Many forms of media attempt to educate a newly-pregnant woman about the changes her body will undergo during the course of pregnancy. Although I am new to the pregnancy thing, I can already attest the "change factor" is a FACT!
This past week, I had an allergic reaction to something that caused me to break out into a serious case of hives! You think you ever had a mosquito bite? These hives resemble a welt-like mosquito bite .... like I was stripped down buck-naked and left for the eagle-sized mosquitoes of the amazon! Yes, laugh if you must ... it was quite a spectacle! However, on Thursday when I woke up, the hives had spread over much of my body and one of my eyes was swelled half-shut like Quasimodo! Luckily, I already had an appointment scheduled for these pesky hives to be examined. The doctor was able to put me on a round of steroids (that are safe for the baby, of course) that has caused my skin to slowly turn back to something more resembling a human.
I have to say, the rest for the last few days has been somewhat refreshing - the doctor took me off work Thursday and Friday and I have been zonked out most of that time from the antihistamine prescribed. Maybe that is why I woke up with Tim at 4:30am and have been unable to return to slumber-land. "Sleep while you can!!" the seasoned mothers exclaim! Well, I am trying :0)
Until the next saga of Timandjennspeanut!
Signing off -
Jenn (formerly known as Quasimodo)
1 comment:
Jenny! Congrats on the peanut!! These next couple of months will be wild! Enjoy and you'll be glad of the chronicles if you keep up with them!!
Enjoy!
Allison
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