Here you're imagining adorable little four legged bundles of furry joy terrorizing our place.
You're thinking to yourself, really Jes? Do you really think that this is the best choice considering the time and effort necessary for this kind of undertaking, not to speak of the financial responsibility. With a baby on the way and your current work schedule this really isn't the best time for a new pet, none the less multiple.
Isn't Shawn more of a cat person anyway?
Is this one of those rash pregnancy decisions resulting from flared hormones and increased stress?
I can even think of a few friends in Milwaukee who would love to take the little guys off my hands once I come to my senses!
Before you get too carried away, just calm down a minute. No one is getting a new puppy.
This "rash" decision was no decision at all, and I would be quite opposed to the undertaking had I say in the matter. And we're not talking about bundles of joy terrorizing my place, but oh they are terrorizing.
I have "Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP)"- shortened to PUPs in the medical community.
Apparently I have a relatively severe case. Essentially I have what look, feel, and act like a few hundred mosquito bites from my neck down to my ankles. Usually they start at your stretch marks (none of which I have yet) and spread around the belly. In some cases they affect just about the entire body (except the face). Well, they're all over. Sorry for the "TMI" factor there.
Fortunately, this condition in no way affects the baby. Completely harmless. I had wondered though, considering the hundreds of mosquito bite looking bumps, if I would be soon blogging my own version of The Metamorphosis, and become the new modern and maternal Kafka. Can you imagine birthing a 9 pound mosquito? Can you imagine nursing it?? Someone asked me this morning if I would love it as much. I would try really, really hard.
I would, though, be instantly famous I'm sure. Take that Octo-mom. Bring it on Duggars. Forget the anxiety surrounding Shawn getting a job right away or how soon I would have go back to work. We'd be on every week right after Teen Mom 2!
Anyway, no need to worry about that! I wouldn't want to bring my baby up in that kind of spotlight anyway. Maybe a heat lamp, though. I don't know much about raising mosquitoes.
In summary, all is fine. Mom is just a bit inconvenienced. Baby has a healthy heartbeat, and I'm even starting to show!
We hope you are all enjoying your holiday season, and hope to see you soon!!!
Oh, dear. I had that, Jes, but only for a few weeks. (Actually, that's the primary reason I was induced two weeks early with Ethan...I had it everywhere and couldn't sleep unless drugged, which isn't recommended during pregnancy for obvious reasons. Even the palms of my hands itched.)
ReplyDeleteOne thing I would have followed up on had I been forced to was UV treatment. If not at a doctor's office then spending short periods in a tanning booth. Talk to your OB obviously but many of them don't deal with this often so might not know about that as a treatment.