Aww, Yay, You’re Pregnant. Now You Can Vomit For For 12 Weeks!
Yeah. You see that smiling face with shining hair? That face had just hit the fifteen week mark of her – I mean MY – first pregnancy. You know why I’m smiling?
I JUST STOPPED THROWING UP.’
This is what happens. You find out your pregnant, life is good. You feel great. Then it hits you. If you find out later on in your pregnancy, it’s usually because it hit you. With a freight train.
You get sick.
SO EFFIN’ SICK.
Not all of you, I know. TO those of you with the perfect “I loved my pregnancy”, with all due respect and a gigantic amount of jealousy, bleep bleep bleep and WTF, dude.
I found out I was pregnant at about week three, I already wrote about that. It was a shock and totally NOT what I went to the doctor for. I’ve always adored pregnant women. I wasn’t one of those belly grabbing types, because I think that’s rude. People love my boobs, but most of them show me some respect by not running up to grab them.
Shockingly, some still do. If It’s a girl or a gay guy, I let it slide. I totally get that but the straight ones get a swift knee to the nuts.
I felt beautiful. My skin was glowing, hair already starting to shine. One of the perks of pregnancy – your hair grows fast and is beautiful, as are your nails. One of the down falls?
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF VOMITING.
I stayed at home with my second pregnancy but that’s a different story, I’m talking Jake this time. I still worked for the Airlines as a Supervisor of Ground Operations (meaning I was NOT a flight attendant. I hate flying). I had a varied schedule and at times would work an 18 hour shift to ensure an extra day off, but that’s how it had been for as long as I had worked for an airline.
Oh. Oh I was sick. So sick.
I remember going in at four one morning, giving the morning briefing that mainly involved me talking about my misery (I remain friends with my co-workers, they can verify this. I once gave a briefing crying about hitting a bunny on my way to work).
I worked with the absolute most amazing people ever. I’m blessed to always luck out that way but at ATA (our now out of business airlines – stupid 9/11), we were a family. As a supervisor, I rarely worked the front line. I did paperwork, filed payroll and basically shut my office door, told Nancy I was in a meeting (I don’t think we even had meetings) and turned the light off as I hugged the garbage can in fetal position (ironic since it was that fetal position causing this) trying to sleep and not wretch into the can.
When that didn’t work for me because the floor of an airline office is hard, smelly and insanely unsanitary, I went to the center of the Charlotte Airport by the food court and I’d nap in the booths meant for flying passengers. I had my airline pillow and blanket and covered my eyes and struggled to get some rest between flights (usually had an hour or two).
I just threw up. Non-stop. I was already 127 pounds, and shrinking. Kind of happy about the shrinking, but afraid for my baby. I called my doctor and told her that the only thing I could keep down were Snickers (I actually just had one for breakfast since I refuse to pay $20 for an egg for breakfast and HELL NO I AM NOT PREGNANT. Hysterectomy. Let’s keep that in mind while I write this series. Hell to the NO. I am not now nor will I ever be pregnant. I love my kids but I love my time enough to just stick with loving those two little monsters.
Back on point. My doctor? Her exact words to me were “You can only hold a snickers down? You eat snickers.”
I just got full on permish to eat nothing but Snickers from a DOCTOR. The thought of weight gain never once crossed my mind. Look how thin I was! I’m throwing up anyway. Snickers?! WOO!
Well, it got to the point where the 18 hour days, vomiting and exhaustion were too much for me and for the love and sake of my unborn child, I called my boss and said it was time. She expected it. I had called in all the time, been the worst employee ever and was fairly sure I was a shade of green that terrified passengers I had to assist when a Supervisor was needed. I was the worst shade of green under those lights.
So I left. The kick in my gradually getting fat ass? The employees were laid off two weeks later. I quit. No benefits. They were laid off. They got unemployment. Still, I couldn’t stay any longer. I actually PAID $18 a day to park in the passenger daily lot instead of the employee lot because I fell off the bus and had to go to the ER (though no one helped me get up) and there were days I would just lie on the outside bench waiting to get picked up because I couldn’t drive myself.
I was finally home. I was finally in bed. I was absolutely miserable eating my bulk box of Snickers, refusing to take any medication to help my headaches and body aches, convinced I’d kill my baby (second kid? Bring it on. Bring it ALL on). I sat there. I slept for days. I cried for hours.
