Morning Sickness

When Jeff and I first found out I was pregnant I was feeling great! I was sure I was going to make it through with no morning sickness. About a week later, 7 weeks in, it hit and it hit hard! I was in bed for over 2 months! I don't know how I survived! There were many times I told Jeff I was dying and sometimes he actually believed me.

 

I went to my doctor and he had me put on IV fluids for about 5 hours. It made me feel better for about a day and that was it. He also gave me medicine to help me not throw-up, because I was throwing up about every 1/2 to 1 hour!  I lost about 30lbs in those 2 months.

 

When I hit the 2 month mark I called my mom and told her that she needed to come visit because I was sure I wasn't going to live much longer because I hadn't eating anything except Popsicles and life savers for 2 months. Her and my dad came that weekend.

 

When they got here they said I looked and smelled like death. I hadn't showered in at least 2 weeks and my hair was dreading together. They arrived late so they pretty much said "hi" and went to bed. Little did I know I was woke up at 7am to my mom saying she was getting me in the shower. I fought and cried pretty much the whole time because I felt so weak and horrible but she didn't care. Next she had me sit up for an hour while she poured a whole bottle of detangler on my head and brushed it out. While she was getting me to smell somewhat better my dad was sent to the store and all over the place to get stuff for me. He came home with a lot of soup and crackers and any flavored drink he thought I might like.

Once my mom was finally done brushing my hair she started preparing everything my dad bought. I kept telling her nothing sounded good and I didn't want any of it but she didn't take no for an answer. She finally found something that didn't make me throw up and that was chicken broth with crackers. I sipped on that, on and off all day. My first day I couldn't even get down a whole can but everyday I had a little more. Also the drink I found I could drink was iced unsweetened decaf tea. So my mom got in a routine of what I had everyday with my meds from the doctor, tums every few hours, soup and tea and lots of hard candy.  I was feeling more like myself but was so sad that they were going to leave because I was still too weak to get up and feed myself and Jeff had to work all day. 

 

Sooooo my mom and dad decided they were going to find a way to get me home with them to build strength until I could take care of myself. After spending 2 weeks with my mom taking care of me I felt pretty much as good as I could. We walked to build my muscles back up and I started eating other foods then just soup. I couldn't believe how quick I recovered. I have learned a hard lesson that just because I didn't want food I needed to eat and drink as much as I could. I don't know what would of happened to me if my mom didn't force me to do all of those things. Since then, I never threw up again...... not even once!

 

My mom saved the day because I am sure Jeff was sick of me after those two months but he was great! He got up with me every time I threw up in the middle of the night and got me anything I wanted. I could not have made it through without my family!