I'm finding it difficult to follow my doctor's recommendation of eating 3500 calories a day (while also drinking one gallon of liquids a day) thanks to my ever present morning sickness. Except that I'm not usually sick in the morning, it's from lunchtime to bedtime that I feel ill. I'm hoping that as I get into the second trimester later this week that it will start to let up.
Friday was the worst day so far. I had to call my sister over to watch the Bean because I literally couldn't hold myself up. After a day of eating saltines and drinking ginger ale, I still ended up yacking. So much for feeling like I'm going to get sick without actually getting sick, now it's just full on SICK. ugh. blek. blah.
I'm worried that I won't be able to gain the 24 pounds by 24 weeks if I'm this sick for much longer. There's no way I can gain weight or eat what I'm supposed to if I can't even keep saltines down! I thought getting the green light to eat WHATEVER I wanted would be the best thing ever, but it turns out it's just frustrating if you can't eat anything.
Being this sick all the time makes me feel like I'm not being a good mother because I'm not playing with the Bean as much as I used to. Sometimes when I read to her, I have to stop because if I keep talking I know I will yack. So I just point at the pictures and let her talk about the story. I feel like I'm not being a good wife because I'm so sick that my husband is having to pick up a lot of slack around the house and with the Bean. He does it without complaining, and I'm so blessed to have him to help, but I want to help and I WANT TO FEEL BETTER!
I hope you will feel better very soon!!! You are not a bad mother or wife!!! You can't help being sick! My cousin that had twins stayed so sick all the time, she actually lost 16lbs, but she had the weight to lose, you definitley do not. Try not to worry about it and hopefully you'll get your appetite back and can eat all the full fatty stuff you want!
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