I never realized how heavily reliant on
conventional medicines that I was until becoming pregnant. I want to do
whatever is best for my baby, but dear God I miss being able to take cold
medicine that will knock me the heck out when I don’t feel well. I’m definitely
taking some Tylenol because right now I have a sore throat that will not quit,
but I’d love to just be able to sleep through this thing and not have to think
about how annoying this sore throat is.
This one is definitely better than the last cold
that I had when I first found out that I was pregnant—I actually started out
the pregnancy with bronchitis so at least I can breathe this time—knock on
wood, but I’m not accustomed to having to actually experience most of the discomfort
of having a cold.
I definitely miss my conventional cold
treatments, but it isn’t worth the overall risk. I guess eventually I’ll be
able to take my conventional remedies again, but maybe for now it is better because
it is probably an incredibly mild discomfort compared to the discomfort of
childbirth, so I’m going to look at it like a mini training session.
In the meantime I have an appointment with the
OBGYN tomorrow and maybe he can give me some insight as to what I can to knock
this thing out of my system.
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