Thursday, November 12, 2009

Dreams, phlegm, and force feeding

I hear that pregnant women have weird and very vivid dreams. I, however, have always had weird and vivid dreams. Ask Craig, he thinks I have the mind of a crazy person. Being pregnant hasn't really changed my dreaming...style. Last night, for example, I dreamed that Michael J Fox was my boyfriend and we were having lunch at Sweet Tomatoes. I remember carrying my tray through the line, only, I don't remember what we had. The only strange part was that he went through the line ahead of me and didn't pay. Heh. Jerk.
The night before I had a dream that Gwen Stafani and I became good friends. She wanted to do something different with the band, and decided that the "something different" was to make me the other lead singer. Nothing weird about that! Wait- she lived in a crappy apartment complex, so that was a little weird.

Phlegm. I have been having sinus issues, usually in the mornings, which means that I sneeze a lot, have a runny nose and, consequently, have a constant presence of phlegm in my throat. Its impossible to ignore and the second I think about it, I gag. Its most annoying. I does help if I chew minty gum, I don't know why, maybe because its a distraction. I hate having an overactive gag reflex in the mornings. And why is it just in the mornings? I swear, its largely psychological.

My appetite is still pathetic, do any of you Moms out there (especially of multiples) suggest a point when I should start drinking protein drinks? I'm almost 10 weeks, think now is unnecessarily too soon? I don't feel the need to pack on the pounds yet, I just want to make sure the little ones are getting what they need. I do eat something for every meal, the portions are just puny and many dinners (and lunches) are tomato soup and crackers. The other night I had a generous handful of green olives and a small bowl of cottage cheese for dinner. Mmmmm, green olives:) Not terrible, I got my protein! The saturday before I had a bowl of cereal at noon and a cup of soup at 8. Could have been why I had a headache that day. Today for lunch I aimed for a baked potato and cup of chili. I only ate the potato. Chili was too oniony for me. The potato was a decent size, so I don't feel bad. You all have to know something, this is such a new feeling for me. For years I longed for my appetite to be taken away- as healthy as it normally is. And now when I'm allowed, and encouraged to eat like a cow, I have to force myself. I have to admit... its lovely.

7 comments:

  1. Well I don't know much about protein drinks, but I do know that somehow the babies seem to get what they need. I went for weeks keeping hardly anything down for several pregnancies and all of my children came out healthy. Usually the gag reflex is worse in the morning because you wake up with an empty stomch. The more empty your stomach is, the worse it gets. My doctors always suggest eating crackers about an hour before i normally wake up. It never really helped me, but it might help you. Also, you can take Benedryl. It helps with the phlegm and the gagging!

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  2. Triplets! Awesome.
    I've always had crazy dreams too. But they died down a lot when Adam made me stop watching scary movies. :P When I'm prego tho, they come back, and vivid, just not scary.
    The phlegm is new for me this pregnancy, I just hack it up, it's gross, but stops me from losing the contents of my stomach.
    And, for me, the loss of appetite only lasted the first trimester. So funny, your meals sound almost exactly like mine were..green olives & cottage cheese.. lol yum! One of my favorites!
    Triplets! lol So awesome.

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  3. The whole time I was pregnant with David I had to wear those Breathe Right strips across my nose, the ones with Vicks Vapor Rub on it worked best. They really opened my sinus and I could breathe all night long.

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  4. I always have dreams that my husband is cheating on me when I'm pregnant. I forgot about the phlegm issues too, there are so many "wonderful" things about pregnancy!

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  5. I was sick the entire time with Hill. The doctor said if I lost anyomre weight they would hospitalize me !! So eat I did even tho I would just lose it a few minutes later !! And I'm with you it was the absolute first time in my life they told me to eat and stop losing weight !! I only gained 2 lbs with Hill !! Because it takes 2800 calories a day to make a baby (I was told) and the calories I already needed to maintain my svelte shape, well you see the problem who could eat that much in any day ??? hehe I am praying for you to regain the desire to eat at this important time and that it will then disappear as you wish !! Love Ya R

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  6. Here is my daughter Elizabeth's blog site.
    www.totsites.com/tot/3peasandacarrot
    Her first entry is 8/10/06. Her babies came 1/03/07.
    I think you will enjoy it.
    Renee

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  7. All right, so what's going on with these little one's and you now? Time for an update.

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