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November 01, 2006

Exhaustion. No, Seriously.

I learned something today. When you go down to the nurse's office to take a nap and you set the egg timer for 1/2 hour and sleep right through it for another hour, the nurse takes this pretty seriously. Apparently, also, when you wake up in the morning throwing up from exhaustion (and you're not pregnant) it is Very Bad. The nurse and I had a long talk about exhaustion and sleep deprivation and why it is not good for my body.

So yes, I woke up and threw up again today. Luckily the drugs the doctor gave me continue to save my butt so I can drag it into work. Yesterday I did not throw up, but that's because I felt a little iffy and made a preemptive strike on the nausea. Did I overdo it yesterday? Perhaps, but Dylan was just so cute I had to show him off to everyone.

We went to his Grandma's work, where everyone loved him. We went to my work, where everyone loved him. We went to his Grammy's house, where Grammy loved him. And we went to see his Aunt, Uncle and cousins, who all loved him. We got great pictures. (There's an adorable one of him and his Grammy looking at each other).

I'm not sure how we're going to get past this. I mean, if I'm to the point of exhaustion that I'm throwing up, I need to just sleep and sleep and sleep and that's just not going to happen. The worst part is I should have been ok today. I went to sleep around 8 last night. Woke up at 10 when Darren fed Dylan and went back to sleep. Dylan woke up at 3:30, and I should have been able to go back to sleep, but I was awake for the rest of the night - I just couldn't fall back to sleep. I don't know why. Had I fallen back to sleep, I probably would have been ok today, I would think.

Any suggestions? Any advice on what to do? Any recommendations for a good Endocrinologist?

Posted by Terri at November 1, 2006 03:04 PM

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*HUGS* I wish I had any magical advice. Or that I could send you canned sleep or sleep candies or... My friends who are moms all promise it will get better. You are being very brave, and I hope it will get better sooner rather than later!!!

Posted by: Juno at November 6, 2006 07:58 AM

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