Today was a bit worse though, because I could not stay awake. Even now, after hours of sleeping, I'm struggling to keep my eyes open (I'm trying to though, so when I take Katie to sleep I'll be able to sleep through the night. I know my body would love to keep me up all night if it can!) I felt like death, and apparently I looked like it too. While making lunch, I got really light headed so I went to lay down. I accidently fell asleep for hours. Luckily Bill was still home, and while I was totally zonked out, he called off work and finished up lunch. I found out later that he told his bosses that he was definitely staying home today (he tried to take off for me twice last week but the bosses had taken off and wouldn't let him) because he said I looked like death and he was worried about leaving me. When I looked in the mirror after waking up, I realized that I did look really pale. It's what happens every time I get sick (or have surgery, or have a baby, or anything weird going on really!)
I also haven't been able to talk again today, though now that I slept all day, took meds all day, and been in and out of the hot shower, I'm starting to be able to talk and have a bit of a clearer head. I'm hoping it's a good sign for tomorrow, as we can't afford for Bill to stay home again.
It was, however, lovely to have a day off. I literally laid on the sofa, doing nothing but napping or sometimes watching tv, all day long. Bill did all the cooking, he helped get me caught up on the five days of chores that have built up while I've been sick, he took care of Katie, kept the dogs away from me/fed them/took them potty, he fetched me anything I needed, and basically didn't sit down for more than two minutes all day. Even being so sick, it was nice to have a day where I didn't have to get up at all except to go to the bathroom.
The nice part about being like this while pregnant (and there's not many - between the hormones, the peeing every ten minutes, the insomnia, etc) is that while I was in this world of sickness, it felt like it was just me and this baby. Every time baby moved, it was a big deal because there were no other distractions. I got lots of time with just him and I. And boy is he moving a lot today! He's not used to me staying so still all day so he's really energetic (no wonder I have no energy - he takes it all!)
The bad part is, I had to have Bill call the birth center this morning and cancel tomorrow's appointment. No way did I want to go sit there among the other pregnant women and the newborn babies and expose them to these germs. Not to mention, it was supposed to be my blood work and glucose test day - if I can't handle being sick normally, I wasn't going to fair well when they put my body through tests and removed blood - which always gets me super sick as it is. So now my appointment is for Monday, and it's later in the morning - which will suck that day as I need to fast before it, and it's more time I need to not be eating. Pretty sure I'll get quite sick, but at least I won't be this kind of sick!
Katie is now in a big girl bed. Last week she chose her own bedding, which of course was Minnie Mouse. I love having Will's crib bed all set up along with Katie's big girl bed, as both of them are cooresponding, since one is all decked out in Mickey and the other in Minnie. It's adorable!
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