04-1-2010 - Better finally, I hope.

My mood while writing this blog: Okay.

Happy new year and happy holidays and all that! Lol.

I was sick for Christmas. (This is not new. For the last, like, 7 years I've been consistently sick on Christmas) I finally called my doctor to ask what kind of OTC cough suppressant (was up coughing almost all night for a week!) I could use while pregnnt, and when she asked for my symptoms, she decided to put me on antibiotics. Usually I hate antibiotics, but in this case it helped the sickness clear right up! I still get a bit of coughing (usually in the morning or at night) and some runny nose, but most of the time I feel normal again. Been taking loads of probiotics and vitamins to help my body compensate.

I'm so proud of myself. Ever since I was a kid, I've had an aversion to things with skins, stringy things....I've always had problems with my throat and with swallowing, so skins and whatnot would get caught and cause me discomfort or even to gag or throw up. I developed a severe phobia of vomiting in my early teens when my stomach and throat problems hit full bloom. Luckily I didn't have bad m/s with this pregnancy (the most I got was a constant, low-level nausea that made all food sound unappetizing, worse at night), so when I started gagging for no reason at 10 weeks it quickly became routine and my phobia, for the most part, retreated. It's not pleasant and I try to avoid it, but if it's going to happen, I don't panic anymore.

But I got off-track. I'm proud of myself because for the first time, well, ever, I ate some fresh blueberries last night....and liked them! I also ate some strawberries, and over the last few weeks I've eaten beans, vegetables, other fruits. Because of my throat problems, I would avoid most vegetables and fruits, anything that could get caught. Now I'm slowly adding back in things like fresh fruit and vegetables, and I can eat like a normal person. Just when it's most important and just when my body needs it the most, to make sure my baby comes out healthy, I finally pull through. It's something I've been struggling with for most of my adult life. Yay me. :D

There are still some I won't ever eat. I hate celery, cooked or raw. Those strings are just still too much for me. I don't like peaches (but I don't like peach flavoring either, it's just not a taste that agrees with me), and I still struggle with salad and other leafy greens (I know, the most important ones! I'm working on it!!). I don't much like tomatoes, but that's, again, a flavor thing. So while baby makes strides inside my body, I'm making strides to make myself a better person for when he or she comes into this world.

Now I'm starting to get neck problems again...I don't know if it's because I recently took up computer gaming again (World of Warcraft FTW), or acid reflux (damn you, Pizza Hut pizza!!!) or what, but ONCE AGAIN it's becoming difficult to sleep....meh. Just meh, at the whole situation. I think my body is trying to train me for being a mother and never getting sleep. :)