This was my first week not overcome by nausea! Success!
I’ve been following my anti-nausea regime religiously – eating something before I get out of bed, eating every 2 hours, and it’s safe to say I’m feeling like a normal human being again. My nausea has subsided a whole lot and I have even been able to eat some hot meals (yay!). I’m sticking to keeping all meals small and eating more often, but I can feel myself easing into a more normal routine. Fighting the all-day morning sickness monster was exhausting and made me feel like I couldn’t relax in my life – I was scared to get hit by a nausea wave in the middle of a meeting, or out at a restaurant, so I stayed home almost the entire time. Now I’m feeling a lot better and more at ease.
As my nausea is subsiding and brand new symptom is hitting me: I’m exhausted. So. Exhausted.
I haven’t felt tired at all up until now but these days I get up, eat breakfast and then I need a nap. And a nap after lunch. And a nap in the afternoon. It’s nuts! And I’m sleeping full nights, getting 8-9 hours of sleep every day. Growing a baby apparently makes you tired ☺ It’s not bad though – I’m lucky to be in a space right now where things are quite calm business wise so I can actually choose to sleep in every day and take naps when I need to. What a luxury!!! I know this wont be the case forever but I feel so blessed to really have time to rest now. I’ve been having some very odd cravings; aside from only wanting to eat unripe, sour fruits, I now crave Choco Krispies (you know that really unhealthy cereal you used to eat as a kid?), apple juice and this Swedish thing called “mjukost”, soft cheese from a tube, that I literally haven’t had since I was 10. So strange!
xo,
My friend put it best: “There’s no tired like pregnancy tired”. You’re right, such a luxury to take all those naps. 🙂 Good for you for listening to your body!
Racheeeeel thank you so much. I’m so happy for you too. Was jumping around out of joy 🙂 thank you for sharing all these with us!! much love and hugs <3
omg I’m more excited for this baby than anything else. You two are going to be amazing parents.
I know at some point you might want privacy, or time alone with your lil human you made. But for now I really appreciate how much you’re sharing, because you’ve got thousands of people jumping for joy about this!
I’ve had several friends tell me they crave foods from their childhood as well! All I ever wanted was a margarita! I settled and had lots of snowcones, and smoothies.
Were you able to practice with the exhaustion? I’m wiped out and can barely drag myself to the mat.