I have finally figured out how to get to sleep. I take my tablet of Unisom (yes it is safe to use during pregnancy - it helps tremendously with nausea) and use my sound machine, borrowed from my mom. The room has to be very dark and we have to take the chewing log out of the guinea pig’s cage, otherwise it makes this awful echoing, scraping sound when they snack on it in the middle of the night.
All the animals seem to associate lights out with playtime. Simba comes plowing through the door and under the bed, which wakes me up very time. The past 3 nights we have been kitty-free, and although I feel guilty, I just can’t get him to stop plowing through the room. The guinea pigs, however, like to start running laps around their cage right when we go to sleep, and usually around 8AM. If I got to bed at a reasonable hour, I wouldn’t mind.. but my insomnia makes it so I need to sleep until about noon and all the animals start up their laps, meowing, scratching at the door way too early for me.
Lately I think Dave has been suffering from my pregnancy, too. I know he can’t sleep as well at night, probably because I toss and turn, and that makes it hard to get up in the morning. He can be cranky especially if Baloo has been doing his high-pitch meow at the door for a while. I’m super cranky when I wake up, so I can’t blame him. I just think there’s been a lot of high emotion and stress in our home lately and it’s really hard to work through it when I’m constantly sick. One of the things a lot of pregnant women absolutely cannot do early on is cook or prepare meals. Since I have a really upset tummy right now Dave has to make everything for me and I usually eat every 3 hours or so. I know he’s doing it out of love and he tells me he doesn’t mind all the time.. I still feel bad and I wish I was well enough to do all the basic things people do in a day.
In other news - my wonderful mom bought us a used co-sleeper. It’s the Arm’s Reach Mini Co-sleeper. You can see a photo of it here. We bought it from a super nice family for $75, over half the price of the new ones. It is in great condition, barely used, and it looks brand new! It’s already put together and my mom is going to store it at the house until we need it. We spent a while figuring out how to turn in from the bassinet into the actual co-sleeper. I don’t think we’ll use the co-sleeper function much, despite what it’s called. I really want it for Muffin to be able to sleep in when I can’t be with him/her. I’m just not totally comfortable leaving baby on the bed with piles of pillows. I know a lot of moms do it, but I’d just rather have a bassinet. The co-sleeper holds a lot more weight than a traditional bassinet, so we’ll be able to use it for longer, or until baby can sit up and pull themselves over the edge. I have no idea what we’ll do then :P
I would like to ask for prayers and well-wishes that I will continue to feel better throughout the next week. I would really like to make it to class and be able to graduate in December. As long as my health improves, I will be able to finish the semester and have this Muffin with a degree under my belt :D
Thanks and love to everyone,
~Christine
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