On Wednesday night my stomach was feeling a little off. Then when I woke up on Thursday I was feeling nauseous. At first I wondered if it had to do with my pregnancy. I haven't been sick like that for months (and I only threw up 3 times when I did feel nauseous at the end of the first and beginning of the second trimester), but I've heard that it can crop up later. So when I threw up around 9:00, the first thing I did was try and eat something, since that's what settled my stomach before.
Well, that was the wrong choice. I felt generally icky and was a little feverish, and I threw up again around lunch time. At this point I decided to call my doctor. I was worried that Cosette wasn't getting nourishment, and I wasn't sure what the best course of action was. I hoped that it was just some kind of 24 hour stomach flu and would pass quickly, but I didn't know if I needed to do anything special. They told me to stick to an all-liquid diet on Thursday, then a BRATS diet on Friday.
Cosette was NOT a happy girl. She is the most wiggly when it's time for me to eat, and let me tell you - she was pretty wiggly on Thursday and Friday. But I was grateful for her movements, because it let me know that she was still ok while I was getting this bug out of my system.
So I took the rest of the day easy on Thursday, sleeping and sipping water and apple juice. Right before bed I tried some jello that Jeff kindly made for me. Thursday night was no fun at all. I had a really hard time sleeping and my stomach was growling something fierce, but I was still nervous about eating. I did get up at one point and have some more jello, along with some applesauce and a plain roll, but I didn't dare eat more than that.
I was finally able to sleep for a few straight hours between 2 and 5, and it was wonderful! I felt a lot better when I woke up on Friday - no longer feverish and at least semi-hungry for food. I stuck to my BRATS diet during the day and didn't really have any symptoms besides being a bit tired and weak.
I was really glad to be feeling back to normal on Saturday, since that's the day my brother Kenneth got married. That's right - my week wasn't all bad! But that will have to wait for another post.
2 comments:
I didn't know you'd been sick! I'm so glad you felt better by Saturday for all of the wedding festivities. We'll see you on Thursday!
One thing I didn't like about pregnancy - my weakened immune system - I seemed to catch anything I was exposed to. On the bright side- hopefully this means you won't be sick for Christmas. We look forward to seeing you guys - it has been way too long!
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