Thank you! *hugs back* Yeah, I'm hoping the more forgiving schedule of being home and just tackling things as I have energy will be a little more conducive to not feeling like crap all the time.
Mr. Bill was all "Now you know how I feel!" because he used to get heartburn all the time, and still does on occasion. I'd never understood how unpleasant it is. I kind of hate my stomach acid, today.
So, you should be able to do some quilling while lying on your back, yes? :D
Hee! I'm hoping once I'm home and a little less worn out all the time I'll get caught up on housekeeping and baby-preparation stuff, and then I'll be able to actually work on some of the craft projects I abandoned when I started getting sick back in January.
Ack, so sorry you're still being plagued. I get the heartburn too lately...blech.
But hurray for quitting early! I could not have been a receptionist during pregnancy, for all the reasons you cite, and I'm impressed you endured it as long as you did. Having a day job where I had to sit in a cubicle by myself and generally *not* talk to people was tiresome enough. So, feel free to start counting the hours and to no longer care about work dramas.
Having also experienced insomnia for both baby- and non-baby-related reasons, I have a new (optimistic, sort of) take on it: we'll be much better trained for coping with the middle-of-the-night care requirements of babies than the average person who's been accustomed to sleeping all night, every night. And anyway, it's WAY better to be getting up because your little one needs cuddling than to be awake for no freaking good reason.
It's sort of funny, because I tend to greet each new plague with indignation: Migraines? Heartburn? That's just uncalled-for! I'm going to write my senator! My sister's sage response to most of these complaints is "Yeah...pregnancy can give you that. Pregnancy gives you everything."
I am honestly looking forward to the getting up at all hours, for the reason you mention but also because everyone expects new mothers to be a little off their heads with sleep-deprivation. Whereas right now I'm alarming people because they're used to me being all even-keeled and mellow.
"Yeah...pregnancy can give you that. Pregnancy gives you everything."
That appears to be true. I don't think there's a single part of my body that's been unaffected so far. Why can't it contain itself to the uterus?
When I complained of some malady to my eldest sister, who's a certified nurse-midwife, she said in her usual deadpan, "Hm, yeah. I have no sympathy for you. You got yourself pregnant." I think she just wishes she could say that to her patients, and can't, so she says it to me instead. Ah...sisters. :)
I looked back at old LJ entries, and found that I claimed the newborn stage was still better than any part of pregnancy, even with all the sleep deprivation. So here's hoping that holds true again.
"Hm, yeah. I have no sympathy for you. You got yourself pregnant."
Hee! Yeah, sisters are good.
I looked back at old LJ entries, and found that I claimed the newborn stage was still better than any part of pregnancy, even with all the sleep deprivation. So here's hoping that holds true again.
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There *is* a lot to be said for having the freedom to stay home when you feel like crap on a cracker. Maybe that lessening of stress will help.
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I have acid reflux, so I am no stranger to heartburn. But heartburn on top of puking? Ick. *hands you more Tums*
So, you should be able to do some quilling while lying on your back, yes? :D
Teal'c is zatting your heartburn away. Go T!
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So, you should be able to do some quilling while lying on your back, yes? :D
Hee! I'm hoping once I'm home and a little less worn out all the time I'll get caught up on housekeeping and baby-preparation stuff, and then I'll be able to actually work on some of the craft projects I abandoned when I started getting sick back in January.
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But hurray for quitting early! I could not have been a receptionist during pregnancy, for all the reasons you cite, and I'm impressed you endured it as long as you did. Having a day job where I had to sit in a cubicle by myself and generally *not* talk to people was tiresome enough. So, feel free to start counting the hours and to no longer care about work dramas.
Having also experienced insomnia for both baby- and non-baby-related reasons, I have a new (optimistic, sort of) take on it: we'll be much better trained for coping with the middle-of-the-night care requirements of babies than the average person who's been accustomed to sleeping all night, every night. And anyway, it's WAY better to be getting up because your little one needs cuddling than to be awake for no freaking good reason.
We shall overcome!
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I am honestly looking forward to the getting up at all hours, for the reason you mention but also because everyone expects new mothers to be a little off their heads with sleep-deprivation. Whereas right now I'm alarming people because they're used to me being all even-keeled and mellow.
We shall overcome!
*shakes fist defiantly in air*
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That appears to be true. I don't think there's a single part of my body that's been unaffected so far. Why can't it contain itself to the uterus?
When I complained of some malady to my eldest sister, who's a certified nurse-midwife, she said in her usual deadpan, "Hm, yeah. I have no sympathy for you. You got yourself pregnant." I think she just wishes she could say that to her patients, and can't, so she says it to me instead. Ah...sisters. :)
I looked back at old LJ entries, and found that I claimed the newborn stage was still better than any part of pregnancy, even with all the sleep deprivation. So here's hoping that holds true again.
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Hee! Yeah, sisters are good.
I looked back at old LJ entries, and found that I claimed the newborn stage was still better than any part of pregnancy, even with all the sleep deprivation. So here's hoping that holds true again.
*hopes with you*
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