Oh the Pain!

Okay, so after speaking to my good friend Lisa today she told me I had to blog about our discussion. This weekend - and really all week leading up to this weekend - I have been having horrid heartburn. I have never experienced anything like it. Tums is not working either.

I was in so much pain on Friday night that when I came home from Blockbuster I started crying. My supportive Jai tells me that he "is going to tell my son how much pain he put you through" lol. But, then he made me warm milk (which actually stopped the burning for an hour or so).

I read the baby book and it says that they believe that heartburn has to do with hair production. The more hair the baby has the more heartburn is caused. They say it's an old wives tail that actually seems to be true. So, although last week according to the book the baby has "sprouts of hair, eyebrows and eyelashes (with no pigment, just white)" I think that he actually may be causing me heartburn. So, the last two days I have thought about how to avoid heartburn which, tonight, culminated in me looking up foods to avoid when you have heartburn (which is about every fruit that I enjoy - especially the pomegranate that Jai and I have been eating recently- I also can't have strawberry jam). This site was very helpful - http://www.manageyourheartburn.com/food-acidity.php

I told my Mom today that basically Iwould be avoiding eating after 6:30pm and I would try to walk for 10 - 15 minutes after dinner at least on the tred mill and make sure I don't sit down right after I eat (e.g. do the dishes). This kind of preplanning around my meals is somewhat annoying. My Mother suggested eating my big meal at lunch and breakfast and have something really small like yogurt for dinner. No more chocolate either PS! Well, hopefully this doesn't continue for the next 3 months!