8w, 3d
Still here. Still feeling pretty worthless. I set a goal for myself the last two days and today to cook dinner and to do a load of laundry. Today was the first day I accomplished both goals. I was able to cook dinner the past two days but laundry was a distant dream. Got both things done today. It was a successful day!
Turns out these babies hate bananas. Ate one yesterday morning for breakfast and shortly after, I got a refund. Had one today around lunch time and got the same result. I guess I am off bananas.
I have been struck down with a horrible case of hives. I was thinking that it was from the antibiotic I was taking for my UTI. I wasn't really sure when I was supposed to stop taking it because I wasn't taking my own pills while I was in the hospital but I know there were several occasions that they gave me some while there. I figured it couldn't hurt to keep taking the ones I had. Then I got the hives. I get hives when I take penicillin and amoxicillin so it seemed like a likely candidate. I have never experienced hives like this before. They cover me. My scalp itches like crazy. Both arms are covered from shoulder to finger tip. My hands swelled up so badly that I couldn't make fists and no longer am wearing my wedding rings. My entire torso has become nothing but different sizes of solid red welts that continue down my thighs. Today the hives finally showed up on my lower legs and feet. I spent all day Wednesday itching like mad and taking Benedryl that helped mildly. Yesterday I decided to look up hives and pregnancy online. Apparently about 1% of pregnant people get hives as a result of changing hormones and it is more common in twin pregnancies. Lucky me always gets to fall into the 1% of everything. The website I saw yesterday said some doctors prescribe Claritin, but usually not in the first trimester. I had been taking Claritin for allergies prior to becoming pregnant. My RE said I could continue to take it but decided to stop anyway. I went back on the Claritin yesterday. Not sure if it was the drug or just the course the hives were taking, but I was mostly non-itchy yesterday. The hives came back at night time. I itched all through the night, took a Claritin this morning, and had relief for the most part again. The website I saw said that the hives aren't a concern and in most women they go away within 4 weeks of delivery. Wow, so I only have to wait until then? Although more likely I will fall into the 1% of women who have hives during pregnancy and then end up never getting rid of them for life.
Today was the first day in weeks I haven't spent some time thinking I was so sick that surely I was near death. I had a few pretty bad moments but nothing compared to what I have been feeling. It gives me hope that maybe an end is in sight, even if the end is weeks away. As for now I am just hoping that next Saturday is a good day. I have been looking forward to attending an outdoor concert with lots of screaming/drunk people at least 10 years younger than me. Having morning sickness was never part of the plan. A couple days ago the forecast for the concert was 92 degrees and humid. Yeah, not sure I could do that. I looked today and now it says high of 79 and chance of thunderstorms. I can do cooler weather and rain. I hope. Or else I'll end up being that 1% of people who gets struck my lightening.
Turns out these babies hate bananas. Ate one yesterday morning for breakfast and shortly after, I got a refund. Had one today around lunch time and got the same result. I guess I am off bananas.
I have been struck down with a horrible case of hives. I was thinking that it was from the antibiotic I was taking for my UTI. I wasn't really sure when I was supposed to stop taking it because I wasn't taking my own pills while I was in the hospital but I know there were several occasions that they gave me some while there. I figured it couldn't hurt to keep taking the ones I had. Then I got the hives. I get hives when I take penicillin and amoxicillin so it seemed like a likely candidate. I have never experienced hives like this before. They cover me. My scalp itches like crazy. Both arms are covered from shoulder to finger tip. My hands swelled up so badly that I couldn't make fists and no longer am wearing my wedding rings. My entire torso has become nothing but different sizes of solid red welts that continue down my thighs. Today the hives finally showed up on my lower legs and feet. I spent all day Wednesday itching like mad and taking Benedryl that helped mildly. Yesterday I decided to look up hives and pregnancy online. Apparently about 1% of pregnant people get hives as a result of changing hormones and it is more common in twin pregnancies. Lucky me always gets to fall into the 1% of everything. The website I saw yesterday said some doctors prescribe Claritin, but usually not in the first trimester. I had been taking Claritin for allergies prior to becoming pregnant. My RE said I could continue to take it but decided to stop anyway. I went back on the Claritin yesterday. Not sure if it was the drug or just the course the hives were taking, but I was mostly non-itchy yesterday. The hives came back at night time. I itched all through the night, took a Claritin this morning, and had relief for the most part again. The website I saw said that the hives aren't a concern and in most women they go away within 4 weeks of delivery. Wow, so I only have to wait until then? Although more likely I will fall into the 1% of women who have hives during pregnancy and then end up never getting rid of them for life.
Today was the first day in weeks I haven't spent some time thinking I was so sick that surely I was near death. I had a few pretty bad moments but nothing compared to what I have been feeling. It gives me hope that maybe an end is in sight, even if the end is weeks away. As for now I am just hoping that next Saturday is a good day. I have been looking forward to attending an outdoor concert with lots of screaming/drunk people at least 10 years younger than me. Having morning sickness was never part of the plan. A couple days ago the forecast for the concert was 92 degrees and humid. Yeah, not sure I could do that. I looked today and now it says high of 79 and chance of thunderstorms. I can do cooler weather and rain. I hope. Or else I'll end up being that 1% of people who gets struck my lightening.
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