Bedridden & vomiting with my hair standing on end. I considered including a photo in this post, but decided it would be inappropriate to scare you like that. Good news is that I will be back on the wonderful Zofran by this afternoon. Then I will get to all of your emails.
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This is what happened to your coffee cup Levi. Another lovely side effect associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. Ptyalism. Excessive drool. There is one theory that the person suffering Ptyalism does not actually produce more saliva, the person just cannot swallow it. I am here to bust that myth. Why, then, does my mouth run like a river while I am […]
My baby girl now known as big sister. A perfect remedy for my melancholy. She woke up this morning and said with a sleepy smile, “I’m happy”. Oh my she is clever. Yesterday she was waiting at the top of the stairs when I came in from the office. In a forlorn little voice she says: “I’m sad” Distressed, […]
I probably won’t even find any dang worms to eat. Yes the 1st trimester melancholy has hit me like a ton of bricks. I was cruising right along feeling all tough when, WHAM, I found myself on the couch yesterday afternoon half-heartedly trying to keep my chin up. Both of them actually. It doesn’t help that […]
Today the bean has been growing for 6 weeks. You might have noticed that 4 days ago I stated that I was 4 weeks pregnant. That is me demonstrating my skill with numbers. (my aunt informed me that I was a bit off) No puking! Due to the generosity of others I am taking Zofran […]
As I am laying in bed trying to keep dinner down, little Dr. Wyatt is conducting a thorough examination of my head. Though the jostling is defeating the whole purpose of lying down I do not have the heart to shoo him away. So I say, “Dr. Wyatt, is there anything you could do about […]
Now this truly is a woman to admire! A woman that has been married to my dad for 37 years. A woman that has birthed 12 babies. 8 boys, 4 girls. Do you realize that equals 9 solid years of pregnancy? (don’t quote me, I am not good with numbers). After adding up the months, days & hours I […]
Sunday night I walked out of the bathroom and announced to the children that inside my seasoned womb grew a sibling determined to dehydrate me from the inside out. (only jesting about that last part.) “But mom, HOW do you KNOW that there is a baby in there?” ask the smaller children. “Because children, I peed […]