Jul
26
just when things are coming together, you’re in the bathroom & you don’t think you’ll get out of there alive. that was my Thursday night, lol.
there’s a nasty stomach bug going around – norovirus? – and it caught up with me last week. thankfully it had good timing, my mum was over my house when things started going south – so i was able to lock myself away from all 3 kids straight away. Regan also had the next 3 days off work, and it was the last days of school holidays too. it was a big comfort to know that i could hibernate away upstairs, knowing that the kids were being taken care of and we didn’t need to be anywhere until Monday.
oh god it sucked! what can you say when you are erupting, violently, from both ends? i would of rathered another csection haha. and yes, i was holding my csection incision in fear of it splitting again everytime i heaved … lovely.
my tips to survive gastroenteritis –
one. stay home and very close to a toilet. enough said.
two. stay away from loved ones while you’re still ejecting stuff from your body.
three. don’t take anti-diarrhea stuff, you’ll want everything out of your system asap.
four. ride it out – if it’s gastroenteritis then they can’t give you anything but advice.
five. sip water. when you can keep that down then drink water, or better yet – water with a rehydration tablet dissolved in it. you have to drink more than you normally would to replace the fluids & salts you’ve lost.
six. don’t eat until you’ve stopped vomiting for 12 hours. then start with very bland things like white toast or bananas. i’m now enjoying rice congee with ginger 3 times a day…
seven. if you can’t keep water down for more than a day, go to the ER for IV fluids.
eight. rest. stay home at least you stop crapping yourself.
nine. WASH YOUR HANDS. WATER AND SOAP. ALL DAY LONG.
ten. once you’re upright, bleach all the surfaces in your entire universe!!!!!!!! bleach is the only thing that will kill the bug, so wipe down every door handle, light switch, toilet, sink, tabletop and hard surface you can. let it dry & then go over again with a damp cloth.
i’m grateful that the worst is over within 2 days, though i still don’t feel 100% yet (4 days later for those googling for info about this crappy bug). it managed to bump me below my pre-pregnancy weight – not the way i wanted to do it… and Regan still won’t sit with me on the couch yet LOL.
it’s now Tuesday and the sun is shining outside – a great way to start fresh this week & hopefully bug free 🙂
and now i can start blogging about more joyus things!!!!
Boy, it’s been a crazy week….
A month or so before the big due date, I was granted an induction date. I know, I know – induction is frowned upon. Wait until your body is ready. I know all this. But the stress of organising care for Jovie & Jasper, possibly at last minute (because I was still taking care of both kids right up until the end), knowing that I had a super quick birth the last time, knowing that Regan could possibly miss the birth altogether, having low fetal movements for months… there was just a whole bunch of things that worried me, and was alleviated by planning a date to go in to have the baby. (Please don’t leave a comment about how silly inductions are, I’m not asking for an opinion… thank you).
So back to the story. There’s going to be medical terms and lady parts discussed, so be warned. lol. It’s a long story …