my ghost pregnancy
i read all of the literature about women still feeling their babies kick after stillbirth, but i never felt that stuff. and then suddenly this week, i have weird stuff going on like i'm 13 weeks pregnant.
weird spasms in places low and high and inbetween, unbearable tiredness, and much urination are driving me nuts. and no, i am not pregnant, at least according to FOUR tests. anyway, it would be a miracle considering we've been basically doing double the birth control until this week and even then we've just relaxed to one form of b/c at a time.
so what is this stuff i'm feeling? it's too bizarre. it's six days until my physical, but i don't know if i can wait that long if this stuff keeps happening.
weird spasms in places low and high and inbetween, unbearable tiredness, and much urination are driving me nuts. and no, i am not pregnant, at least according to FOUR tests. anyway, it would be a miracle considering we've been basically doing double the birth control until this week and even then we've just relaxed to one form of b/c at a time.
so what is this stuff i'm feeling? it's too bizarre. it's six days until my physical, but i don't know if i can wait that long if this stuff keeps happening.
posted by laura at 6:51 PM
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Grief has physical effects, and grief coupled with labour and the after effects of pregnancy brings weird physical stuff; your body is still adjusting and rearranging itself. And dare I mention that you are probably pretty stressed out? As the Guide says "Don't Panic."
"don't panic" is like a direct command to panic like crazy.
i gotta start doing yoga.
Yoga, yay! Meditation even better. I took a meditation for health course a few years back to help me cope with headaches, migraines and neck pain and it has come in really handy the last couple of years. It helped me through having Strummer turned in utero, through labour and through grief and my recent health issues. I highly recommend it. Of course chocolate helps too!
mmmmmmmmmm...chocolate
I can't help but seeing Laura channel Homer J Simpson in that 'mmmmmm chocolate'.
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