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[babyslime]

Thought of the moment:
I've been sickish the last few days with a clogged nose and a sore throat. You know what I DIDN'T need to clear my sinuses? Projectile vomiting grapefruit juice through them for a half hour straight. I can breathe easy now, but I can smell only stomach acid. Awesome.

Bonus: you know you're pregnant when you finally finish

Comments

[jenrose1]

re: your mom: Terrifying. Mine went through medical fuckery and malpractice when I was 14, and I was sure she was going to die, and it was the worst feeling in the world.

re: Marika: You are such a good mom and sister. I'm just hoping she doesn't end up pregnant in the next year. Y'know?

re: Colostrum microsope: Win! That's amazing.

re: vomiting. I'm with you on that one, I hate it, hot hate, it's a huge reason I haven't gotten pregnant again so far. Grapefruit juice tends to react violently with a lot of medications, it blocks receptors in your liver and makes the concentration in your blood much higher. Could that be part of the problem? Grapefruit, specifically, is contraindicated with many meds. I don't remember which you're taking offhand, but I'd be checking for that.

Those belly pictures are awesome! And I never have had the patience for knitting.

[babyslime]

Marika: yeah, I know. :-/ She's pretty responsible about sex, so I'm not *as* worried about that as I am about balancing the budget or not breaking up with her boyfriend within 3 weeks due to the strain of not getting what this kind of life is all about. I mean not a few months ago she asked us how to preheat an oven.

Grapefruit: I knew that about the juice, so I tend to avoid it within 45+ minutes of taking medication, but it's also one of my favourite things ever.

[jenrose1]

The grapefruit effect is long-lasting, up to 24 hours. 45 minutes isn't enough. http://www.healthcentral.com/peoplespharmacy/pp_guides/PDF/gfruit02.pdf

I don't know which drugs exactly that you're on, but grapefruit can also increase your native hormone levels, especially of estrogen, which can contribute to the nausea as well.

In your position, I would try giving up the grapefruit juice for a few weeks and see if that helps the nausea.

[babyslime]

BTDT, didn't help. Gave it up for nearly a month.

[mynamewastaken]

Mattea was like fuzzbaby. SO strong. Even after she was born the nurses and doctors all commented on her being the strongest baby they'd had in years.
Now she's still pretty strong and has quite a temper.

[monkeyscience]

Wow, that was an epic post! I was wondering if you'd gotten your power cord and just had nothing to say, or if you were still waiting on it. Now I know.

Not much else to add, just wanted to comment on the epic-ness of the post. You have a lot of crap going on! I hope everyone gets better (physically and emotionally).

Oh, and also wanted to say... the breastfeeding article was interesting. I really hate the attitude that the only way for women to be successful is to do "man things." I've been told to my face that being a stay-at-home mom would be a waste of my intelligence. By another woman. Of course, I've been told the same thing about being a teacher. Also, what is up with the idea that we should bury inconvenient scientific facts so people don't feel guilty? Bleh.

[monkeyscience]

I've had similar things said to me. I'm gifted in math/the sciences and was heavily recruited by the business school, economics department, and chemistry departments at my university before I decided to major in Art History with a minor in chemistry. I'm now almost graduated and seriously considering having a baby (I'm married, another unusual thing, I got married halfway through my undergrad) and not pursuing a career for at least a few years. I've had people say or imply that my major/life/career choices are a waste of my hard work and intelligence, that I should be doing something more "useful" than art history, or that I'm wasting my youth by getting married. I'm happy with the choices I've made in life, I don't feel the need to follow society's "planned life path", and I'm not sure why it's their business. If they want to major in chemistry and go to medical school, the door is just as open to them as it was to me

[babyslime]

I don't see ANYTHING wrong with pursuing knowledge for the sake of pursuing knowledge. Why is that we only value intelligence and curiosity if we can apply it to make money? That seems kind of backwards, imho.

Also, on a personal note, I'm with you on this. The only thing I wanted to go back to school for all these years was english lit. But I have no intention of "using" it in anyway except for personal enrichment.

[autumn_robot]

When I was pregnant with my son, I remember him vibrating too. It really is a weird sensation.

[babyslime]

Typo or not, if anyone claims TMI on one of my entries I'm just going to point and laugh. ;)