If Stage One of pregnancy is not quite believing that it's real, then Stage Two is total belief, because it's knocked you flat on your ass. I don't understand "morning sickness". I love mornings. Mornings, I'm full of energy, or at least I have enough to hop out of bed and walk the dog and hop over to work. But yesterday and today I just sort of slowly felt worse and worse throughout the day. Yesterday I got a wicked sinus headache, complete with nausea, the works. Except, I couldn't just take some Advil, some Sudafed, and maybe some coffee to feel better. All those things are on the Bad list.
I'm starting to realize how dependent I am on those drugs, because without them I don't have a lot of coping strategies for these headaches. I took a really long, really hot shower... that worked until I got out again. I had my back and neck massaged, and the base of my skull. Which felt great, but didn't do anything long-term for the headache. I drank water, drank tea, drank more water. Finally, Don went to the store for some Tylenol, apparently the only pain-killer on the OK list... probably because it's such a pansy-assed drug. Actually it helped, but when it says 4-6 hours, that's what it means; headache came back like clockwork. Today: plenty of energy in the morning! No sign of a headache! Leash up the dog, take a long walk. But in the afternoon, I got all lightheaded and queasy and dizzyish. Anytime I'm not lying down, my head spins; it feels just like being on an airplane, for me. Stop the room, I want to get off! I'm scared of work tomorrow, I don't know how I'm going to cope if the afternoon is bad again. I haven't told them yet so there won't be any leniency if I have to fall asleep or something.
I called my parents to complain (because they're good for that!) and my dad panicked about the dizziness. But he was thinking of late-in-pregnancy dizziness, when it's a sign of pre-eclampsia or something, not this queasy-stomach, lightheaded kind.
On the bright side, though: the new washer came Friday and I loooove it. I never thought I could be so fond of something that is laundry-related. I've been doing laundry all day. It's so quiet. When the clothes come out, they're damp: not soaking, dripping wet. It's Energy Star rating is incredible. And it uses so little water! I can actually do dishes, or take a shower, while the washer is running! If there were room in front of it, I'd sit on the floor just to watch the clothes spin in the little window. Front-loaders are awesome. Although when I look at it, I don't think front-loader, I think sideways-assed-washer. (But I think it with love.)
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most of my discomfort so far has been similar to my PMS issues, so I'm still having a hard time believing it. I did have a horrible headache the other day, though, and I took a tylenol. It didn't really help. Sleeping for another 14 hours did.
Sleep: good.
Tylenol: mediocre.
Have you tried eating more often? I had symptoms like those if I went too long between eating. If I ate every couple hours, high protien, I felt much better.
I was eating *all day* yesterday, it felt like. Since I was home, it was like a hard-boiled egg here, toast with almond butter there... an apple...
I'll keep that in mind, though, about the protein.
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