Today was a hard day. Today was a wasted day, to be exact.
When I was younger, around 9, I began to have headaches. I don’t remember then being really bad, I just remeber having them. I had one every now~and~then. Then, when I was 13, after a year or two of having hormone difficulties, the doctors and my mother decided to put my on birth control. They said it would help with the problems and it did. For one month. Unfortunatly, one of the side effects is headaches. After being on this medication for one month, the headaches came. The migraines came. And I’ve never been the same since.
The first month of having migraines was terrible! I was in the ER so often I knew some of the nurses names. And that no joke! I was given medication called Imitrex in a shot form and I could not exceed 6 doses in a 7 day period. After day 3 or 4, my doses were up, it was that bad. I went from medication to medication; one would work for 3-6 months, then stop and I’d have to try another one. And, of course, most of them had weight gain as a side effect. Lovely! All those medications messed up by metobolism, but that’s another story.
Eventually, I stoped taking any medication and just delt with it the best I could. From the time I was 13 until I was 3 months pregnant with my first daughter I had a headache every day. And a migrain 2-4 time a month. My mother was certain it all had to do with hormones, but the doctors disagreed and scoffed at the idea. Well, when my headaches and migraines stopped when I was expecting Maacah, her theory proved true. For whatever reason, when I carry girls, the added hormones (whatever they are) help to stop my headaches. But, when I carry boys, my headaches return. Not to the same degree nor as often as before children, but they still occur. And I’m 2 for 2 with this, so I have some history to back up my statements.
So why was this day so wasted? So terrible? Because I had my first migraine in over 6 years and I was down for the count! It was one of those that make you sick, it hurts so bad. The children were wonderful, though. They stayed in the toy room most of the day and Maacah helped feed, change, and look after Malachi (she even changed a stinky Isaac!). By 4:30 pm, the pain was pretty much gone and I felt almost human again. I took a shower, which helped as well (Adam says that he can tell how my day went based on how pink I am after a shower. The worst the day has been, the hotter the water gets and the pinker I become! I’m not sure why I do this. I just always have. It is soothing to me to be under really hot water. Go figure!). My question is: why am I having headaches again? I’ve had a headache every day this week. I get headaches for other reasons, yes. Low blood sugar, not enough sleep, stress…But none of those things seem to be the culprit this week.
Almost excatly one month after the babies start on solid food, does my body go back to “normal” because they are nursing less. This has not happend yet and he has been on solids since Thanksgiving. He has been eating solids 3 times a day for 4 weeks now. And nothing. Perhaps Malachi will be a big brother before he knows what one is? We shall see.