Until the last 2 days. Somewhere over the weekend I managed to food poison the heck out of myself. All of Sunday was spent vomiting about once an hour from 6am until late afternoon. I couldn't keep the antinausea over the counter stuff down long enough to do any good. Reed bottle fed Betsy because I couldn't sit up to nurse, and was so dehydrated I wasn't letting down like I usually do anyhow.
Yesterday I spent all day in bed with Reed bringing Betsy to me to nurse and taking her away when I was done. Hydrated again, but I still was afraid to eat anything until last night. I spent most of yesterday one baby step from a nervous crying wreck afraid Reed was going to go to work today and I was still going to feel so incapable. I couldn't calm her. Could barely pick her up.
My point? I am mercifully fine today. Still tired, but ok. The thing is, what if I weren't? I know the post partum blues hit women from all sorts of places, but I suspect most healthy women get slammed with it just because they're not recovering fast enough to get the work under control before their support systems drop away. Anyhow, I sincerely don't recommend food poisoning and child care. Wuff.Oh -- and for the anal retentive among you, yes, I did check and nursing while food poisoned is bizarrely ok. Even recommended -- one can't think why.
Posted by karen at December 3, 2002 12:00 AM