And it's the GROSSEST THING EVER!
They smell like farts, so imagine that smelly gas coming out of your own mouth. It's awful, it's driving me insane, and I'm worried I'm going to have it until I deliver.
Here's why.
When I had that bout of it at 25 weeks, Baby Girl was head-up, and while we were camping, in the middle of the night she shoved upwards and caused a lot (and I mean A LOT) of stomach pain. I felt like I was going to be sick to my stomach.
When we got home from camping, I researched it a little, and it turns out that that gross odor is usually caused by a stomach that is emptying too slowly, and the food sitting in the stomach starts to rot. Which made sense, considering how she was wedged up there for the night...I wouldn't be surprised if she was closing off some food exit valve (don't I sound technical? ;) ) And then she flipped sideways, and then head-down, and it went away. So it all makes sense right?
Except, imagine my dread now, when Baby Girl is still head-down, and the sulphur burps are back (ps - apparently sulphur burps is a commonly accepted name for it.) If it really IS because she's that high, then I'm in trouble. I'm going to have this for another 6-8 weeks, and I really don't think I can handle that. I WILL cry.
It might sound trivial, but this is dreadful. Like, there is nothing that I eat that makes the burps taste any different, or come less frequently. In fact, the whole gas-in-my-stomach-from-rotting-food thing makes me need to burp WAY more often than I otherwise would, so I'm experiencing this quite frequently, and it's starting to make me nauseous.
So right now, I'm feeling kind of melancholy about it all. And I'm beating myself up for starting this pregnancy 20 lb's heavier than with Elijah, because I never had this with him, and I think it probably works along the same lines as acid reflux, where the more you weigh, the more prone you are to it, because you have all this extra tissue putting pressure on your organs.
Ugh. All I can say is EW. A hundred times, EW.
On the upside, I had a woman call me big and pregnant today! That might sound like sarcasm, but I was actually excited about it, because to me it's a sign that I'm nearing the end. Even OTHER people think I'm big and ready to go soon. I MUST be.
And here's a couple of the photos from today's Holly-WILL-take-photos-and-prove-to-Matt-that-she-needs-a-better-camera challenge:
[caption id="attachment_1002" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Those little boy hands. Still small and pudgy enough for a toddler!"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1003" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="Munching proudly on his banana"]
[/caption][caption id="attachment_1004" align="aligncenter" width="199" caption="I love this little boy and his toothy grin SO much!"]
[/caption]And on that note, I really have to finish this and work on getting ready for bed.
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