Is this the other side?

So far this pregnancy blog has mostly been about how miserable I am, instead of how great pregnancy is. That's because all you people who told me how wonderful it would be and how great I would feel are fucking liars!

So far it's one day at a time, and unfortunately most of my days have been pretty awful, today however is one of the few good days so far. I did throw up this morning, as I do every morning, but for the large majority of the day I have felt okay - that's as good as it gets around here.
I will admit I've eaten a lot today. Veggie subs from Subway are a staple in my diet. I eat one every day.

I pray to God, Buddha, The Queen and anyone else out there who will listen to my whining that this is the start of me coming around. The start of me feeling somewhat good again.

On another crappy note, three people at work in the last two days have accused me of being pregnant. I can`t fake it right now. I just can`t. I guess the cat`s going to be outta the bag sooner than we planned. I am actually looking forward to that so then I can whine to everyone, all the time.

Back to the old routine

Ok, seems that I have survived the cold/flu combo. What a nightmare!

That's the good news.

The unfortunate news is that the icky baby tummy is back. I have to go back to work tomorrow and I'm not sure how that is going to go. Until this point - except for the days with the flu - I've been needing to eat every 1.5 - 2 hours. Grilled cheese and toast are my staples. I'm not sure how I'm going to do that at work. Toast yes, but grilled cheese is a bit of a stretch....
We'll just have to see how it goes.

Apparently if your mother had morning sickness when she was pregnant you are more likely to have it. Heather...?

Seriously. What. Have. We. Done.

I am home from work sick for the third day in a row. I have the WORST cold I've ever had and that combined with the all day morning sickness has not made for a good week.

Tuesday I went to the doctor for some morning sickness medication. I just couldn't take it any longer. I got a prescription, went home and took my first dosage, then I went to sleep for 2 hours. At 4:30 p.m. I took the second dosage and immediately my eye lids were heavy. I went to bed at 7:42 p..m. but before I did I took two more pills as per the directions. I slept until 6:45 a.m. when I got up and tried to get ready for work. What was I thinking? Everything was in slow motion. I was sweating and shaking, I couldn't stand without holding the wall for support. I was basically high. There was no way I could have driven a car. Oh and I threw up. So much for that.

Then, I bawled my eyes out. I was sick, tired, scared and frustrated.

I called the pharmacy but it was closed, then I called TeleHealth. I waited on the line for 30 minutes before talking the the nurse. She eventually transferred me to the pharmacist. Lovely woman, but the news she had for me was not good. She said I had to decide if I wanted to live with the morning sickness or the "fatigue" caused by the medication. Umm... this is not fatigue! I'm stoned!

I have not taken another pill since that day. I have another appointment with my doctor on Monday so I'll talk to her about it then.

So needless to say Wednesday I stayed home, slept most of the day and spent the rest blowing my drippy nose - oh yah, don't forget about the mother of all colds! I spoke to my boss Wednesday and based on how I sounded, she told me to take Thursday off too. I guess I sounded as bad as I felt.

Today is Thursday. The good news is that I don't seem to feel nauseous, although I have thrown up several times all ready today. My cold is still here in full force. I'm hoping by tomorrow will be the day that it turns the corner. I really do have to go back to work tomorrow, so let's keep our collective fingers crossed that I feel even slightly human.

The person I feel the worst for is not me, it's Norm. I told him this baby thing was going to be great. So far it has been less than great. His wife is a sobbing, snotty, sneezing, barfing mess who is second guessing this whole Goddamned thing. This kid better be the next Brad Pitt.

Drugs. Sweet, beautiful drugs.

After a solid week of constant nausea and intermittent vomiting I finally broke down and went to my doctor today. I was desperate. What a HORRIBLE feeling! I have been completely useless!

My doctor just happened to have horrible morning sickness for the first 20 weeks of her pregnancy so she has a lot of sympathy. She prescribed Diclectin - the same nausea drug she took throughout her pregnancy.

I am thrilled to finally get some relief. Hopefully it actually works! I'll keep you posted.

Oh no... please tell me this wont last forever

Wow I didn't think I could feel worse than I did yesterday, but surprise!, today is much worse. Much worse. Spending the day on the couch watching the Olympic coverage.

7 weeks and 5 days sucks

This has been the most difficult day thus far.
I'm vomiting, nauseous, and exhausted.
Thank goodness I had a vacation day today.
Let's hope this doesn't last forever. :(

The best husband in the world!

This post was going to be about how God awful I feel today - no like seriously a.w.f.u.l. - but then I came to my senses.

So I've decided instead to write about my wonderful husband. No like seriously wonderful. Since peeing on the stick(s) Norm has been incredibly supportive, listened to me whine about how seriously awful I feel most days, how fat I am likely to be eight months from now.

The first day I felt bad my wonderful husband marched himself to the drugstore and spoke to the pharmacist about remedies for morning (try all day) sickness. He came home with an arsenal of anti-barf supplies. Ginger ale, ginger beer, ginger cookies and soda crackers - oh and the knowledge that those motion sickness bracelets are a bunch of hooey.

What a wonderful husband.

Since then, the barffieness is still here, and so is my wonderful husband.
He makes me healthy dinners, concerned about my iron intake, he lets me sleep in, walks the dogs when I can't, and asks me how I am feeling daily.

Let's hope the barffieness goes away soon, and that my wonderful husband doesn't!

Thank you honey!! I LOVE YOU!

"What have we done??"

Surprise! Baby Young will be here September 26, 2010(ish).The wine was for Norm.

Deep breath.

Just making sure. Yep still pregnant.

Now Norm was convinced.

Great news! Norm and Marcie are having a baby! George and Molly are goimg to be siblings! This should be interesting.