This weekend was supposed to be a lot of fun. On Saturday, my family planned a shower for me and two of my cousins' wives (Trish & Sarah). Then after, Brant's family had their traditional Easter party where they do a big scavenger hunt, eat yummy food, and hang out. Then Sunday my family got together for a big Easter dinner at my parents' house. Doesn't that sound like such a fun weekend?
Well...while all those things did take place, and I heard that the activities on Saturday were a great time, Brant & my weekend was a little different than that...
I went to bed on Friday not feeling the greatest. We had gone out to eat at a Mexican restaurant for dinner and I figured I had probably over ate a bit. But nothing to worry about - the heartburn and overstuffed stomach feeling would go away with the help of Tums and rest. Right?
WRONG!
At about 4:00 am, I woke up and realized that the sick feeling just wasn't going to go away laying there in bed. Figuring that it might help if I sat up, I went out to my big white chair to "sleep" sitting up. Brant joined me around 4:45. Shortly after, I succumbed to the signs and barely made it to the bathroom before all my dinner came up. (Sorry...that's gross)
Well...to make a long (and gross) story short, I spent the next 10+ hours visiting the bathroom about every hour to...clean out my system. I couldn't keep anything down. I tried to drink as much Gatorade as I could, but it didn't stay in my system for very long.
***Side note: I never throw up. To me, it is the worst thing I could do, so I suppress it as much as I can. I honestly can't remember the last time I had thrown up before Saturday - I never even did at the early stages of pregnancy. So for me to throw up 7 times in one day...let's just say has never happened to me.***
Needless to say, we missed ALL the fun activities on Saturday - even my own baby shower!! Luckily, around 3:30, I got a Zofran from my sister and the nausea stopped. So that night, though I didn't feel 100% better, I was actually able to keep down a little bit of bread, some saltine crackers, and even 1/2 a bowl of soup! And I was completely better on Sunday - enough to even enjoy some chocolate at my parents' house! So at least we got to have SOME Easter fun this weekend.
I'm 90% positive that I didn't have the flu, as I didn't have any other symptoms (no aches, no pains, no fever) - just an upset stomach. Maybe it was something I ate at dinner. Maybe it was my body getting rid of all the wast in preparation for child birth (see below). But whatever it was, it was awful!!
Most websites I found said that vomiting and diarrhea are signs of early labor. Add that to the fact that for the past two days my contractions have sure kicked up, and things are looking like my baby might be coming soon!! Honestly, I'm surprised that I didn't go into labor on Saturday with all that my body was going through. But I'm glad I didn't. I want an April baby :). And as of today I'm 37 weeks - so "full term"!! So...come on baby!
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