Wow! Its June already, where is the year going?
I wanted to give a pregnancy update. Thanks to everyone for the Congratulations and all the wonderful comments I have gotten on all the social networks!
I want to start by asking a question. Who in the world came up with the term "Morning Sickness"? It had to be a guy because a woman who had experienced it would know that it doesn't immediately stop at noon every day! Why don't they just call it "Month Sickness". Most of you probably already know that I have been dealing with this issues for over a month now. Almost immediately after I took the pregnancy test the Nausea set in. For several weeks that's all it was. I had no real appetite but what I did eat was staying down. Then week 7 of the pregnancy came. Once I threw up that first time, that was it. For several days I wasn't able to keep anything down. I called the my wonderful Dr and she put me on a medication called Ondansetron, which is typically given to cancer patients who are going through Chemo.
The medication worked almost immediately. Well, I should say that the medicine helped with keeping what I ate down, but it did nothing for the constant gagging and feeling like I need to throw up. That has remained. Some days its worse than others but I pray that since I am almost 10 weeks it will subside shortly!
The other issues I am dealing with is the fact that I am not hungry at all! Even thought I technically feel like eating I can't. Usually I get really hungry and then fix something to eat and the gagging begins. I feel like I haven't eaten in a month. I have lost some weight that I could afford to lose but all I want to do is have my appetite back and be able to eat those good fatty foods I love.
I have however had a few cravings. For several weeks I wanted Cracker Barrel's chicken and dumplings. I found a recipe that said they were just like the real ones and made it. It actually tasted great and I was able to eat the entire meal! Then, I got the craving for Banana Popsicles and a banana snow cone. After looking at Wal-mart several times I finally found the Banana pops! Now all I need is that snow cone! I am hoping that our trip to Arkansas next week will lead me to a snow cone shop!
Well that is my week 9-10 update. I have an appointment on Wednesday so if I have any news I will pass it along. Have a great week!
