Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Swish swish swish

Thanks for your kind comments about morning sickness.  Yesterday Tom said, "Doesn't morning sickness have to do with a B vitamin deficiency?"  Good thing he said that, because I ignored the "morning sickness" part of the group meeting our OB held for new moms last month...because I've never had morning sickness.  Then last week I felt nauseous (without actually vomiting) and didn't want to do anything by lie down all day and sleep.

So I pulled out the paperwork from that group meeting and found the recommendations for dealing with morning sickness.  First step is 200 mg of B6 every day, so I bought some B6, took it yesterday, and enjoyed a morning sickness-free day all day.  I took another one today and felt great again.  So I've found MY cure for morning sickness.  I know it doesn't work for everyone, but so far it's working great for me.

Today I heard the baby's heartbeat at my first real OB appointment.  165 bpm.  It brought a smile to my face...I had forgotten what a baby's heartbeat sounded like over Doppler, and then I heard it and recognized it.  I mimicked the sound for Lukas this evening and he had fun trying to mimick me:  swish swish swish.

2 comments:

Christine said...

I'm guessing a girl based on the heartbeat. I'm very happy for you Cindy. It would have been nice to have been pregnant together.

Brandi said...

I wish I would have known about the vitamin B thing. I get so sick! If there is another time, I will certainly try it.

Oh that first heartbeat! I'm so glad you got to hear it!