Got Sick

Yesterday I had the scratchy/sore throat thing going on but other than that I was feeling ok... well aside from the sciatic nerve probs. But health wise I was ok. Last night Junior and I went to the movies and during the movie I started to feel a little sick. It started with congestion, but I thought maybe that's just a pregnancy side effect. But then my head started to hurt a little and I started feeling a little warm. So we get home from the movies and I go straight to bed. Junior checks my temp, but it read 98.6. I thought, there's no way. I feel warm but I have the chills a little bit. But then again, I'm glad if I don't have a fever. So I, of course, turn to THE pregnancy bible (What to Expect When You Are Expecting) to read about getting sick while pregnant. I needed something to put my mind at ease b/c just during the ride home from the movies I already have thoughts like, should I call my doctor? Am I supposed to go the ER if I have a fever? Does my sickness effect the baby?


So anyway I read up on it first and THANK GOODNESS that I did. All my symptoms fell under the 'common cold.' haha! I guess what they consider the common cold is not the same as what I consider the common cold, but I'll take it. Symptoms such as headache, fatigue, congestion, sore throat and little or no fever (100 degrees F or less). Hmmm... that's like ALL I am displaying. So it suggested salt water gargle for the throat. Lots of fluids, maybe some OJ, rest (of course). The book said to contact your physician if your fever is over 100 and, of course, to always check with your physician before taking any meds (other than tylenol). So I figure, I'm just going to go to sleep. See how that works for me first. Well I must have woken up at least 6 times during the night. The third time I took tylenol in hopes that it would help make me feel better because I was feeling a little worse. Well low and behold, that tylenol did it! I woke up again, but only because I was sweating like crazy. So... maybe I developed a fever because all tht sweating actually made me feel way better! But now I'm just hot. So (carefully, my sciatic is still killing me) I get up to turn the fan back on b/c I had Junior turn it off initially b/c it gave me chills. I slept a little better, but still woke up because I was STILL sweaty. So I had to get a towel to sleep on. I think only until about 6:30a did I finally start to get some real sleep. Thankfully it's a Saturday!


So I didn't get out of bed until about 11:30 today. Although I feel 100% better, I still feel slightly under the weather. So I still took some tylenol just in case and am drinking loads of water. I can't imagine those women who have experienced worse sickness while pregnant. I mean, the common cold alone (which is apparently so common that almost every pregnant women experiences it at least once) made me feel miserable! What if it would have been worse? ugh. I can't imagine.


Now, I just want to take a shower. But part of me thinks, will that make me sick again? I don't think so. I think I'll take my chances. Junior is going to stop by the store on his way home from work to buy some OJ and more tylenol. So just in case.


ok, sickness aside. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up but I think it's too late. I'm convinced I'm going to have this baby early. I plan to finish packing my hospital bag today. I finished washing the baby clothes. Oh man I'll be so disappointed if at this Wednesday's appointment, still nothing. I was thinking, though, that I read when you get sick your fluids lessen so it's important to drink a lot of fluids. And so I have, but does that mean that possibly my water level is lower then? I don't know. We'll have to wait and see. But first, Tuesday we have an appointment with the pediatrician! yay!