Oct 14 2008
Pregnant and Sick
After the craziness of last week I thought I was all caught up and ready to take on the world. This morning I woke up sick. **sigh** Actually, I knew last night I was getting sick - I had that sore throat that means you’re going to get sick and there’s nothing you can do about it. I gargled with hot salt water as my mom always demands I do but woke up this morning with that painful, dry throat, red eyes, and that yucky-head feeling.
All this despite the fact that I have to argue with a co-worker on a regular basis about whether or not pregnant women get sick. His theory is that pregnant women don’t get sick because they are immune to everything. I can attest from experience that that particular theory is BS and studies have actually shown the opposite. Pregnant women tend to get sick more often than others because our immune systems are working twice as hard along with the rest of the body.
Ah well. I’m off to get some eye drops and gargle more salt water. Unfortunately my husband’s remedy of Jack Daniels can’t apply to this cold so I must suffer. At least my son will go to bed at 8 so I can follow closely behind.
