What's got you annoyed today?
Me: 34 DH: 34
Married 10/28/17
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TTC #1 February '18
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TTC #2 January '21
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MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21
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Re: Monday B*itchfest
This is so dumb but I hate cooking beautiful meals and then when it comes time to eat it, I am repulsed by it… and I am so tired of peeing. I know it could be worse…. I am happy to have this little blueberry inside me.
Currently reporting from the bathroom floor because I’m not feeling brave enough to leave it.
why are we as women basically told to suck it up when it comes to morning sickness? Everyone, including my doctor, gives the most mundane response when I ask for help. “Eat crackers before getting out of bed. Eat bland foods. Etc” like do those really work for anyone?? I feel like you have to be hospitalized with dehydration for someone to finally take your concerns about nausea seriously. I’ve tried it all, all the tricks, the unisom and vitamin b, seabands, blah blah blah. But nothing stops the constant nausea. Sure, I can keep crackers down. But what am I supposed to do, live off crackers for the next x amount of weeks? I can go to work and get up off the couch, but I don’t want to. All I want to do is lay in bed and cry about how queasy I feel 24/7. It’s a miserable way to live and does not make pregnancy exciting or enjoyable. That is the end of my rant. Haha
I recently read a press release about a circulating protein, GDF15, which new evidence suggested may be a cause HG and morning sickness. One of the researchers (Dr. Fejzo, below) experienced HG herself and wanted to figure it out. This passage pissed me off:
"Now, two studies, one led by Fejzo, suggest that an excess of a blood-borne protein, growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), is a cause of HG, and perhaps other cases of nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. The finding "finally gives some answers … and validates what women have been experiencing," says Caitlin Dean, a U.K. nurse who became chair of a patient advocacy group after enduring unrelenting vomiting and nausea when pregnant multiple times. In the past, some doctors asserted that women exaggerated their symptoms, and even today, women with hyperemesis report that medical staff brush off the severity of their symptoms as a routine part of pregnancy."
Like, are the word of women and these horrible symptoms never enough? You really need a protein biomarker to prove something even exists?
Anyway, I'm with you there and I sincerely hope you get the relief you deserve soon
My Monday b*tchfest is a carryover from Friday. While at lunch with a best friend, my brand new car was smashed into by a gigantic Dodge Ram, ripping the bumper halfway off my car in the process. The guy left his card and is “really sorry” and assured me that “it wasn’t intentional.” (WTAF dude? If it was “intentional”, you’d be arrested.) Anyway, his insurance is covering it, but based on my calls today, collision repair centers are scheduling out appointments in *MAY* and I’m hearing stories about imported parts being delayed for months on end. Getting the estimate today, so we’ll see how straightforward they think it will be. My car is drivable but parking is really awkward with part of the bumper pushed out in front of the car, and this all just sucks.
I just really wish I could tell my employer/ coworkers/ clients that I’m pregnant and dealing with a lot of personal calls & morning sickness so I can’t be online for work meetings at 7:45. I can’t tell them til I have a due date, bc HR f***ing sucks and we have some nasty cliquey middle-aged coworkers who will hold it against me bc they’re just bitter about life in general. Also: I’m the only person in our department to still be paid hourly and we supposedly work 8-5 so… 🤷🏻♀️🙄