"Morning" (ha!!) Sickness

It has begun. The incessant churning and rumbling in my stomach, that instant gag reflex that seems to rear it's ugly head FAR too often for me. Whoever dubbed the term "morning sickness" either had it easy, or was a man, because it's never confined to the morning.

I have been lying on my couch for the past 3 days, only moving when ABSOLUTELY necessary.  My couch has a perma-Mama Bee dent in it, I've probably consumed a total of 800 calories, maybe less, everyday, and who knows how much of that has actually stayed in my system long enough to nourish me?? It happens with every pregnancy,  so I can't look at this as a "good sign" that everything is going to be fine with this baby. I've been just as sick with every single pregnancy.

If anyone has any good suggestions, please feel free to post them as comments, or shoot me an email. I'm certainly open to anything, although, in the past I've tried:

• phenergan tablets
• dramamine 
• sea-bands on my wrist
• ginger ale
• ginger root tea
• salt and vinegar potato chips
• emetrol
• phenergan suppositories

There's probably more things that belong on that list, but frankly, a pill won't stay in my system long enough to be effective.

Why am I telling you about my barfing habits? Well, first, as always, I'd love prayer. Second,  I'm giving you a very valid reason as to why I'm may not be on here as often as usual for the next 10 weeks or so. It may be less, it may be more, you never know with "morning sickness."