Here's our good friend CY playing one of the shower games "Multi-tasking Mommy". She was the champion of the game with a time of 1 min 35 seconds. In this game you had twin babies to care for (one was sleeping at the beginning of the game), talk on the phone (without the aid of a speaker or headset), and fold baby laundry. When all the laundry was folded and socks matched up, you were done. Everyone who played did amazingly well, and the rest of us had a great laugh. It was especially fun to hear them have a pretend conversation on the phone with another one of the ladies in the room, then to have our hostess start making baby crying noises, that the other "twin" had woken up and needed attention too! Great game!!
Here I am with KR, who was the creative genius behind it all, with the help of CM and all the ladies of our community group. Thank you to all of you, but yes KR, you are deserving of a special thanks, especially since you yourself have reason to be tired and low on energy - growing a baby is hard work! I feel especially blessed by all of you, thank you so much.
And, a belly update. This was the same day as the shower - 32 1/2 weeks.
Now, you may be wondering why I'm writing to my blog at 4am. Well I was finally "lucky" enough to catch a real cold. Everything leading up to this was simply congestion and post-nasal drip due to pregnancy. Now I'm convinced I have a "real" cold. My sore throat does not go away, I have a scratchy throat (on the right side especially) that induces coughing fits that make me feel like I'm going to either choke or cough my pharynx right out. Even though the nurse at my OBs office said I could have certain medications, and I went out and bought some, I haven't opened it and I feel uncomfortable taking it because I looked it up and it's a category C drug. I just feel like unless I'm dying that I should just deal with the symptoms instead of putting my babies in any potential danger. It does mean for even more interrupted sleep, however. I'm sitting up now writing this as I am drinking a cup of tea, trying to soothe my throat a bit. And, it's not like I'm not tired either - I could fall asleep right now on this keyboard. But I think my sore throat or coughing would wake me up pretty quickly - so I drink this tea with the hope of at least some relief. Any of you moms (or doctors) out there have advice for me, what is safe to take, what non-drug remedy I could try to make me feel better? I did try gargling with warm salt water last night and that did seem to help for a little while, but it definitely is not a long-term fix.
Okay, now I really am starting to nod off at the keyboard. Time to finish my tea and try for a little more sleep.
2 comments:
please upload those pix! :) i actually drove home just to get the camera, but i ran out of batteries after three pictures!
to be honest, all the initial idea was born out of CM. i was the middle-man with the logistics. could not have done it without our CG women and PM, really. i'm really glad that you had a fun and blessed time. it was all worth it then. :)
as for cold, i was so miserable when i had it that i went to see an ENT. he thought nasonex was best for runny nose, and mucinex for congestion. he seemed actually pretty conservative when he found out i was pregnant and with my history, but he felt completely confident that these two drugs were fine to take. i took nasonex without any qualms, since it's not absorbed systemically, but mucinex i did only take it once. i drank a LOT!!! and i gargled constantly, and tried to take a nap whenever i could, even if it was just 10 minutes. somehow, i felt fine after a day and a half of misery. but more than anything, i think it was the prayers that worked. i'll be praying for you all.
i'm so sorry you're sick. please take very good care of yourself and get well soon.
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