Healing Power of Having a Baby?

When I was about 26, I started having really bad stomach acid issues. I tried to live with it by taking Zantac for a while, unfortunately that didn’t help. My chest felt tight all the time and I was always uncomfortable. Then came that Friday night I went out drinking with friends. I woke up in the middle of the night stumbling toward the bathroom, completely sober. I threw up acid about 5 times that night. I gargled regularly with Listerine to get the taste out. But nothing could get rid of the burning in my throat. That Monday, I made an appointment with the doctor.

Turned out, I had a high concentration of acid in my stomach. It would get worse the more stressed out I was. At the age of 26, I got on my first daily medication for a life long condition.

When I got pregnant with Z, it’s not hard to imagine that my acid reflux went crazy. I NEEDED to be on the medication in order to function. Even though I was no longer drinking coffee or alcohol. Being pregnant just made it necessary. AND still, I was popping the TUMS regularly.

Once Z was born, I was going to switch to a different type of medication that was approved for nursing mothers. I couldn’t get the medication right away and realized that my stomach wasn’t really bothering me much. I figured I’d make sure I grabbed it soon but wouldn’t start taking it till my acid got out of control.

Sixteen months later, I am still not on any medication for my acid reflux. Granted, I don’t drink (never drank much before either) or smoke anymore (I smoked a bit before I had Z), but I do drink coffee, eat tomatoes regularly, and LOVE me some onions. So the question is, has having a baby put my put my body into synch in some way, or was my 3 or 4 cigarettes a day making that much of a difference to my stomach acid?

I mean I’m still stressed out so it can’t be the fact that I have no stress. Maybe it’s because I laugh so much now too? Maybe the smiling happy baby that gives me hugs, kisses, and snuggles off sets any stress I have now? Or maybe it’s the fact that I have to take him outside everyday and spend time in the sun?

Not sure what it is. But whatever it is, I’m happy to be off the meds for at least one thing!

In My Head

So it makes me sad that I can’t blog more. I seem to have all sorts of thoughts and feelings running around in my head. Unfortunately, work has been really busy lately even though I’ve been here full time lately.

One of the major things going on in my head is the fact that I think I should get off birth control sooner then I had originally planned. I just feel like there are more reasons to not wait then there are reasons to wait at this point. That doesn’t mean tomorrow or anything crazy like that. But it could mean starting to try by the end of this year.

Anyway, I don’t have much more time right now. But hopefully I will say more soon.