Why is it that whenever something big in life happens (surgery, marriage, vacation, etc) we always have to go back to work? It's always the worst part! But I'm back at work. Feeling much better every day than the day before.
We are so thankful for all of the blessings God showed us through a rotten appendix! I couldn't feel more strongly that God made sure this baby stayed safe. In lieu of all of my thankfulness, God seems to continue to remind me that I'm pregnant. While in the moment it is often difficult for me to connect these terrible symptoms with the beautiful baby that is forming - after the moments I am glad that the symptoms are aligned with a healthy pregnancy!
Nausea is horrible. Today I actually feel ok - but it might be because I'm pumping my body full of every type of cracker you can think of. I moved from Saltines to Animal Crackers to Wheat Thins and am now onto Teddy Grahams. It really does seem to be easing up though - so possibly the nausea was from all of those pain medicines I was on! We are daily regulars at the grocery store trying to find whatever it is that I feel comfortable eating each day! It has terribly thrown off our grocery budget.
I could definitely do without the night sweats. Its really disgusting and I only wished it could replace 30 minutes on an eliptical at the gym in real life! I often have to change clothes in the middle of the night and always wake up wet and freezing cold. It's pretty much disgusting.
Restless legs. This is the oddest of the bunch and the most aggressive. The doctor warned me that some pregnant women developed restless leg syndrome - and now I know what he meant. Do you know when you're about to fall asleep and all of a sudden your body jolts? It's like that in my legs ALL NIGHT LONG. The first night was the worst, I considered cutting my leg off. I think I was watching Cheers until 4:30am when I fell asleep. The next night Joe got to endure it all night. I called the doctor yesterday so now I'm taking some paid medicine before going to bed and last night I finally got some good sleep. It was funny as I was falling asleep (after talking Joe's ear off for an hour - which these meds seem to cause me to do) I could feel the difference. My toes were twitching for a bit but then all subsided!
And finally, I can't button my pants anymore. Unfortunately this is not due to being pregnant at all. In fact, I'm pretty sure the appendix they took out is 20x bigger than the baby that's in there! But whether its due to a few extra winter pounds of the stitches that cover my belt line - I'm fresh out of pants that are working for me right now! The wounds should heal and stitches dissolve sooner than later, so hopefully we'll buy a little more time without an entirely new wardrobe! And for now, a wonderful excuse to wear the one pair of jeans that have a little bit of breathing room for me.
We hope that you all are doing well. And if you EVER feel cramps in your lower stomach, don't question it - just go to the ER and tell them to check your appendix. Scott Roth can tell you how it feels when it ruptures, and I'll tell you its bad enough when it's just infected.
Love you all,
Robyn
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