"Morning" Sickness

Well, I have easily gone from being ecstatic about being pregnant to being just mis-er-able. The morning sickness - ha! They need a new name for that! This is all day and all night. I am lucky that some evenings I can get down a little bit at dinner time, but other than that, I am pretty much starving. I throw up at least a couple times a day (sorry, but I do) and can't even think of eating anything with any flavor. In fact, the only things I can handle eating are things that are terrible for me and I hardly ever touch to begin with: plain donuts (no extra sugar or glaze), white bread, and french fries (that aren't too greasy). Plus I can tolerate a baked potatoe and applesauce sometimes. My healthy eating habits have gone completely down the drain!!! I start to feel guilty because I know I need to be eating better than ever right now. I am aware of what body parts are forming with the little bean right now. But I tell myself I can't feel guilty over something like this when I have no control over it. Same thing happened with Camden, and he was very healthy. In fact, they do say that people with morning sickness are much less likely to have miscarriages and they have healthier pregnancies. A nice reminder, but still doesn't help you feel much better when you're sitting on the bathroom floor....

Today I got to the point where I called Ryan crying saying that we have got to call the doctor for some help. I can't keep even the blandest foods down during the day, and I'm doing everything that all the books and websites suggest. I need to eat something. I am exhausted and can hardly carry on a conversation because I have so little energy. He has been amazing and has done everything he can to help me over the past week. (I am reminded every day that I married an awesome man!) He called the doctor, and they're actually calling me in a prescription. I hate to take medications while I'm pregnant, but let's face it - the way things are going right now are definitely not helping things! And I am desperate at this point. Let's hope this does some help. We've been warned I need to take it during a time when I can sleep if it knocks me out. Hey - I welcome sleep right now! Maybe I won't be sick if I'm sleeping...

Actually, night time has not been that much better. I wake up throughout the night and have the hardest time getting to sleep because I'm so nauseous. But I still try to sleep as long as I can in the mornings. Then I get up and spend the day on the couch, being the laziest I have ever been. I hate it, but I just can't do anything else!

I have to say, there is one silver lining in all of this........... This is happening over my Christmas break. That's the silver lining, you ask? I get to go through this while traveling and visiting family? Well, I know this will continue when spring semester begins in January, but hopefully by then I will have found ways to tolerate it and will know of things I can eat during the day to help. Hopefully (hopefully) the worst will happen while I'm out of school. This would be impossible if it started after school was in session. Right now I can actually afford to sit on the couch and lie around all day. I need this time to figure out how to deal with this. So, I am very, very thankful for that.