Reality Sets In

It's been great resting at home, but it takes a lot more creativity to come up with something new to eat each meal. On Friday, 6/27 I was having what I call a "bad food day". I didn't have much appetite, and there wasn't much ingredients to cook anything exciting. Since I can't just not eat, I grabbed whatever I saw in the fridge and ate it. Some were left overs, some food I just threw it together very quickly, and didn't care about the taste or presentation.

Well, I paid the price around midnight when I felt very nauseous in bed. I ended up throwing up 3 times in about an hour. And while Chris comforted me, we both were wondering if this is food poisoning, or has my labor started because I was also feeling contractions at the same time. (We've learned that some women vomit when they have contractions.) At one point I said to Chris, maybe you should finish packing our hospital bags.

We waited a while to see if I felt any better. We both moved to the living room couch and turned on the TV for distraction. Luckily we both fell asleep and I felt a lot better when I woke up hours later. I've spent the last two days keeping myself hydrated and eating better.

I think it was the first time we both thought "This is really happening." I'm glad it was food poisoning and not an early labor. The next morning Oliver was kicking around like he always does as if nothing ever happened. I hope he'll stay inside for 2 more weeks.