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BFab11
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F/U to Weaning cold turkey
BFab11
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Good news: it was just a stomach bug and we're nursing again, yay!! We went a full 24 hours without and man, it was tough.
Bad News: I figured out it was a stomach bug because I got it too 
I'm already pretty consistently nauseous because of m/s, but Saturday it picked up drastically, then the vomiting and diarrhea started. If I took a little sip of water, within 5 minutes I was throwing it back up. After 24 hours of no food or liquid staying down and feeling like I had been hit by a truck, I went to the ER because I was worried about getting dehydrated and hurting the baby. They gave me Zofran (which is AWESOME and I'm going to try and get some for m/s) and IV fluids. I feel so much better, still achy everywhere and tired/weak, but much better.
More good news: I got an u/s at the hospital and have a new due date (I knew mine was off but hadn't had an u/s yet), December 31st!! Which also happens to be my mom's birthday 
I'll be changing my ticker once I get on my comp.
Thank you ladies so much for all of your support, it meant so much to me.
Oh and more bad news: FIL watched C while I was in the hospital (he's never babysat before and I really wanted to call someone else but DH was all like, "I'll call my dad!" ugh). When we got home he was telling us how C did and was like, "oh he ate like half that brick of angel food cake and loved it!!" Ummm... Excuse me? I know for a fact that DH pointed out safe foods since he's a good dad and not an idiot, and allergies aside, why feed a baby a hunk of cake when we have a pile of healthy food for him? Uuuugh! So now C is a tooting whining baby, but thankfully it's not severe and gas drops are helping a lot.
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Re: F/U to Weaning cold turkey
I'm sorry to hear that you have the stomache bug, but yay for being able to still nurse C!!! That's wonderful!
As for Zofran, I took it my entire pregnancy. I never would have survived my 45 minute bus ride into the city & work every day without it. The nurse at my OB's office told me "most women can go off of it at 12 weeks" every time I called for a refil, but I could not. If I missed even one pill, I would be throwing up everything I ate, if I had any appetite at all. So while I didn't love being on a med during pregnancy, I had to do something to keep food down & nourish the babe.
Anyway, so super glad for you that your nursing relationship with C doesn't have to end before you both were ready!
Great news! I have been thinking about you since I read your earlier post.
I think Zofran is awesome.
What is it with people wanting to feed the kids all kinds of contraband food? I get this with A all of the time. " how about some cheese? no. Can I give her some ice cream, NO!!!!!!!!!!"
grrr.
Yay! Good news! (Well except the part about you getting the flu and you FIL...)
I am not sure I would not have smacked my FIL up the side of the head if he did that. People are somehow blind to the whole allergy thing... like they keep offering me stuff with cheese in it, or asking if I want a yogurt. It is just not at the top of their minds or something.
My FIL is, how shall I say it, a less than responsible adult. That is the reason he has never babysat before, AND the reason that I asked DH to call a friend of ours to watch C, but nooooo, he feels sorry for his dad and wants to include him and junk when he doesn't make all that much of an effort to include himself.
MIL lives 4 hours away and FIL lives in the same city as us, but MIL has seen C more. Why? Because she makes an effort.
Needless to say, next time we're in a pinch, even if I am vomiting my guts out, I'm putting up more of a fight about who watches C.
Oh wow that sounds terrifying! He's been doing well as in not vomiting, but he's been either sleeping or crying for the past couple days. And yesterday he was gassy as hell (thanks FIL), would scream for a few mins, have some giant toots, then settle back down.
He'll only play for a couple minutes, then he wants to be held and cuddled. He acts hungry but will only eat 3-4 bites, then wants to be held and cuddled. I think he's slept more in the past couple days then he did as a newborn!
I'm really hoping that he just needs some time to recover and all will be well. It's just sad to see him so not himself.