1. Right when you are encouraged, nay, required, to eat an extra 300 calories a day, you can’t eat any of your favorite foods because they make you violently ill. This is doubly cruel during the holidays. When you can’t even look at a cookie without turning green.
2. And the foods you can stomach turn out to be hummus and spinach.
3. You start taking an unholy interest in cleaning. This is even more disturbing when your normal approach to such things is to stop wearing contacts so you can’t see the layer of dust coating everything.
4. You can no longer drink coffee at a time when the effort of getting out of bed leaves you in need of a nap.
5. You start waking up every 2 a.m. even though there will not be a baby in need of feeding and changing at that hour for months, just so you have plenty of time to adjust to the sleep deprivation.
I had heartburn for seven months straight with my last pregnancy, and my mother kept saying “That means it’s a boy, and he’ll have curly hair!” Baby turned out to be a girl with straight hair — so much for old wives’ tales. 🙂
Ginger root and peaches have worked pretty well for me as natural anti-nausea rememdies. I infuse one or the other in my tea (fresh ginger root or a slice of peach works best) and they usually settle my stomach. If the nausea is extreme I avoid liquids and nibble on a piece of dried peach or a ginger snap.
Ginger tea’s too much for me, but I’ve been nibbling on organic ginger cookies and that seems to work. Haven’t tried dried peach.
Raine, it never passed with the first two, so I’m not hopeful. But I’m still enjoying the holidays. : D
{{Hugs}}. Hope the nausea passes soon & you can enjoy the holidays & extra calories!