Showing posts with label sickness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sickness. Show all posts

Thursday, June 7, 2012

9 weeks 2 days- Sickness :(

I have a cold :( Stuffy nose, sneezing and congestion. I read that your body suppresses your immune system when you are pregnant so that your body doesn't reject your babies. Boy is this the case for me.... It might even explain why my  eczema has not "cleared up"... whatever that means. I just came down with eczema in March (before I was pregnant) for the first time in my life. I'm having trouble stopping scratching (My brother said that I need to wear some gloves or bandages like I'm a four year old).  The doctor prescribed me a steroid cream but told me to stop taking it after I found out I was pregnant. Now my skin is discolored and it sucks! I've always prided myself on having clear skin... Oh well. I have a dermatology appointment in a couple of weeks. Let's hope they deal with this.

Today I had organic apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast and half an organic grapefruit. For the remainder of the day i had 2 bowls of life cereal with unsweetened almond milk, a spoonful of peanut butter, homemade organic italian wedding soup and ramen noodles with half the packet of seasoning (to cut back on the amount of sodium). I also had am organic pear today. Yikes! This does not look good. I'm going to have to make better choices. The nutritionist said I needed at least 2700 calories per day for this pregnancy but I've been trying to just eat when I'm hungry and stay hydrated.