Yuck.

That's how I've felt all week. Yuck. All the time. Luckily, I've learned some do's and don'ts that are helping:

1. Don't take a B complex vitamin, just B6 and half a Unisom at bedtime.
2. Don't take flax seed oil--this messes with the estrogen hormone and makes the yuck worse.
3. Do sleep away the morning when able. (Done!)
4. Don't use very much energy--this will make you sick.
5. Do lay down after using any necessary energy. Walking upstairs, getting the mail, and walking back downstairs will require a good half-hour laying down on the couch to recover. I am a wuss.
6. Do eat whatever happens to sound good at the moment, and let your husband spoil you by driving all over town to get it for you.
7. Don't watch commercials with food when the yuck is bearing down. Just turn away.

All this knowledge acquired in just one week! And it is paying off. I even cooked dinner for my family tonight...well, I cooked the frozen skillet dinner that Brian bought at the store. But I did add a salad on the side. I have an appointment with the midwife (who delivered Kylie) this coming Saturday and hopefully we'll get a due date for this little bean. Knowing that I have a fairly high risk of miscarriage (due to my poly cystic ovarian syndrome) I felt compelled to warn Kylie that when the baby is really little, there's still a chance that things won't work out. I also find myself staying somewhat detached, just in case. But then I remind myself that even if we don't get to keep this baby, it is still a part of our family. I have a great amount of faith that what's meant to be will be, and try to lead off of that. Plus "they" say that being sick is a sign of a healthy, normal pregnancy. If that's the case, things are going very normal and very healthy!

P.S. If anyone is curious, homemade bread/biscuits/rolls/etc. are VERY calming to my stomach and will be accepted with much gratitude and hugging! :-)