To start off the morning, Cadence woke up an hour early after going to bed an hour late last night. Needless to say, I wasn't exactly happy about this. Cadence hasn't been sleeping that well for the last month or so, and I miss my sleep. Most mornings I feel pretty good until about 10am when the morning sickness hits me pretty hard. This morning I was sick before I got up. Not very pleasant. The last thing I want to do while I am sick in the morning is THINK about food, let along touch any. Cadence was of course extremely hungry and wanted some pancakes. I had some in the freezer just for this purpose. She has now eaten 11 pancakes. This is more than she usually eats in a week. She also wants to play "hide me" which involves me hiding and her chasing me with a squirt bottle. This is while eating her pancakes.
I guess what I am trying to say is when it rains it pours. :o)
I was sad to hear about President Hinkley. He was a truely amazing man. My mom and I both commented that he passed on like he did everything else, quickly and with dignity. I have to admire him that. At his age it should be quickly and quietly. I smile to think of the welcome he must have received. I hope that whomever the Lord chooses to fill those shoes is with us just as long. I look forward to the announcement.
Cadence is on pancake 12 now. At this rate we are going to run out and there will be a tantrum tomorrow when we don't have anymore. Lunch time is soon so maybe I can switch her over to a PB&J. :o)
Everything with the baby looked good at my first appointment. My official due date is Sept. 5th. Despite how sick I am I am super excited about this baby. I was worried that I wouldn't be as excited (or scared) as I was with Cadence, but I have surprised myself. There is a lot less fear and worry this time around since I know what to expect. Brady is excited as well and we can't wait to find out what the sex is so that we can pick out a name (or at least try too...I don't remember it being this hard last time!). For all those of you with two, we are looking into getting a double stroller and we are wondering what you ended up doing? I am really interested in the sit and stand deluxe since it has a removable back seat so Cady and stand and see and sleep as well. There are not as many decisions to make this time around and that is always a good thing!
We hope that you are all well and I will try and be better about updating from now on!
P.S. Cadence has moved on to Cherries now, so I won't have to make more pancakes tomorrow! :o)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Friday, January 11, 2008
Morning sickness...ugh
So the morning sickness has struck. I was really hoping that I would pass it by this time around, but alas, no.
For those of you who don't know, I had horrendous morning sickness the first three months I was pregnant with Cadence. I lost 15lbs that I didn't have to lose before it finally released it's iron grasp on my poor stomach and let me enjoy being pregnant. I do feel fortunate that I wasn't sick the entire time. That was a true blessing.
As sad as it is for me to say, being sick is the only truly vivid memory I have of my first pregnancy. The labor pain and recovery are very dim in my mind as was all the discomfort of being huge at the end. But I remember very clearly how it felt to be sick, and I about bawled three days ago when the MS hit me this time around.
I have tried just about everything but true medication for it. I may just ask for it this time around. I have tried the wrist bands, ginger candy, ginger ale, preggie pops, saltine crackers, exercise, half a unisom and B6, ice, sucking on lemons, lemon drops and lemonade. So far sucking on Jolly Ranchers helps a lot, but that will only go so far since a diet made up completely of bad sugars isn't exactly recommended. :o) At least I know when to expect it to go away. Only about 10 more weeks of this to go and it should back off. I hope.
If anyone has any ideas for me to try that I haven't already I would be very grateful. Everything is worth trying once!
In the mean time, I am trying to keep my spirits up. It would be so easy to be in a foul mood all the time because of all this, but it is my goal to try and be my normal self despite the discomfort. After all it isn't my families fault that I am going through all this! Wish me luck!
For those of you who don't know, I had horrendous morning sickness the first three months I was pregnant with Cadence. I lost 15lbs that I didn't have to lose before it finally released it's iron grasp on my poor stomach and let me enjoy being pregnant. I do feel fortunate that I wasn't sick the entire time. That was a true blessing.
As sad as it is for me to say, being sick is the only truly vivid memory I have of my first pregnancy. The labor pain and recovery are very dim in my mind as was all the discomfort of being huge at the end. But I remember very clearly how it felt to be sick, and I about bawled three days ago when the MS hit me this time around.
I have tried just about everything but true medication for it. I may just ask for it this time around. I have tried the wrist bands, ginger candy, ginger ale, preggie pops, saltine crackers, exercise, half a unisom and B6, ice, sucking on lemons, lemon drops and lemonade. So far sucking on Jolly Ranchers helps a lot, but that will only go so far since a diet made up completely of bad sugars isn't exactly recommended. :o) At least I know when to expect it to go away. Only about 10 more weeks of this to go and it should back off. I hope.
If anyone has any ideas for me to try that I haven't already I would be very grateful. Everything is worth trying once!
In the mean time, I am trying to keep my spirits up. It would be so easy to be in a foul mood all the time because of all this, but it is my goal to try and be my normal self despite the discomfort. After all it isn't my families fault that I am going through all this! Wish me luck!
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