If you know me well, you know that I typically have kind of an iron stomach. I like most foods, and even if I prefer not to eat some of them (ahem, sushi), it's not like I couldn't choke down a maki roll.
In addition, I rarely, and I mean rarely ever, throw up. I'm pretty sure I can count the number of times from ages 5 to 29 on two hands. (It's not that I was a throw-up queen before age 5, I just don't remember it and can't vouch for my iron stomach as a youngster.) In fact, I only ralphed a grand total of once while I was pregnant, and that was because I took my prenatal vitamin on an empty stomach.
So I was pretty surprised when I started feeling nauseated last night. It almost made me wonder if I had somehow gotten pregnant and didn't know it, since I'm still breast feeding. I went to bed as normal and got up to feed Jack at some point in the middle of the night. Around 5:30 this morning, Evan got up with me when we heard Jack again. And it's a good thing he did, because after about 2 minutes of nursing, I had to call Evan to take Jack so I could run to the bathroom.
I was certainly surprised by my intestinal distress, but not nearly as surprised as after Evan had left for work and my mom had kindly come over to help me out. My mom had just fed Jack a bottle of pumped milk and was changing Jack when I made a comment about how I was nauseated but never throw up. Right after that comment, I knew that was not going to be the case today.
I made it to the bathroom sink before my body was wracked with retch after retch of (dark green!) stuff. I've felt weak and achy all day since. Thankfully, my lovely mother took care of her grandson all day while I slept and vegged.
So far Evan and Jack seem unaffected, so I'm hoping it was just sort of a freak virus.
Side note: Can I just say how awesome it is to live near my mom? I literally felt too weak to lift my 15-pound baby for more than a couple of minutes at a time. I always wonder what I would have done if I were a single mother without a support network to help out. Uf. In a way, I'm nervous for when we eventually move away from here.
19 hours ago
You poor thing! I hope you're feeling better soon.
ReplyDeleteThe question remains...did you take a pregnancy test?? ;-)
Yeah, are you pregnant?? :) I was just reading about the woman in Arkansas(?) who got pregnant WHILE SHE WAS ALREADY PREGNANT so I'm thinking getting pregnant while breastfeeding is no longer surprising.
ReplyDeleteYou know that if you are breast feeding that doesn't mean you can't get pregnant right? Just checking. I have a couple friends n relatives who have what they call "Irish Twins," babies close in age. =)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.medhelp.org/posts/Womens-Health/getting-pregant-while-breastfeeding/show/35822
Just checkin'
Hee hee, sorry to throw out that teaser, folks. I'm pretty sure I'm not pregnant. Not to get too personal, but I wasn't using breast feeding as the only form of birth control.
ReplyDeleteHahaha, glad you are not pregnant if you don't wanna be!
ReplyDeleteConfession: I have flipped out and taken a pregnancy test in the last week. I am NOT breastfeeding and still haven't gotten my period, and then I started feeling sick and I almost lost my mind thinking we were going to have another baby less than a year after having Jake. Luckily, it was just paranoia. I guess having a baby 9 months after getting married will do that to you. =)
Ha! Becca, that's hilarious, but I can totally understand. Another baby right away is not what I'm trying for!
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