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Monday, January 5, 2009
Frustrations!
I've been married for almost 5 years. And ever since before I got married, I wanted to have kids. I knew it would kinda be hard for me as I have RLS. But I didnt expect it to be this hard. I can handle being nauseous with the occasional throwing up. I can handle the heart burn, tenderness, cravings, and all that comes with being pregnant. However Im not handling the RLS without medication very well. Some nights are better then others. Not tonight. I went to be at 8:30 *no Im not old! Im pregnant! hehe* I tossed and turned and finally got out of bed at 11pm to watch some tv and make myself really tired and hopefully, not restless. With RLS, you get this sensation that you have to move. I feel like energy is building up in my legs and that if I dont release that energy, I will explode! But on top of that, I also get very hot feet and recently added to the mix, hot thighs. I sleep with a fan on every night. Some nights we turn our heater off *its an old system and freaks out when you dont do things the way it thinks you should* and it will be freezing cold. 50 something degrees and my upper body will be freezing, my lower half will be burning up so bad that its too hot to sleep comfortably! The problem is, I cant take my medication. I would hate myself if something happened to my baby cause of my medication. I take some over the counter stuff that I can take but its not strong enough some nights that its pointless in taking it. Im hoping when I have the baby to do a RLS sleep study and help find something that will take RLS away without being sick on the medication. And Im hoping that in their research, they will discover something that you can take while pregnant that isnt harmful to the baby. I know Im not the only one who suffers from RLS. I also know that it can start when you get pregnant. However I have had this for years. I can remember when I was living in our Pasco house, walking around my house half asleep trying to get my legs to calm down. I stopped doing that for awhile cause of the meds. I cant do it now cause then I have to work around the books we are trying to pack up and its really not fun to do! When we first got married, there were nights that Jake slept on the futon cause I couldnt sleep and him just breathing made it worse for me! It still happens now where he will be moving and I cant sleep, but I usually go upstairs for an hour or so and will be fine. I think my husband sleeping on the futon to help me out was really nice but I dont expect him to keep on doing it! Its frustrating and hard to deal with without being pregnant. Its even worse while pregnant. Funny thing is, even though Im completely miserable, I plan on having another child a year or so after this one is born. Hopefully by then, they will know alittle more! This baby is a blessing! I am so excited to be pregnant and have everything going well. But then again, Im completely miserable without sleep because of RLS! I've done alot of research online and basically was trying to figure out if other pregnant women have what I have and alot of them do. However they only got it when they got pregnant and not before. So in a sense, I kinda feel alone in this and I hate that I cant find relief from it! I just have to pray they find a way to help us while prego without harming the baby!
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