5w5d - ***YAWN***

Making a baby is tiring! It is also apparently bad for sleep. I am also on day 11 of this cold from hell. It’s pretty horrible. It is now bronchitis. I have some baby-safe anti-biotics. I am not looking forward to taking them, but I am looking forward to not being sick anymore so I can actually enjoy this pregnancy. I got to enjoy it for about 4-5 days before this cold knocked me out!

This cold is funny, because being pregnant is making it different than any cold I have ever had. First of all, coughing is strange. It makes my lower abdominal area feel a bit funny. Also, sometimes it makes me, well, sick. My doctor tells me that this is pretty normal – being pregnant can really make your gag reflex more sensitive. So a bit of coughing can make for some unpleasant, surprising results. Without the warning of nausea, well, you get the picture.
But there is some nausea, although not in the morning really, so I am not sure if it is pregnancy or cold related. Sure, I don’t normally get nauseous with a cold. But it’s not unreasonable to think that all the phlegm I might be swallowing (another pleasant thought) could be causing it. It’s also possible (and quite probable) that it’s Acorn doing it to me. Eh, I don’t mind.

I also seem to be having sleep issues. I fall asleep just fine. Last night I started dozing on the couch at a bit after 9, and Hubby-poo tucked me into bed by about 9:20 or so. And I passed out. But I then woke up at around 2 a.m. and was in and out of sleep until the first alarm went off. Of course, I passed out between the alarms, so when the second went off I was groggy and confused. I had a similar experience the night before, where I went to bed at nearly 2 a.m. (that’s what time I was finally done enjoying my new and improved gag reflex) and woke again around 5. I played the in-and-out game until about 6:15 when Hubby-poo’s alarm went off. He finally woke me for real around 7.

As a sidebar – if I seem like I might be complaining about this pregnancy, I can promise you that I am NOT. It took me no time to get pregnant, and I was very, very fortunate. And I know how fortunate I am. I will take every bit of insomnia, every bit of nausea, every bit of exhaustion, etc. I appreciate this pregnancy very, very much and I am so excited to get to meet Acorn in July that I don’t care what I need to go through to get there.