Then the second trimester came. Oh, that’s the best. We’ll talk about that next time.
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I was a lucky one who didn’t vomit. I had severe back pain causing me to feel like someone was poking me with a steel rod 100% of the time. With child #3 it started immediately. There was NO relief. The chiropractor could adjust and make it feel better for a few house, but short of that I just had to deal. I guess our bodies all handle pregnancy different. The things we endure for our kids, right?! *sigh*
I puked the ENTIRE time, even when he was being delivered!!
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Never got sick with my first and figure it was the mac and cheese I ate every morning at the restaurant I was managing. We had frozen kraft pouches and 1 minute in the microwave was all it took. I swear I ate so much of it I thought the kid would either LOVE it or never want to be near it.
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are u pregnant right now? just wanna make sure ^_^ wow congratulation! I vomit too everytime i’m pregnant. I am so sensitive with smells any smell especially perfumes. perfumes makes me puke all the time. also, riding cars with scents. it looks like i am terribly sick for the whole 9months being pregnant. For 1st trimester I cant eat any food my taste is so picky. Most of the time I lose weight during pregnancy.
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Julie Reply:
February 5th, 2010 at 1:26 am
No. No no no no nono.
Flashback pregnancy memories because my friends are. I had a hysterectomy in June lol.
The only horrible part of any of my pregnancies was the deliveries. And only the last one. Then of course losing the weight. Which I’m still fighting with. I don’t think I’ll ever get down to my pre-baby weight.
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At least it usually only lasts for the first trimester. Me…. not a day, not one day – with either pregnancy of being green, running for the porcelain throne or feeling out of sorts. Sorry to all of you who are swearing at me about now. I did end up with bed rest orders the last 4 months, with my first who weighed in at 8 pounds 21 1/2 inches in little ole’ me at 4′ 11″ and all of about 92 pounds when I got preggo. He was so large that I started to dilate early.
I thank God everyday because I’m a man. The miracle of birth is amazing… but to you awesome ladies–you can keep that one for yourselves.
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O.M.G.
I had a horrible pregnancy (my son is 4 months old) too. Not sick like that, but still sick. And miserable for several months. The second trimester we found out that I had gestational diabetes and after that found out I had a tumor on my placenta. Oh yeah, joys.
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Never puked with kid #1, and I did twice with kid #2 while kid #1 looked on and laughed. (He was a toddler and never saw vomiting before) But I did get a spastic colon with both–now that is hell on the other end.
Yeah, all that “glowing” and “happy” pregnancy stuff–nope. Never had it. I hated being pregnant.
Barefoot and pregnant is no way to go through life. It is, however, the way to go through Walmart.
Well! Congratulations. On the pregnancy not on the vomiting. Hope it passes fast and you have a relatively easy time.
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Julie Reply:
February 5th, 2010 at 1:25 am
Oh, no. Not ME. I’m just having flashbacks. I had all my parts ripped out months ago.
You would think by now they would have something better to offer women besides crackers and ginger ale. If me were the one’s who got pregnant there would so be a pill for that by now!
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VetTech Reply:
February 4th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
*”men” not “me”
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I had the same problem with my duaghter. I was always throwing up and could not hold down food. The bathroom floor was my new bed. I would shiver after every vomit session and cried and cried coz I was hungry all the time. I could not stand look,touch or eat chicken and it happened to be my fav food. Then on my second trimester it was a miracle, I was as happy as can be and ate like a horse and looked like a whale but I loved every minute of it.
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Have never been pregnant,which after reading your blog, dont think I missed much. On another note I can see you are cleaning up your language a bit. How is that working for you?
Julie Reply:
February 5th, 2010 at 1:23 am
Eh. It’s tough but I’m on business so I’m working on it. Except me to return to normal once I get home and get myself readjusted to my surroundings.
opsss sorry
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oppssie sorry
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Oh yeah, I remember the first trimester more than the actual birth!!! I was so sick. I threw up morning, noon and night. WTF I thought “morning sickness” meant only mornings! I was so wrong,
I went through three of those times. The results – awesome.
Julie,
My wife had horrendous morning (actually all day) sickness. She got a vitamin B shot and her sickness just went away. May want to talk to your Doc and see what he/she thinks.
Congrats.
Paul
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I was lucky on both pregnancies. Some nausea but no vomiting. Still, two is enough for me as well. I just got my life back a couple of years ago and I’m kinda enjoying nights of sleep again.
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