I'm suffering from an acute case of The Blahs.
I think it has something to do with my lack of sleep - between trying to make my growing belly comfortable, potty trips, and Husband's snoring, I figure I sleep approximately 32.5 minutes every night.
I tell people this and they say that my body is just preparing me for after the baby's born. Or something equally as annoying.
Inevitably, they follow it with, "Oh, Erin, it's only going to get worse."
And then I imagine myself punching them in the head.
Because when I don't sleep, I'm about as fun as Hitler: I believe that all those who are trying to be upbeat and positive by giving me unwanted advice should be severely punished by having to bring me a lemon meringue pie.
I got a call from The Doctor's Office yesterday that further exacerbated my Blahs. Turns out I'm anemic. The Lentil is literally sucking the life out of me.
I'll more than likely have to go on iron supplements. Not that iron supplements are the end of the world, but I did the research to find the side effects include nausea, vomiting, and constipation. Like I need help with any of those things - and it very likely means that I'll have to go back on a steady diet of prunes. I have it on good authority that prunes are made in hell by Satan himself.
Another Blah promoter is the increase of belly touchers. Why, why, why would you ever walk up to someone you barely know and rub their belly? Why? Most of the time the belly caress is followed by asking about my intention to breastfeed or what my birthing plan is. I struggle to understand, because in my world, this is not acceptable behavior from anyone beside Husband.
However, just for the record, in case any of you are dying to know, I totally do have a birthing plan. It includes drugs. And Zofran in my drip. And drugs. And no one in the room except The Doctor and Husband. And have I mentioned drugs?
BLAH.
* Wait. I'm not done yet. Someone actually just asked me if The Doctor is sure "there's ony one baby in there" because I "do not look thin". I curse my giant uterus. Curse it, I say!
6 comments:
Yeah I'm definitely not one of those people who enjoys being pregnant! I am on iron supplements too. My doctor recommended the kind called Ferro-Sequels. It is iron plus something to help with the constipation. I just take 1 a day at the same time as my prenatal vitamin. I hate prunes too. Ik. I try to avoid those at all costs!
I just made a lemon meringue pie two weeks ago and two slices remain...going bad in our fridge. If only you were in Canada.
Tyler snorted every 30 minutes last night. It sucks not to sleep. Finally at 4:30 am, I gulped down a few tylenol to calm my raging headache and went to the extra bedroom....where i also didn't sleep...until 6 am. Then, SOMEONE called at 6:30 and woke up both Ian and I. I guess Tyler had already given up on sleep and just went to work.
I'm glad you are prepared to avoid the extreme pain of labor. It really, really hurts. However, I always feared that pushing the baby out would be the worst part, but it was by FAR the best part. I still, though, have a totally irrational fear of that epidural needle....no matter how much labor hurts.
although - you know what florene williams said about childbirth? "it hurts like hell....but you can stand it."
Benadryl works wonders for sleepless nights. For Anemia, try liquid Iron supplements, NON-HEME! Your doctor will tell you it won't raise your iron levels because it's plant derived not animal derived, but I'm here to tell you it works like a charm AND is non-constipating. And my cure for belly touchers? When they walk away from you, goose them. Then when they turn and give you "the look" say, 'Oh my. I thought we were on intimate terms, since you felt you could touch my belly without asking!' Good luck. It really is all worth it in the end. Otherwise everyone would be an only child!
I'm following the same birthing plan. It has worked wonderfully for the previous 3. And as for sleeping and it getting worse after you have the baby...I totally disagree. Because even if you are getting up 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 times a night with the baby, at least you are comfortable again. So when you sleep you are actually sleeping comfortably.
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