This is me protesting.

[linden_jay]

I protest that I have been awake since roughly 5:30 this morning.

I protest that going by how sore my throat is, I have caught the Academic Husband's cold. Considering that he's still sniffly and gross and hacking his lungs up after a week? This does not impress me in the slightest.

I protest that I am fairly certain when I go to the pharmacy and ask what kind of cold remedies one can take while pregnant, they are going to laugh at me and go 'um, nothing. Suck it up.'

I protest that when what I really want is orange juice (preferably by the truckload), it's one of the many things I can't have right now because it has too much sugar and makes me all kinds of gross in the head.

I protest that I cannot have Pepsi on my not enough Pepsi in the world days right now.

I protest... just in general. Today? Definitely a Monday.

Comments

[tjournal.livejournal.com]

Poor thing!

Okay, here's what I did when I got sick pretty much three weeks into the pregnancy (cold and allergies):

Get the saline nasal spray. It's essentially just salt water for your nose. Get a humidifier and USE IT. Whatever room you're in, put it there and have the AH clean it out every night.

The pharmacy might have something you can take so don't rule them out but keep the "natural" things going because it'll ease some of your symptoms.

BIG HUGS.

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

You are kind of really awesome, you know that! And I feel very, very sorry for myself.

The boy is going to London Drugs after rehearsal on a mad hunt for a humidifier. He had his determined face on when he left today, so I imagine he will not be coming home without one. This might be guilt over the fact that he got me sick, but I do not care. He's also going to look for the nasal spray and talk to the pharmacist.

I've got an appointment with my doctor tomorrow, so if I'm feeling worse, which at this point feels likely, I'll be asking him what I can do too.

Big hugs from behind some kind of sterile curtain!

Oh! Plus, plus, also and--I got a package from you today! It is made of awesome, and the cattens keep trying to steal the yarn, and I can't wait to go through the books. You rock! MWAH!

[kristinholt.livejournal.com]

You can take Sudafed and Robitussin if it gets so bad you can't stand it. Just make sure there's no ibuprofen.

Why no OJ? Are they calling you a Gestational Diabetic?

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

No ibuprofen--check. I realised (when they called me to remind me, ha) that I've got a doctor's appt tomorrow too, so I'm going to pester him for things I can take.

I have successfully passed all my gestational diabetic tests, and I don't have it. But, I still seem to be reacting really strongly to sugar even still. The last time I had orange juice, I ended up shaky and dizzy and headachy and just about physically sick, and had to go take a nap for about three hours before I stopped feeling like I'd been sideswiped by a train. So no OJ or anything high in sugar for me... it just really hates my body right about now.

[kristinholt.livejournal.com]

My dr. gave me a list of can takes, so maybe they have one for you?

Ugh. :( You may be borderline, and just not processing sugar well. But big twins wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, y/y?

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

They're waiting for the throat swab to come back so they know if it's strep or bronchitis, or just an icky cold.

Yeah, I've missed out on the full-blown, but I really don't process sugar all that happily. So I avoid it, because hey, avoiding things that make you feel like ass on toast? Surprisingly not difficult, it turns out! And so far, the twins are right on target for growth, so if they maintain and stick it out long term, they could end up being between five and seven pounds, which would not be a bad thing at ALL.

[kristinholt.livejournal.com]

Teh plague came around twice here, so I wouldn't be surprised.

Is the sugar just a pregnancy thing? Then yeah, all is well. Mine is. Yes, less time in the NICU = good thing! All systems go for late May, early June?

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

The plague is hitting BIG time here. And it's not just an oh, yes, you have a cold for a week. It's like three weeks of utter grossness. I am SO not pleased.

It's just a pregnancy thing. In my ordinary Jay-life, I am a sugar FIEND, sad to say, and it's never bothered me (apart from my waistline, sigh). But while pregnant, natural and added sugar seems to just make me feel GROSS. But it seems as long as I avoid it, I don't feel gross, and I haven't tripped into GD land (they've tested me a few times now, and the doctor and nutritionist are both happy).

All systems go for late May, early June so far! I need to do a pregnancy post again--I forgot how long it's been. I had a bit of an O.O moment when they were booking my appointments and decided to only book six weeks worth. Kind of brought reality crashing down a little bit there!