Yesterday, i had a day off. After my mom got off work, i took her to her hair appointment in Calgary and Gemma and I went to the nearby mall to hang out while mom was getting her perm. We had a really nice mom and daughter time, Gemma and I, and had a nice lunch in the food court. I've discovered the best fried rice EVER at a food court stand and even though it's only been a day, I can't wait to go back and have some more. What is wrong with me...
For supper, we had a nice steak dinner at home. That was around 5:30, as per our usual suppertime. Around 8 or 9, i started not feeling too great, but I thought it was cuz i overstuffed myself. When i tried to go to sleep at around 9:30, i just could not get comfortable. Then, i spent the next 5 hours in the bathroom, vomiting. I seriously have never puked so much in my life. The weird part is, even though it had been 5 hours or more when i started throwing up, everything came up just as it went in. Nothing was digested. It was so gross.
Even after I finished throwing up, i had the worst pain all over my belly. it would come and go, come and go. I knew i couldn't be in any kind of labor though because my stomach didn't tense up at all whenever i'd have these "contractions". Finally, exhaustion won over the pain and i passed out on the rocking chair.
When i had my appointment this morning, i told the doctor about last night and she said "it sounds like gastro" (meaning stomach flu, i think). Apparently it's going around??? i'm not so convinced and i think it's just a one-time thing, but we'll see if i'm still feeling like this over the next week.
I asked about the cord blood donation and she said they were happy to comply as long as it wasn't on a weekend, in which case there is no transport available. It's a lengthy criteria to be able to donate, so I'm glad that i am able to (if this baby is born between Monday and Thursday, lol). I hope this little donation can help someone or help with any kind of research. I think if you are reading this and you're a pregnant woman and meet the criteria, you should think about donating. When i spoke to Dr. Mazloum about it today, she said the only thing is they will have to clamp the cord right away (no waiting until the cord stops pulsating) to draw the blood. It was kinda weird to hear this because according to Dr. Mazloum, they've been delaying cord clamping for years - but when i asked this question to Dr. Bagdan during my last pregnancy, she said they do it at the mother's request (not routinely), but is really not necessary (Dr. Mazloum also agreed it wasn't necessary though). For more info, go here.
When i brought up my anger problems, she said it sounds like i may be going through some kind of depression. I'm not depressed though in any way and am happy and very content with my life, happy to hang out with friends, love my family, and still enjoy what i always loved to do. I just seem to snap at the littlest things in a big, big way with regrettable words and actions that i can't control at the moment. i only see red and want to do major physical damage either to my surroundings or to myself. And it's not like i carry this anger with me all the time - i'm truly happy. She gave me the name of a psychiatric nurse in the area who deal with women who have depression/anxiety/anger issues during pregnancy. I will give her a call soon.
So that is that. It's seriously blizzarding outside right now. Yesterday it was like 14 degrees as i was driving home from the mall. Where is spring????
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