Silly Mom Thoughts

I have had a different OB for each of my pregnancies (and, for Bug’s, two different OBs). Now, in my third and final pregnancy, I have found the most amazing OB ever. Why couldn’t I have found him first?

My first appointment, he explained things to me about my previous pregnancies that no other doctor had cared to tell me about. When I ask questions, he gives me all the information I need, and then some. He never ever makes me feel silly for coming in, and actually has a “better safe than sorry” outlook on it all. I never feel rushed in my appointment, like I have with previous doctors, he makes me feel like I am the only patient he will have all day long. It’s amazing.

Today, I went in to figure out what’s going on with my insane morning sickness. When I asked if it was normal for morning sickness to get more severe over time, he said nothing is necessarily “normal” from one pregnancy to the next. He explained that our bodies can react to external stressors, and asked if I had experienced anything out of the ordinary lately. Oddly enough, things have been a bit emotionally topsy turvy the past few weeks since my parents announced their divorce. He sympathized with me, made me feel like it was perfectly normal to have been upset over that, and said that could have most definitely played a role in my super awesome spewing the past week.

He went on to explain different ways the mind can benefit or impair the body, based on our thoughts and emotions, and the things happening around us. He said that at one time, pregnant women were very much coddled and protected, and that may be why now, when we’re out in the world like everyone else, some people react more to stress though physical reactions. Boy, did that make sense!

In the end, he gave me a higher dosage vitamin and something to help with the awful acid reflux I’ve been experiencing to see if those things are enough to keep the pukeys away. Of course today, because this always happens to me the day I go into the doctor, I am feeling a million times better than I did yesterday and the past week. Not that I’m complaining, I’d much rather feel good, but I kind of lost my gusto for begging for anti-nausea meds when I wasn’t feeling super sick.

So, things are looking up. I have my appetite back slightly, haven’t knelt to the porcelain gods for a day now, and am so glad I went in to the doctor today. Lets just hope this lasts!

(And a big shout out to my friend for watching the kids. I would be so screwed if I didn’t have such wonderful support!)

Oh! And just before I headed out to my appointment, another friend of mine showed up with a little gift for me: Morning Wellness Tea from Earth Mama Angel Baby Organics. It has a whole booty load of ginger, spearmint, chamomile, and other tummy soothing stuff. She owns this super cool company, Once Upon A Bum, you should go check out her site! Seriously, could I get any more love? I said it before, and I’ll say it again: Dang, I’m one lucky girl.

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