A Health Hurdle....

Ugh! My adrenal fatigue is worse than it's been in a long time. For those of you who don't know about adrenal fatigue or have not heard me talk about it before in my other blog, here are some resources :)

http://bodyecology.com/articles/adrenal_fatigue_symptoms.php
http://www.adrenalfatigue.org/
http://www.organicthrifty.com/2010/02/10/celestes-story-part-1recovering-from-adrenal-fatigue/

I have woke up the last two nights with a racing heart, which is a horrible feeling if you've never been through it. And it makes it somewhat difficult to go BACK to sleep. But last night took the cake. I spent basically the entire night awake. I was so wired and so exhausted at the same time. I was stressed, stressed, stressed! And the longer I was awake, the more I stressed.... thinking "I have to go to bed. It's our first day of summer school tomorrow. I have tons of things to do in the morning. It's 10 o clock... It's 11 o clock... it's 2 am. I have to go to bed. I have to go to bed" and on it went so that I eventually only got a couple of hours of horrible sleep. But my worst thought was "I'm so stressed. I'm going to lose this baby" :( :( I woke up this morning, drug myself to work, and greeted my students. Thankfully, after telling my boss about the night I'd had, she made me leave a couple hours into the school day. I came home, took an hour nap, and got up and regrouped. But I have to say I can tell that my adrenals are really slipping.
And if you haven't read the links and have no idea what adrenal fatigue involves, it's complicated. It basically requires REALLY good nutrition, REALLY good sleep, and living as stress-free as you can. That's all. :-/
So I'm trying to get back on top of it. I'm reaching out; I called my midwife's nurse. Twice. :/ And I'm trying to remind myself of what all I did to overcome this disorder to begin with.
But with all that being said, I have to say that I can be incredibly grateful that my adrenals are nowhere NEAR as bad as they were nearly two years ago. Even though they're worse than they've been in a long time, I know that it's manageable. A couple of years ago, it was barely manageable.
But I look forward to getting over this hurdle, talking to my midwife about it, and hopefully not having to suffer with this for too much more of my pregnancy.

Melissa