Peachy Keen....but not feeling that way

So for those of you who don't know.....I'm pregnant. Yep...expecting our third child. And while I was very excited to find out we were having another and looking forward to enjoying this pregnancy, as it will most likely be my last, it has suddenly gone downhill. Now, nothing is wrong and everything is going well with the pregnancy, it's just that I feel awful. I have been nauseous, dizzy, and had many headaches. At my last doctor appointment my doctor actually suggested anti-nausea medication for me. I was very surprised because when I was pregnant with the boys I was sick and vomiting and my doctor would just say that it was a good sign that things were going well with my pregnancy. So my doctor prescribed medication and I was very excited. I decided to fill the prescription and just use as needed. Well, the first time I used it I felt great. Maybe it was because I was excited that I was actually using medication to feel better and just a bit of a mind over matter effect. Then the next day I used it it helped but I felt a little funny. I went a few more days without using the medication and then next time I used it I felt worse. I was so dizzy that I couldn't even sit up in a chair. And I was so tired that I sat my kids in front of the tv and let them watch a movie and went into my bed and slept. For almost two hours....in the middle of the morning. After that, I decided that I could put up with the nausea instead of dealing with the side effects of the anti-nausea medication. (I then looked at the medication bottle's precautions all of which included...dizziness, drowsiness, nausea, vomiting. So glad that an anti-nausea medications side effects are nausea and vomiting!)

So I am just dealing with the nausea and trying to eat continually throughout the day but in smaller portions. (This seems to help me get through the day.) Another thing I am trying are the sea sickness bands that go on your wrists. They are supposed to work on the principal of acupressure and there are beads that press on your wrists in the acupressure point for nausea. So far I have only had them on for a couple days but they seem to be helping a little bit. It was well worth the $10 to try and start feeling a little better to make it through the day. However, I will be asking my doctor at my next appointment about possibly another type of medication that has better side effects.

Oh and I am 12 weeks along as of Saturday. According to my itouch pregnancy app the baby is the size of a peach. I found a website that gives the baby's size in fruits and vegetables throughout the pregnancy. William likes asking every week what the baby is now. i.e. What fruit/vegetable is the baby.