My last post was about starting the SCD diet. The intro phase was really hard, physically and mentally. After that passed, I actually started to feel fantastic and best of all, my flare quietened down.
I stuck with the SCD for something like 6 weeks before I found out I was pregnant. I started cheating with little things because I was so damn hungry ALL the time and my options were still limited. Then morning sickness hit.
'Morning' sickness is really a misnomer. It lasts all day. You feel green from morning to night and nothing can lift it. I tried so many things. The last straw came when I threw up after eating a banana, a banana! So I asked my Doc for something to make me feel less disgusting. The pills worked to stop me from actually puking but I still felt rough, though I was able to function normally, which was nice for a change.
I almost lost my job because I went from working full time to only working 2 hours a day (from 2-4:30, when I felt able to drive). That was a sad situation because not only was I stressed out about being so fucking sick all the time, I was worried that I was going to lose my job. Consequentially, working has not been the best since then as I feel like they let me down when I was vulnerable and they think I wasn't really as sick as I was.
Now I am 19 weeks pregnant and feeling better, mostly. Unfortunately my IBD symptoms have returned since going off the SCD. I also, privately, feel that the pregnancy hormones make my inflammation worse. I have good days and bad days. When I take my probiotics I feel good (usually).
I also worry about the effect my IBD is having on the foetus, although nearly everyone assures me that unless my symptoms are really bad there's little to no effect on the foetus. It's good to read stories about women who have successfully carried a pregnancy to term with IBD.
Tomorrow is the anatomy scan so I'll have more to update then.
