(a) Every. SINGLE. one of my children have been colicky... I don't even hold out hope anymore for that elusive "easy" baby, and...
(b) This kid has not stopped kicking me since I hit the 4 month mark.
I am worn and battered, y'all.
I've suffered (?) the usual pregnancy woes... insomnia, vein troubles, stomach growth (ha!), and my newest friend... heartburn.
LOVIN' the heartburn. No, really. For once I'm half serious.
You see, for each of my previous pregnancies, I gained about 60 lbs. And this time around, I was sure that my legs and back would not be able to handle that kind of baggage. My doctor had been urging me to stick to the recommended 25-30 lb. range.
*Excuse me while I laugh uproariously*
You see, once I hit the non-nausea stage, I'm all over food. Literally.
:P
Except. Now I've got heartburn. As in, I simply cannot eat a thing after 9pm. Especially ice cream, cake, cookies... you name it. If I want to indulge, it has to be early in the day, with the kids bugging me as to why I get ice cream at 3pm and they don't, and don't I feel like a mean Mama for dishing myself a bowl when they're having peanut butter on bread and...
Yeah. Forget it.
So, I go to bed dutifully with my glass of ice water, munching away on the melting ice cubes, thus granting myself a night free from the burning in my throat and chest.
And the payoff?
A pound a week.
Mission accomplished.
:D
Oh, except for the swelling in my ankles...
Now there's a worthy topic.
;P
7 comments:
I'm as excited as you are! Praying the next few weeks are calm!
So sorry for your heartburn. I get heartburn easily, even not pregnant, so pregnant, I would wake up with reflux in the night. Yuck. Practically sat up to sleep the last month. I'm certain you'll be loving carrying that babe on the outside -- well, maybe not the crying. There must be a saint for colicky babies...
Good job! Wow! Just six weeks to go. Don't you love it when people say to you, "Wow. That pregnancy flew by!" :)
Always good to look on the bright side.
6 weeks will fly by! I can't wait to see pictures of your little guy. I think the heartburn would be terrible, but you seem to have put a positive spin on it. I need to learn from you. ;)
You know, it's funny. I'm really not trying to be all "happy Pollyanna" about this... it's just so true that I have no self-control when it comes to cutting down on calories. This is truly the ONLY way I could hold back from all of those ice cream sundaes...
:P
my great great granny who was a prairie midwife and delivered many a baby because the nearest doctor was 50 miles away by horse used to recommend 1/2 an ounce of brandy with tea and honey to be consumed by the nursing mother a couple of hours before bedtime for a baby with colic!!
signed
Theresa in Alberta
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