Battling morning sickness

I have the nervous bubble guts (not the gross kind. More like the want to throw up from nervousness and morning sickness kind. Okay that's gross too). I realized I have 33 days until Dean's Reception & Orientation.

After talking about law school for years, it's finally here. And so is the morning sickness, as my last few blog posts mentioned. Think I've found the key. Ginger root capsules X 3 times a day. :-) Now if only ginger root could heal law school anticipation and nervousness....

Although I was lucky enough to have the bulk of my first trimester in the summer, many of you are not so lucky and are battling the morning sickness during law school. Here are some tips to coping:

---WATER, WATER, WATER. Even if you don't want to drink, you will find that water can help to cure most ailments during pregnancy

---Preggie Pops - These lollipops can be found online or in grocery stores. They are chalk full of ginger and will help to ease your stomach

---Natural vitamins- B6 and ginger pills will most definitely help to ease the queasiness but DO NOT take on an empty stomach. When they come back up, it's not so nice.

---Talk to your doctor. ALWAYS talk to your doctor if you have immense morning sickness. They can perhaps prescribe something for you. Mine recommended dramamine, unisom (which is a sleepaid but loses effect after the first few uses) and B6). Honestly, I didn't use any of these. I stuck to the preggo pops but I hear they work wonders

---Eat SMALL meals. Do NOT indulge in that large cheeseburger and frenchfries just b/c the 2inch fetus inside your belly WANTS you to. You WILL be regretting it as you're over the toilet. Small and bland meals will help you most. Now is when you should carry with you crackers and water.

Happy Pregnancy :)

Straight Up Sick.

Yesterday I posted about queasiness, the further along I go the more I realize that it's getting worse.  With my son, morning sickness arrived one day and never left.  I'm apprehensive about school classes while attempting to not puke all over myself.  Trip to the grocery store yesterday led me to smell every offensive smell possible; fish market, body odor, cleaning products.  Even the delectable looking cakes smelled like rat poison.  Ahh...to have my lack of smell sense back to normal..hurry up!

This ongoing and increasing morning sickness is leading to many doubts on whether I will be able to endure the critical first few weeks of law school.

In the words of a a favorite tank engine, I think I can I think I can. Not throw up. Not throw up.

Queasiness & Upcoming orientation

The closer orientation and the first day of classes comes, it seems the queasier I get by the day.  At this point I can't tell you whether it's the doubting thoughts, first trimester or the scary stories that I've been hearing about.  You know the stories I'm talking about.  Yelling professors, throwing of text books when a student doesn't know an answer.  Perhaps being pregnant in law school will be good, after all, they can't throw a Civ Pro book at a pregnant lady, right?

Ginger root and ginger ale have been my best friend.  My thoughts are to invest in a small cooler to stick in the locker to keep cool water and crackers in.  Must keep going.

While the rest of the upcoming 1L students are focusing on reading summer prep books (I had already done this :) ), I'm focusing on ultrasounds and prenatal vitamins.  At this point, I wouldn't change a thing :)

Home stretch of summer....

Here I am in the home stretch of summer, and have read every self-help law student guide under the sun.  Apartment was leased, all books were purchased, financial aid was (mostly) completed, however, things have taken for a quick turn recently.  

This week we found out that we will be expecting baby #2 in March.  

Yes, smack dab in the middle of Spring semester.  That allows for the timeline to leave morning sickness during orientation and beginning of law school. I'm prepared to do what I need to do.  I haven't come this far to back off and run away.  Now more than ever I have felt a motivation and push to fulfill my dreams as well as what is planned for my life.  I greatly appreciate all my friends and family who have refrained from asking if I'm capable of doing this.  I think by this point in my life they know (a) I can and (b) if I couldn't, the mere question of doubting me would inspire me to kick butt more than ever.

It definitely helps how supportive my parents and husband have been.  They've been reassuringabout this entire process so far :) (All 3 days of it!)

I am starting this blog a few weeks prior to moving to get a head-start on my journey through law school and pregnancy.  I hope that the real life lessons learned in this blog will evolve into a helpful list of hints and references for future families who contemplate pursuing law school during a pregnancy and with a newborn.  I have been discouraged reading the internet at the lack of resources and negativity in forums over pregnancy in law school.  Anything can be accomplished if you want to and have to.  I hope to inspire others who find themselves blessed in this way to continue their education and follow their dreams.

The goal here is not to talk about all the disgusting factors of pregnancy. Rather, this is the focus on survival of a mom entering the battlefield of law school amongst the Socratic Method and all nighters while attempting to subdue morning sickness and make it to OB appointments.

Thank you to my friend January for the clever title of "diapers & briefs".  Thanks for tuning in and I hope to provide some comic relief mixed among all the stressful months that lay ahead! Feel free to leave comments, I'd love to hear some feedback.  

Until next time,

Pre-1L - Rachel