What I didn't know about dehydration and anti-nausea medication is that when the two are combined, everything must get out of your system somehow. While I was on medicine to prevent getting sick - this meant that everything came out 'the other way'. I spent all Tuesday and Wednesday still unable to eat and losing all liquids. Late Wednesday I began getting sick again but resumed taking my anti-nausea medication which seemed to make things better. By Thursday morning, I started feeling much better and this time I truly believe that the worst of this illness is behind me. I don't even want to think about how much weight I lost since I hadn't eaten anything real since Saturday, but onward and upward. Keep moving forward and making progress again.
Unfortunately, during these several days of illness was Brant's 30th birthday on Wednesday. While I recognize that I am much slower these days (being pregnant) I still would have managed to do something fun for his birthday had I not been in my current state. But as I mentioned I am happy to report that on Thursday I am feeling much better and the birthday celebrations will take place - just within 1 standard deviation (that was my attempt to be nerdy).
Brant and I were able to enjoy a little bit of the weekend doing semi-birthday activities. On Friday Brant, Dan and Tom went out drinking after enjoying some cake (thankfully Brant loves the simple marble cake so I was able to make it). Then on Saturday Brant and I tried to adventure out and were sort of successful. I'm not going to pretend it was the best birthday celebration ever, but it was reasonable. On Monday I got a little sick again but recovered and this time I truly think I am better.
I have taken this recent illness as a sign though. I am done, I am done doing anything. I am done doing anything that involves any sort of physical exertion. If I am doing too much then I am burning calories that the babies could be enjoying - so for the next month (at least) I will do nothing but rest and eat. We are getting so close to our goal of June, there is just no way I want to mess it up now by doing too much - it just isn't worth it.
I am thankful to have such a wonderful, patient and understanding husband who took such great care of me during my period of weakness postponing his decadal birthday celebrations. Now if he can just deal with a log-of-a-wife for the next month+ then we will hopefully end up with three healthy babies.
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