Sick

Back to Freyja now. Last night feeling knackered I went to bed a 9pm. I could hear Freyja stirring and thought I'd get in there to settle her quickly before she woke up too much, only to find her throwing up everywhere. She was really upset by it all and it happened 4 more times over the next few hours - each time after she was cleaned, bed sheets changed, towels laid out, in new pyjamas and settled in back bed. I managed to avoid her being sick in my bed (well, mostly...), but not over the floor, the bathroom, her Rabbit, herself, myself and Adrian. She wouldn't go back to sleep in her cot - 'do you want sleep in your bed?' - furious shaking of head. 'Do you want to sleep in mummy's bed?' - furious nodding of head.

She had a runny nose over the weekend which is the first one she's had this year and now she's been sick. Not bad going really, considering she does a school run 3 days a week and goes to 3 different play groups with her child minder while I'm at work.

Anyway, we're both at home now. It's the first time I've had to take a day off for her, which I know is pretty lucky so I shouldn't complain, but I'm sitting here feeling very guilty because when you're only in the office 3 days a week, every day counts. But Freyja counts more.

Another Moan

Excuse me while I write about myself again. I am so ill with this pregnancy! I feel sick all day long and at around 3pm it gets worse and worse until I finally collapse into bed (and then often wake up in the night still feeling sick).

Adrian reckons I've just forgotten but I'm sure it is worse than last time round. I know I felt sick last time - even now I can't think about Bruges, where Adrian took me for my birthday when I was about 6 weeks pregnant and suffering, without getting a wave of nausea - but I'm sure it wasn't this bad. I think I felt more tired but less sick last time. This time I feel like I have a permanent hangover making me grouchy and irritable and generally not very happy at all. This baby had better sleep through the night from 6 weeks, feed at regular 3 hour intervals and be so enchanting to Freyja that she falls in love instantly and never tries to hit it, smother it or put it out with the bins.

Constipation

No, not another pregnancy related problem that I'd like to share with you all, this is back to Freyja. The poor thing has been constipated for 2 weeks. This is something she has never suffered from before, quite the opposite in fact - normally she can poo for England. The only other time we had anything close was when she was still just breastfed and she didn't poo for a week, but the health visitor told me that sometimes they just absorb all the breast milk they drink and if she didn't seem uncomfortable it was probably nothing to worry about about, and that seemed to be the case.

Anyway, I have no idea what has caused this. Nothing in her diet has changed, she eats lots of fruit and drinks lots of water and her routine is the same. We went on holiday and she's back to the child minder now, but I don't think that would bring this on as she loves her child minder so much that she can barely be bothered to give me a wave goodbye in the mornings. It is very distressing though as she cries (sometimes screams) when she has to go. I've been giving her syrup of figs which is a natural laxative and has certainly helped things to get moving but it's no where near back to normal yet.

Not sure if I should take her to the doctor if it doesn't improve soon. Sorry to go on about poo, but for a blog about my baby I really don't think I mention it that often and I do like to keep a record of all these little things....!

I still feel like crap too. Not only am I suffering nausea all day long but I'm now getting it throughout the night too. I am starting to wonder what is in there.

Morning Sickness

I had my booking in appointment this morning - I'm just over 7 weeks pregnant and the baby is due on the 20th April 2008. More to the point, I feel very pregnant now - I'd been a little concerned at my lack of symptoms, but toward the end of last week, the nausea and tiredness started. I feel exactly like I felt during the first few months of my pregnancy with Freyja. It is awful. Although I'm not actually being sick I have constant nausea for most of the day, feel incredibly tired and lethargic and random food-related thoughts that crop into my head keep making me gag. When I was pregnant with Freyja the smell of Pret-a-Manger was my biggest gagging trigger - I walk past the back of one on my way to work everyday and during those first few months if I didn't hold my breath when I walked past I would actually be sick. It hasn't happened this time yet, but can tell it's going to because just thinking about it now is making me queasy.

I'm sleeping more soundly than I have in ages - probably since I was last pregnant - crashing out as soon as my head hits the pillow, yet I feel like I could sleep for a hundred years and still wouldn't feel refreshed. With my first pregnancy, I would get home from work, fall asleep, wake up and have some dinner then go to bed. This time I have a toddler to play with and then put to bed when I get home.

The best way to describe it is that it feels like having a hangover - all achy and tired and sick and grubby. I read a book that said it ought to be called 'progesterone poisoning' not morning sickness, and I'd agree with that - I certainly feel poisoned right now. Not to mention the fact that it lasts all bloody day!

And I've gone off tea.