pain was so bad he was nearly in tears. He called his Dentist's emergency line and finally got to talk to the dentist. The dentist called in 3 prescriptions that we picked up on our way out of town. Bobby took the Vicoden for his pain before we pulled out of the parking lot. His pain never really went away that day. But I guess the meds lessened it enough that he could tolerate the pain of the tooth and the pain of window shopping with me in downtown Wimberley for the afternoon.

When we were heading back into town we got on the topic of a "Push Present". I told him about my friend E who just received her Push Present at 5 months pregnant with twins. We discussed what he knew I already wanted and decided to look at a few jewelry shops at the mall so we could get an estimated price to fit into our budget. After a few jewelry stores, we took a break for dinner at CPK.
As we headed home we decided to make one last stop at Jared. While we were there we got his wedding ring cleaned and dipped, so it looked like he was the one that got a new ring for V-day. :)


February 15, 2009 - WEEK 6 - Sister's Marathon
Yes MY SISTER ran a FULL MARATHON!!! I am so extremely proud of her!!! She has been training for this day for months and months.
Honestly, I am almost as glad as she is that it is done. The training has been so hard on her body but especially her knees and feet. Regardless, She did it and I could not be more proud of her accomplishment!!!
What an AWESOME AUNT she will be!!!


February 24, 2009 - WEEK 8 - 3:30pm
I am still dealing with Morning Sickness on a daily basis, but it is much more manageable with my meds: Ondansetron (generic Zofran).
I started out taking these meds as often as allowed: every 8 hours. But currently I am down to only taking 1 a day. It usually hits me between 3-5am and I have to wake up to take a pill. I am guessing that keeping food on my stomach throughout the day is how I am managing to avoid the nausea throughout the rest of the day. But my stomach is empty in the early morning hours, and that is when it hits.

Last night my girls group met for a Happy Hour to plan our 2009 Girls Trip. We were very productive and made decisions about where and when....enough specifics that we are going to be booking it very soon. We will be going Sept 11-13...when I am about 9 months prego, so that should be interesting. Don't Care....Won't Miss It.

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