ICK.

I woke up this morning, the first of a four day weekend, with a throat on fire (this ain't no Alicia Keys song) and a head full of pressure.  Suddenly, plans for my mini-vacation went soaring through the window and into the sunlight - to melt away like Icarus' wings.  Melodramatic, you say?  Yes.  I am.  In fact, some of you will be privy to me using this injustice to get my Hub to bring a Coke Slurpee home.  I'm dying.  A little every day.  More, today.

Either way. . . there is a very short list of medications that are approved for use while pregnant.  The best for me right now is to take some Sudafed to un-stuff me and hope that I don't drain tonight.  I'm not really big on taking medications for run-of-the-mill illness. . . but right now, compounded by the morning sickness that has set in, I am looking for the magic bullet of all pills.  It doesn't exist.

So, I wait.  And hope that those horse pills that we call Pre Natal Vitamins give me the strength to get well sooner. . .

***EDIT***
Note that I did not take the Sudafed.  I felt guilty and so waited to hear back from my OB.  Sudafed is safe (here in Missouri) but my OB prefers that use be limited and only after the first trimester.  It is worthy to also be stated that decongestants, in particular, should only be used after the first trimester.

It has been a while since I stated this. . and it bears repeating:
THIS BLOG IS MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY OB AND MY PREGNANCY.  ALWAYS CHECK WITH YOUR OB AND YOUR GUY.