2/5/07 - Coming Back

I'm finally starting to feel human again, and am slowly breaking out of the cocoon I've been secluded in for the past couple months. I'm willing to take short car trips, but avoid long ones because I still can get carsick. I've managed a couple of trips to the grocery store, which, although they made me a bit queasy, weren't half as bad as before. A couple times I forgot my second dose of anti-nausea medicine in the afternoon, but seemed to be OK. Now I'm cautiously trying to eat more variety and start cooking again, to see what I can manage without getting nauseated. I have to take baby steps, because when I push it too far I get horribly sick. I never really know what to expect, or what will push me over the edge. For instance, we went to a potluck baby shower last weekend, and though I had forgotten to take my pill, I seemed to handle it fine, even with the smell of all that food. The next morning, however, I promptly threw up my breakfast and spent the rest of the day queasy. It's very frustrating feeling like I can't make any plans because I never know how I'm going to feel. One benefit to finally being in my second trimester is that I'm no longer ravenously hungry. I still have to eat more frequently, but not in the same "bottomless pit" sort of way. It's nice to be able to stay full for more than 15 minutes, and feel like I can leave the house without my whole "feed bag" (Dave's name for my bag of snacks).