Calming down (deep breaths)

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Registered: 04-10-2004
Calming down (deep breaths)
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Thu, 01-06-2005 - 5:11pm

My stinkin' moods have been all over the place today, and I even had a period where I approached acceptance of the idea that I'll have to be on meds for the first trimester. Then something gets me off and thinking again (I swear that our brains are our own worst enemies), and I'm off, running and bitter again. Oh well. What's there to do but take my silly meds and be grateful for the fact that I have them? I'm actually feeling calmer now, and I'm making a conscious effort to stay positive, even if it is tinged with cynicism. That'll be hard enough, because tonight is the first night we are going to have dd sleep in her room all night. (We moved a month ago, she had roseola at the time, so coupled with the trauma of the move, she started sleeping with us temporarily. Then she got the flu.) Now that she's not sick anymore, it's time for her to stay in her room again, but she's not going to understand (at 20 months how could she?), and she's going to scream like a banshee.

Anyone want to place bets on whether or not I can remain positive after a whole night of listening to my sweet girl cry and call for us? :|

Kristen

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Thu, 01-06-2005 - 5:34pm

Kristen,


I recommend a LONG hot shower when you put DD to bed if she starts crying.

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Thu, 01-06-2005 - 5:50pm

It's pretty funny about the "big girl" bed. It took her no time at all to figure out that she can get out of bed and DESTROY her room (ie: play with ALL her toys) if she doesn't want to sleep!

I can only hope that things really do start to calm down. If this doesn't tumble out of control, I might actually be able to get off meds for a bit and go back on when it's safer. Whichever way, at least I know my pdoc will work with me, and I've told her that I will work with her, and not discontinue or mess with my meds on my own. She really breathed an audible sigh of relief when I told her that, it was pretty funny!

Kristen (trying to achieve and maintain some sense of Zen)