My OB's office says that it's OK if I continue to puke once an hour as I have done the last few hours, the only risk to the baby is if I get dehydrated. So I should give them a call back tomorrow if I'm still puking and not peeing frequently.
That's about as comforting as the LLL leader who told me it was OK for my nipples to bleed while breastfeeding.
Plus, they urged me to try to get some calories in, for my own health[1]. That's great, since the calories I've taken in in the last hour have worked out real well for me - I'm really motivated to take in some more and then give them up shortly thereafter.
[1] Not because the baby will get hurt in the slightest if I go a day without eating. That's the nice thing about the warm and fuzzy parasitic relationship POTUS and I share. POTUS will leech whatever he/she needs out of me without me doing anything special.
So sorry to hear this.
Do you have a virus, or is it "morning" sickness? If it's pregnancy related, the combo of twenty-five milligrams of vitamin b-six three times a day and twenty-five milligrams of Unisom at night is supposed to be very effective.
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 30, 2005 at 07:37 PM
Most likely a bug, as my husband is under the weather (although not as severe) and I've been fortunate that myself and the rest of my family has never had problems with vomiting solely because of a pregnancy.
At this point I'm just waiting it out and hoping it's better tomorrow.
Posted by: Cynical | August 30, 2005 at 07:41 PM
No Morning sickness! The shame! I had THAT lovely symptom of pregnancy for about 4 months. I'd consider you lucky (in some parallel universe).
Posted by: bethany | August 31, 2005 at 04:32 PM
I know, I feel bad complaining, how dare I? :-) But man, when you're feeling miserable, who cares how miserable others feel!
On the bright side, it *did* appear to be a 24 hour bug.
Posted by: Cynical Mom | August 31, 2005 at 04:34 PM