Whew! The last few weeks have been a whirlwind! A couple of weeks ago Noah got sick with a virus sore throat. At first we assumed it was the flu, so the day he started feeling down I packed up my daughter and I and we moved into my parents house. Later we found out that he did not have the flu (the Jesus!), but rather a viral sore throat. That meant he was still contagious, but at least he wouldn't be out for 2 weeks! See, with HG my immune system has become extremely weak. Between the constant throwing up, inability to eat and drink correctly, and overall my body working extra hard just to maintain itself my immunities didn't have a chance. But, the week at my parents house was wonderful! I believe the extra sleep and help really helped me to get over a hump and I began to get more control over my nausea. In fact, several times throughout the week I was able to go out on little outings including going out to eat and even going to a few stores! It was wonderful and really helped get my spirits up.
After a week Noah was 100% better and had sanitized the house so we moved back home. That first night home was horrible :( My neighbor decided to work on some sort of metal pounding in his shed RIGHT behind our house until the middle of the night, meaning I got very little sleep that night. Sleep is a HUGE trigger for me, so when I don't get enough my body totally gets out of whack and it's like I'm back at square one. So, the next day I was miserable and the vomiting started all over again. Noah had to work that day so my daughter and I ended up at my parents so my mom could help take care of my daughter since I was basically just hanging over the toilet. I ended up falling asleep at my parents pretty early ... I want to say around 6 ... and slept about 13 hours straight. Not only had I been physically exhausted, but the mental stress of sliding downhill so fast was more then I could handle. The next day I woke up feeling somewhat better, but still pretty sick. I had some pretty miserable nausea as well as a horrible migraine. I realized that the day before I had only kept down maybe 10 oz. of water, so I was extremely dehydrated by that point. I spent literally the entire day lying on the couch sipping on water. I think I drank about 48 oz. that day, which is the most I've drank in a single day this entire pregnancy. With each sip I felt my headache going away and my nausea getting better. My mom and husband agreed that I would stay at my parents house a couple more days and nights just to make sure I got back on track.
I did get back on track and got back to feeling pretty good so last week we moved back home once again. That first night I was terrified that I would not sleep again and prayed quite a bit that God would grant me sleep and a quiet peace throughout my neighborhood. He listened to my prayers and I slept great! Since then I have continued to get stronger and have even had days where my nausea is so minimal that I am able to push it into the back of my mind. I have to take things really slow ... I still spend a lot of time relaxing and sleeping to make sure I don't push myself back into a bad place, but that time spend with my family and especially my daughter has been uplifting and refreshing.
Then last night I took another small step back. I began to feel congested and spend most of yesterday in bed just feeling off. Then last night I once again barely slept, this time due to horrible sinus congestion and pressure. I was terrified all night! I have been so careful about not being around germs and I just knew I was getting some sort of virus. I woke up feeling miserable ... my sinuses were still killing me and my nausea had returned full force due to the lack of sleep and the mucus that was flowing into my stomach. I spent all morning in bed, applying essential oils to my feet, chest, back and sinuses and diffusing them next to my bed. As the oils began to help I began having hope that maybe I wasn't sick after all. Turns out a cold front pushed in yesterday and overnight that pushed some sort of allergen in with it. Tons of people in the area were suffering from ridiculous allergies, including my mom and sister. Literally, this is the worst my allergies have been in my entire life. I am grateful and relieved that I am not fighting some virus, but oh my goodness this sinus congestion and pain is causing my HG to flare up a little which is so frustrating! So I am about to go to sleep early once again and praying that God provides my family and I with some relief tomorrow!
As for tomorrow ... I have some exciting news! The whole family will be making a trip to an ultrasound place about 45 minutes away to find out the gender of mine and my sister's new little ones!!! We are extremely excited and are hoping knowing the gender and seeing the babies will make this time start feeling more like a pregnancy rather then some really long illness :) We just have to hope those babies aren't shy!
Well, that's all for now! I am off to bed!
