Subject: Blood pressure theory sounds much more plausible
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Posted on: 2008-10-21 20:57:00 UTC
... that'll teach me to hypothesise wildly.
Subject: Blood pressure theory sounds much more plausible
Author:
Posted on: 2008-10-21 20:57:00 UTC
... that'll teach me to hypothesise wildly.
So far as I know, morning sickness generally ends after the second trimester or earlier, and can be cured with the moderate application of Guinness. Or so my sister found, anyway. I shall be enquiring over the course of the next few months to see if Guinness has a similar curative power in pregnancy number two.
And my vote for a Stu is letting him splat.
This is in the second month; the mission follows right off of Skopos.
Almost everything a not-up-the-duff woman can, yes. But no hot baths, and no pate or anything else with liver in. I've a suspicion soft cheese is meant to be off the menu too. Any sort of forgetfulness, clumsiness, grumpiness, insanity etc can all be attributed to the baby. Whether they're anything to do with the pregnancy or not.
*hugs Leto* I envy your future wife. And I agree with you - I feel bad for all you guys who get blamed for things that you are in no way responsible for just because we're all hormonal and need to throw things. Poor you. Feel free to save this comment to post to my future husband for when I'm pregnant, because I'll deserve to have these words shoved down my throat.
I sounded very mushy. Erp. I suppose it's a side-effect of being sick.
Why not?
that any hot water that makes it, er, back up the plumbing, as it were, might boil the sprog, or at least flush it out from the uterine lining.
I suppose also the act of sitting in a hot bath might raise your internal temperature enough to boil the sprog that way too...
... that'll teach me to hypothesise wildly.
After all, it's plausible that embryos would be much more sensitive to overheating than a fully-grown mother - still, this makes more sense.
If I had back pains all the time I'd want hot water treatments just to soothe it - scratch that; I DO want hot water all the time when I have back pains.
Something to keep in mind, I guess.
... probably waits until you've got a baby-bump, by which time hot water bottles are probably okay :)
You can have warm ones, and they might soothe your back pains. But really hot ones are out. My sister was complaining about such when I was visiting her a few weeks ago, and was having the hottest baths possible while she still could. The fact that she was unknowingly up the duff then and still is now suggests the hot baths won't automatically do away with the sprog.
I'll file that away under "Things I Hope To Someday Need To Know" ;) Cheers.
anything with fungal or microbial leanings is probably a bad idea, so yoghurt, soft cheeses, pate ...
and yes, you can blame LOTS on the pregnancy. It's like a get out of jail free card :P
With pate it's the fact it's made from liver that marks it as off-limits. Too much vitamin A is bad for baby.
Was in the pub with a friend the other day, asked for a couple of vodkas complete with mixers and ice. The pregnant barmaid managed to totally forget whether she'd put vodka in mine, and chucked a couple of extra shots in just to make sure. She blamed it on the being pregnant. I didn't care because it was free vodka.
Can be only a few hours (generally in the morning), but can last pretty much all day. It's highly individual.
Which, again, is a license to do whatever suits your plot :P
This doesn't stop at actual nausea though. We're also speaking headaches, cravings, and the ever popular hormonal shifts. I'd listen to Trojan Horse over me though. I'm speaking from experiences with my mother.