I have become the Queen of Carbs. Meat, the thought of meat, the pictures of meat in the grocery store flyer, and even looking at a cow would probably make me sick right about now. Last night, Mike was out with his cousin, who was in town on business. I went upstairs at 7PM (no lie!) after eating plain egg noodles for dinner, read for half an hour, and then went to sleep. I woke up at 9:00 when Mike called to check in on me, read for a while, and then fell back asleep. I woke up again around midnight, wandered downstairs, and ate some watermelon. I fell back asleep and woke up when Mike came home, although I have no idea what time that was, maybe 2:00? Then back asleep until 6:00 this morning.
This is the life. Eat whenever I want, sleep whenever I want. I guess I’d better take advantage of this while I can. If we ever have a second child, I know I won’t have the luxury of doing this and will just have to fight my way through the nausea and tiredness.
I know this is totally TMI, but I discovered a problem worse than nausea–diarrhea. This is Day 6 in my Battle Against Diarrhea. In everything that I’ve read, constipation is supposed to be a problem. Once the Big D reared it’s ugly head, I did a little internet research and found that it’s not uncommon. But by the end of the day yesterday, I was exhausted, dehydrated, and at my wit’s end. There’s just nothing like having the runs at work. You need me to sit in on a Very Important Meeting with some Very Important Men? Sure, but I’ll need to bolt to the Ladie’s Room quickly and without explanation about every 10 minutes or so. And can you please refrain from drinking coffee, because I really can’t stand the smell. So I called the doctor’s office. They told me to take Imodium and also to switch my prenatal vitamins. Apparently, some have stool softeners in (am I really writing about this on the internet?) and cause diarrhea. I’ve been taking the same vitamins for over a year now and haven’t had a problem up until now, but what the hell, I switched. I had gotten samples from both doctors of various different kinds, so I took one of them this morning instead of my regular one. I do feel a little better today, although not at 100%. If nothing else, I lost a few more pounds! As my waistline expands, maybe my arms and legs and butt will decide that they need to be smaller after all of these years. What a bonus that would be!
TheAngelForever Said:
on May 29, 2008 at 4:09 pm
I hope the vitamins are the cause of the Big D and it goes away. I know it was an issue with me whenever my hormones surged (both pregnancy). I was lucky and never had the opposite issue. Also know that the prenatal vitamins can often cause nausea. I had a really hard time taking them and with my first pregnancy had to take Flintstone vitamins with extra folic acid supplement.
Hope you feel better soon