Sunday, March 6, 2016

Careful what you wish for

As I complained just a few days ago, I still don’t feel pregnant.  No sore breasts, no morning sickness.  Last night I was reading about morning sickness, and read that it tends not to affect people until they are 6 weeks pregnant (from LMP). I was exactly 5 weeks yesterday, so I decided to stop worrying about it and just enjoy the fact that I feel good.

Oh, the irony.  I woke up last night feeling AWFUL—nauseated, upset stomach, etc.  I was up a fair bit of the night and still felt terrible in the morning.  My husband went out and got me crackers and ginger ale, and I spent the morning in bed.  (My son collected all of his doctor’s things by my bedside—and a toy saw, in case I needed surgery—to take care of me.)  I have not actually vomited yet, although I suspect I would feel better if I did.

I started to feel better in the late morning.  Maybe the ginger ale and crackers helped.  This study suggests that ginger really does help, without risk to the developing baby:


Blech.  I know I should be happy that this is an indication that my HCG and progesterone are rising and that my pregnancy is progressing.  And I mostly am.  But being sick sucks.

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