Whew! The beginning of this week was so rough, but I'm happy to report the end of this week is leaps and bounds beyond what I was feeling! Unfortunately the medicine I was prescribed in the ER didn't help my nausea. By Thursday, I wasn't keeping anything down again. Thursday night, I decided to try an over the counter medication several people had mentioned. The two active ingredients of Diclegis (the only Category A pregnancy drug: meaning it's been tested and found safe for baby and mama) are doxylamine succinate and vitamin B6. DS is the active ingredient in Unisom (a sleep-aid), and B6 is sold in the vitamin section. I am taking a half a tablet of each of those twice a day and feeling much better. My nausea isn't completely gone, and I have been sick occasionally, but it's TOTALLY manageable. I'm able to function again, and so happy about it! I even got to take Lyla to the zoo with friends yesterday! It was so great to have a fun day with her out of the house.
I had a successful trip to the grocery store today! The first one in over a month! I'm cooking a meal I loved when I was pregnant with Lyla as we speak (a taco casserole), and I'm sipping on a delicious glass of dark chocolate almond milk. I cleaned my house this morning, took a nice bubbly bath- things are returning to normal!
So far with this pregnancy, I haven't had many cravings. Chocolate milk has been on my mind the past few days, but dairy is one of the things I have the least amount of tolerance for. Enter chocolate almond milk. Delicious. Nutritious. Super yummy! Aside from that, I've been loving sour cream and onion chips. It's so weird. Flavored chips to non-pregnant Becky = stinky and repulsive. Pregnant Becky = *sniff sniff* pass 'em over! :)
I'm so happy to have a more light hearted post to share. I've been enjoying myself and have had a chance to re-center my thoughts to include more gratitude, hope, and love for my family. <3
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