I'm beginning to wonder if this pregnancy is going to be more intolerable than the other ones. Or maybe the others were equally intolerable, but I was just too busy to notice?
Struggling with awful, awful headaches for the past three days. The kind that wake you up in the night and won't let you go back to sleep. I've been going through all the usual combat techniques I usually use to fight migraines:
- coffee (which is tough, because I can't even stomach a cup at the normal intervals)
- food
- rest/sleep in a dark, silent room.
They all help for temporary relief, but the headache hasn't gone away entirely. It lingers and lingers....
No Stomach for Food
The healthy food cravings have passed, too. I don't crave anything now. As a matter of fact, the last thing I feel like doing is eating, which I know is in no wise healthy. Especially these first couple months when nutrition is crucial to early development.
I slacked off on taking my prenatal vitamins, because they'll make me sick if I don't take them with food, but eating's upset my stomach, too.... A "catch-22" of sorts. I think I'm just gonna have to "woman-up" and eat and swallow those stinkin' vitamins whether they make me feel like hurling or not. It's not trial by fire.
Don't tell me what I NEED: On baby "stuff"
Bought a pregnancy magazine on impulse the other day, just to see what society (or the media representatives thereof) are saying about it these days. I knew that wasn't a good idea, but I did it anyway.
Every. single. page. shows some company shoving "stuff" at me. All sorts of gadgets and helping-tools that promise to make pregnancy and newborn care easier and more pleasant.
Maybe it's me -- I acknowledge this ahead of time -- but reading all those articles and ads telling me what I "need" really upsets me! I don't know if it's anger or irritation or some bitterness of unknown origin or what, but it makes me cringe and eye-roll and grit my teeth.
First of all, every one of those gadgets cost a fortune. Secondly, they go from being "nice-to-have's" to being "must-have's," so when moms get their hands on them, they think they're better off.
This really gets my goat, because I just don't think it's necessary to buy or have all these "things" that promise to make mothers better at their jobs! And if a mother thinks she's better at her job for buying or having these things, then it makes sense a collective of buyer-havers begin to think the buy-not-have-nots are somehow worse off because they buy-not-have-not!
Yes, maybe there's a flaw in my thinking here, but the only way my thoughts could be proven or disproved would be through scientific research. Even then, interviewees may not even be aware of their own motivations, just as I'm not 100% certain of mine.
But practically speaking (about money), gadgets COST, and I've done just fine through all the other pregnancies without some tool to help me through every step of the pregnancy-to-delivery-to-raising process. I have my own two hands, and those hands are "handy" (pun pun) for arranging things the way I need them, or making things I feel I'm in need of.
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Doctors can prescribe a prenatal to meet your needs. I had horrible trouble swallowing the horse pills during my first pregnancy and I had some chewables but I also had gelcaps that were heavenly.
After 5 kids, I don't think anyone could tell you what you need as I am pretty sure you already know just what to do. They see those things with First-time Moms in mind. I found in subsequent pregnancy I had learned to trust myself and follow my instincts and I learned skills I will never forget. Grandchildren are light years away for us, but I'll be ready!
Blessings to all of you!
Oh 'Ailina...sorry to hear about your headaches. Just reading about your lack of appetite brings it all back. NOT FUN but a good sign that your baby is healthy!
You're so right about stuff overload. I guess they've forgotten how women have been giving birth since the fall of man and definitely before shiny catalogs!
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