Friday, July 1, 2011

Friday (8w3d)

Yesterday was shaky, but infinitely better than Wednesday, praise the Lord. I was militant about eating every 30 minutes and staying faithful on my meds - maybe that helped.

Reasons why Wednesday may have been so horrible: (1) it was just a bad day, (2) did I skip meds somewhere?, (3) I think I was drinking a lot and maybe forgot to eat as often as I should have, (4) I took a bite of something that made my whole being revolt (chicken from Whole Foods), had to spit it out immediately - maybe my body just took the cue from there.

Quote of the day, from Becky: "Remember, it does get better, and then it goes away." Thank goodness for that! Thank you, Becky!

I notice that I am having a hard time keeping hydrated, because anything more than a sip or two of liquid makes me sick. I'm trying to be faithful to constant small sips of water, but it's hard - (1) I forget, and (2) when I want water, I want to drink a TON of it! Bad idea, bad idea. 

Something that I have really noticed helping - taking a bath. Seriously! For some reason, I feel infinitely better in the bath. For that reason I have started taking one- to two-hour long baths in the evenings. When I mentioned my observation to DH, he said "Well, don't you know you're supposed to take a bath to feel better when you have stomach flu?" Actually, no - that bit of folk medicine had completely passed me by! But it must be on the same principle. Whatever that principle is, I'm definitely sticking with it.

Last night I actually (wait for it!).... mopped the floor. Spontaneously. First time in over a month. Considering that I was less than thorough and that I didn't vacuum first, the results were definitely mixed. But it was oddly therapeutic. 

Anyway, looking forward to making it through this. I'm tired of being a bad mommy. As in, "No, mommy can't do such-and-such. Mommy is not feeling well enough." Ad infinitum. 

Have a great day, everyone! I would appreciate continued prayers. Now off to mooch. 

7 comments:

  1. Taking a bath also helps keep you hydrated :)

    Hey, possibly interesting story for you. Our across-the-hall neighbors are having their first baby this month. We saw the husband the other day and Caleb asked what they were having and he said a girl, Violet (isn't that a pretty name???). Caleb answered enthusiastically, "I'm having a new baby brother!" The man looked at me as if to ask if that was true and I emphatically shook my head, "no!" But...maybe kids just know these things? ;)


    I've had two miscarriages and 3 live births. If I AM pregnant now, it would be my 6th pregnancy. How would I write that they way you did on FB? I think that's

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  2. Well, I will say that with our last, our Caleb told me that I was pregnant before I knew!!!! :)

    If you NOT pregnant now, you are a G5P3A2 (if you want to be specific, a G5P3A2s, because your "aborta" were spontaneous and not induced, i.e. abortions).

    If you ARE pregnant now, then you are a G6P3A2 or G6P3A2s.

    Gravida - pregnancies
    Para - births
    Aborta - losses, either spontaneous (miscarriage) or induced (abortions)

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  3. Oh, and you don't have to include the A in your notation - that's optional. So you could call yourself (if pregnant) a G6P3. :)

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  4. I think I'll just post that on FB:
    G6P3 and leave it alone and see if anyone notices :) Wouldn't it be funny if we both had Caleb's who told us we were pregnant before we knew? How neat! And I'd HAVE to tell the man across the hall. He'd get a kick out of that, I think, that he was "told" of my pregnancy before my husband even.

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  5. I wonder if baths help because the heat of the water relaxes your muscles, maybe including your stomach muscles? Whatever it is, that's good that you have something nice.

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  6. Do you know this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W717Cra83qg&feature=related

    I had it on my mind today and thought of you.

    My favorite part:
    "'cause even the roughest waters cleanse..."

    Praying for you constantly! :)

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