Bump-date #1: Lets start with 10 weeks...it has been a ROUGH ride for me in all honesty. I’ve been sick all day everyday. Not just nauseous, but actual vomiting. To the point where i would be constantly crying all day because i couldn’t keep a single thing down. It got to the point where i had to call my doctor because i felt so helpless. It was to the point where it wasn’t only affecting me. I felt as if i was doing something wrong. Im supposed to be nourishing this child and i cant hold a single thing down. I almost felt as if i was failing. My doctor is AMAZING and reassured me that everything was totally normal and that this happens very frequently with women in their first trimester. She prescribed me a medication to take that was safe for baby and I. I was still very timid. I felt so weird taking medicine when i have a little baby in my tummy. I took it for three nights and then my sickness started to subside. So i stopped. I would get sick here and there from then on. Some days really bad and some days not bad at all. The medicine made me SUPER drowsy and tired. With my job where im meeting with clients and driving around all day, this medicine wasn't really an option for me to take during the day time. I tried it all, ginger everything, saltines, electrolyte drinks, soup, etc. Nothing really helped. My only little saving grace was these tiny candies that i would suck on that would help my nausea slowly go away. They were called Preggie Pops and were AMAZING! That’s been in a nutshell everything from when i found out at 4 weeks to 10 weeks. Now 11 weeks...this was finally when i thought that things were making the turn for the better but that didn't really happen. I started getting VERY dizzy whenever i would take a shower in the morning. To the point where i would have to sit down while taking showers. I would just pull the shower head down so that i could bathe while siting in the tub. Not only was this more difficult then just normally showering but it would end up taking way longer also. Other then the now normal morning (all day) sickness i had a pretty scary episode during this time. I was shopping in a store and started getting super super super hot and sweaty. I was wearing a raincoat because it was POURING outside and was pretty chilly. I took off my jacket as i noticed myself literally dripping sweat as i was waiting in line to check out. Finally it was my turn and i felt even more weird. My body was almost tingling, my vision kept going in and out and i was SO hot. I held onto the checkout counter trying to brace myself because of how weird i was feeling. I then squatted down, i thought that maybe i wasn’t bending my knees enough and that’s why i was feeling faint. Then the cashier who was being trained by another cashier told me my total. I stood up to pay and BOOM. Down i went. My vision was black, and i collapsed onto the ground. It was not only really painful but scary. I slammed my face so hard on the counter. I split my lip open bad. I opened my eyes and there was tons of people around me, blood all over my face, and the look of fear in everyone's eyes. I started balling because i didn’t really know what had happened. Thank god above the woman behind me was a nurse that just got off the job, she said she was watching me and that i was acting odd and swaying back and forth. She dropped all her things in hand and literally saved me and made me feel so comfortable. I am so thankful for her. My husband came and picked me up. He was so shocked on what happened. Because truly nothing like this has ever happened before. He drove me home and i relaxed for the rest of the day. I called my doctor the next day to inform her on what had happened and she checked my blood work from my first appointment and thankfully everything looked perfect. She said its unfortunately very common for women to pass out during pregnancy. To not worry and just make sure im eating the right things constantly all day. Never. Stop. Eating. Haha. Well that’s been my journey so far, its been a really tough ride but since the day i got to see my little love in that ultrasound for the first time it’s all been worth it. June truly cannot come soon enough.
