Can't believe it's been 100 days. It honestly feels much much longer than that.
After what seemed like a blissful 3 or so weeks after all day sickness finally vanished I'm back to "This sucks" mode and although I've grinned and beared it for the last week I simply cannot anymore and I'm due for a blockchain vent.
Sorry bub, if you ever find this blog and sorry to everyone if it's all TMI. Mummy's gotta let it out!
Well.... Where do I bloody start?!!
I have budgie bladder.
I wish I was joking but sadly I'm not. I can't even remember the last time I went to bed and didn't get up in the middle of the night to pee. Hell even if I only got up once a night I'd be happy with that but noooo. Multiple times a night. I've been so tired I've been drinking coffee in the morning just so I can get things done around the house and get my blogs done.
I have a new mate, her name's Constipation.
Sorry everyone but this defo deserves a mention. I went from being like clockwork to are ya coming or are ya going? Between budgie bladder and this I may as well camp out in the loo I'm there half the damn day anyway. I've tried all the natural remedies. Dates, prunes, fibre, coffee - though coffee seems to work the best I'm restricted to 1 cup a day. I've even tried eating less because apparently we're meant to poop for every meal? Can't remember where I read that from or if I even believe it, but I tried it anyway and nope.
Ohh my back!
My back has been so sore I'm having issues with it whether I'm sitting down or laying down. So when I am not going to the loo and I'm in bed I'm tossing and turning and not sleeping anyway. But that's not my major drama at the moment if you can believe that..
Ohh my knee!
I'm only grateful that it's just the right knee not both knees cos I'll really be up shit creek then. The knee is my major issue at the moment that the others are shruggable. The knee really affects my mobility and if makes the back pain feel like nothing. It's gotten so bad that I had to go get the walking stick from the shed the other day and I've been using it ever since. Not that it helps much when I have to get down and bend my knee but still it helps take some weight off it. I've also resorted to rummaging through my essential oils cabinet for a remedy ~ which kinda worked, but only for a very short time.
Sleep... What's that?
If you can imagine, with everything going on sleep is elusive. It's not that I'm not tired I am. I'm always at the point of falling sleep but then I move and something aches or my bladder needs attention and then I'm awake again. After a week solid of this I'm exhausted on all levels.
Then there's my skin.... but I'm not going to get into that cos this is long enough and it's starting to get depressing.
Right?!!!
Hubby tried to tell me to "breathe" and "meditate" through the pain and frustration..... 🤨
Yall can imagine how that went down..
He ended up doing reiki on me instead, which I thought was a much better choice.
Then he came home the next day saying he spoke to people and they told him the baby is using what I have to grow itself, and that I need a lot of calcium. That pretty much aligns with my own conclusions when I say the baby is sucking the life out of me.
Now I'm trying to take extra care of myself by trying to eat better... Keyword there is TRYING.
The other day I made a huge bowl of cous cous salad with herbs and tomatoes from our garden and I'm also back on the avocados.
This was lunch yesterday and today as soon as I finish this blog.
I also ordered some roller bottles so I can make some essential oil roller blends for all my problems.
And I'm back on the Natal and Omega 3 tablets. I quit those during my all day sickness stage but figured considering all my issues I probably need the extra boost.
Aside from that I don't really know what else to do.
If you guys have any suggestions especially if it's an alternative or natural remedy/solution that doesn't involve me being a big pharma customer please share!
