Monday:

This is my first time having a cold while pregnant and it sucks. Everyone here has a cold right now but patient zero, Lincoln, seems to be doing the best. He should be since he spent all of last week coughing in people’s eyeballs. We decided to take a sick day today to give everyone a chance to rest and give our bodies a chance to heal. Parker stayed home from school and Brian is taking it easy with work. My throat is still irritated but as long as I don’t talk or keep it to whispering it’s not so bad and I don’t cough so much. 

I took a COVID test yesterday and it came back negative so I’m resting and doing my best to stay hydrated today. I don’t want this to develop into something severe that could interfere with my pregnancy. I could feel worse….

In exciting news, yesterday Brian felt Beau kicking around for the first time. We were sitting at swim class watching the boys practice and he was busy! Maybe he was getting agitated because we were hungry but whatever the case, he was moving around enough for Brian to reach over and feel him. I’ve noticed his activity tends to pick up after I’ve had orange juice. 

Friday:

This cold is becoming a real inconvenience for me. It’s mainly been this hacking cough but now I’m getting congested. I talked to my PCP and ob the other day and they both suggested a nettie pot and Zyrtec. They also said regular Robitussin is fine. I’m still not comfortable taking cough medicine but I did pick up a pack of incontinence pads today. Yeah…like the coughing gets so bad that I need some backup

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