Morning Sickness at Show --Help!

[susan g]

I would go with the I woke up feeling a little under the weather... I think it would be best if you helped with the food. Do Apple berry salsa, have hubby prebake chips before show and just do the fruit interactive of course.

This is exactly what I was thinking. Plan on everything going well, and if you start to feel bad, tell her you don't feel well and she and your guests will surely take over. If you happen to be having a good morning, do the show as usual. I wouldn't tell her ahead of your closer friends because they probably will not understand.

OT, I started taking my prenatal vitamins at night so I would be asleep when they started to make me feel bad. That helped me a lot.

 

[stefani2]

I would just try to re-schedule if you REALLY think that you couldn't confide in the Host without her telling others. OR could you ask the Host to JUST have your PC recipe ONLY??? (hopefully that wouldn't be rude)

SeaBands (although in a short sleeve shirt, those are obvious)
black licorice
lemon water
eating small meals
ginger ale
peppermint
Dr. prescribed anti-nausea medicine (you DON'T have to be sick ALL the time)
Tums (they have Calcium in them anyways!)
toast
saltines

Congratulations on your pregnancy! I wish you BEST OF LUCK!

 

[Luv2bake]

You guys are AWESOME...really your ideas and suggestions are a tremendous help to me! I am dying to get advice from my girlfriends here, but of course am sworn to secrecy until a safer time. So this is wonderful! Not that you aren't all now honorary girlfriends too but it is a little different online, right? I love (and tolerate) peppermint, so will use that tip, plus will definitely change vitamins to night time. I have scheduled an appt with my Dr, but you know how they are when you first start out it is like 2 weeks away. I debated asking the hostess to delay show a few weeks, but the other "Part II" to the story is that we are putting our house on the market and will be SWAMPED with tasks to get it ready/showings, etc. Because you know, life wasn't stressful enough, right? We had been discussing selling it for bigger digs, then the baby news just made it that more important. Especially when I started listing off to him all the baby paraphenalia we'll need. (He is 20 years older than me and not wise to today's ways of baby needs!!) So Bless you my friends for your advice and support!!! I think I will suck it up and do it on the scheduled day and use batter bowls plus the potato demo idea. The good thing is these ladies all know each other really well and will be visiting so they won't be glued to my every move. Woo!

 

[tabnat80]

unfortunately, when I was pregnant, I didn't do any shows after the first month because my morning, noon and night sickness was so bad. I got set off by the smell of vanialla, gasoline, and french fries. good luck to you.

 

[MissChef]

Warning!! A lot of girl talk!

HELP! I have a customer who is pretty much my bread and butter at this business, she does at least 4 shows a year and they are high in sales. Here is the problem. She wants to do a cooking show at her house on Oct 4. As of today, I am 4.5 weeks pregnant (first kiddo), am slightly high risk due to age and other issues. So, I am wanting to wait to tell people until at least 8-10 weeks along. Problem: I am having significant morning sickness (okay- all day sickness!!) especially being around/smelling food. I don't feel I can tell her about the pregnancy b/c she knows a lot of the same people I do, who would be VERY hurt if I told her first. How should I explain to her that I can't do any cooking but will gladly talk about new products, etc? is there some kind of theme show to do? Even if I don't cook...I know she will have a lot of food, etc for her guests and that will send me reeling. :yuck: By the show date, I will be about 6-6.5 weeks along (hopefully)...I just don't know what to tell her. Heh heh- have her sign a confidentiality agreement? It is a little white lie, but I could tell her I have plans that day but will leave her with the catalogs, etc since actually they do a lot of socializing at her shows typically and don't pay much attention to me anyway. SUGGESTIONS WELCOME!!!

Well if the flu also makes your boobs hurt then I'm all set for an alibi! Yeah I think I'm going to end up being MIA and just leaving them catalogs, maybe some early Christmas ideas etc.

I just wanted to say something here.... seems you are a understandably nervous about your pregnancy and not wanting to tell your friends until later is a good idea. I have been down this path. I miscarried in my 2nd pregnancy, but I have 2 things to try to help comfort you! 1 is your sore boobs that hurt so bad!!~ I had that with my first pregnancy, my DS, This is how I knew I was pregnant! With my 2nd pregnancy, I didn't have any signs, only no period, then I lost that baby in my 9 th week. 3rd pregancy, my DD, I was so freaking sick!~ from about 3 1/2 4 weeks along it started and it stayed through A LOT of my pregnancy. I have a dear friend who is a nurse and she is a Christian friend of mine, who prayed with me and helped me through my miscarriage and then really rallied up a group of girls from her church (which was where my son's daycare was at too) and prayed over me at my show with her (where I was not feeling good at all at when I was doing the show BTW!!) And she told me that sore boobs and morning sickness were wonderful signs of a healthy strong pregnancy because it many plenty of the pregnancy hormones were pumping through me!
And I remembered that through my whole pregnancy because I wouldn't trade being sick, because in the long run it was a comfort because I knew I was TRUELY pregnant! LOL! I had placentia previa with my DD, found out when I was about 14 weeks along and had just made it into the 2nd trimester. I remember going to the restroom and finding blood and being so scared! But a few things kept me calm, I had been sick all day! and the blood was bright red and not dark red, like a period. I went to the ER and even had a lady who was new who couldn't find the heart beat!!! But she told me that and said she was calling someone who knew what she was doing, that lady put the monitor on my tummy and "bam" there it was! A stong fast hearbeat! I said "Thankyou! That is all I need to hear, I will go home put my feet up and not move the rest of the weekend!" I went in the following monday and that is when I was diagnosed with Placentia Previa! That condition was no picnic but, I had a strong and healthy baby girl and she and her brother are my world! And I just wanted to let you know that the symptoms that you are describing are fabulous news! And just put your pregnancy and faith in God's hands and you will be just fine!

 

[MissChef]

Oh and I second the peppermint idea from Becky! I lived on it for the first 4-5 months!! It's the only way I kept my pregnancy a secret from the other girls in the office because I didn't want to announce it until later! Then I was forced to announce it at 13 weeks because of light duty/bed rest I was put on!
Peppermint is good!!!!! Works really well!

 

[Luv2bake]

Cathy- you are awesome. It sounds like you have really been through a lot and know exactly how I am feeling. I appreciate your openness and advice!! I guess I will celebrate my sore boobs and urpy stomach from now on. hee hee You know a few years ago I volunteered in the NICU/Antepartum dept at a local hospital, and remembered thinking how dedicated those Moms who were put on bedrest (especially those sent there at like, week 20 or so) and who forged ahead at any costs. I wondered where they got their strength and determination to lie there day by day, week by week. Literally- many could not move from lying flat on their back. Of course for many they had their strong Faith and Family to help them, but gosh now being pregnant myself I can see where the drive to protect the little one comes from. Even from my 4.5th week! I've even changed my driving habits...not easy to do when you're 37. Anyway, I have written "Respect the Hormones!!" on our dry erase board in the kitchen for all of us to remember (Me, DH, dog and cats).

 

[MissChef]

Too funny! Respect the hormones!!! I love it!!
I too was one of those people on bed rest for a VERY LONG TIME! I continued to work light duty until March 1st ( I was a receptionist - office job), I originally found out that I had Placentia Previa right before Christmas) then I had got up in the morning and had some blood. So I went to the doctor. I asked him if I could work a couple hours a day, and he said I could do whatever I wanted to do but if I was his wife or daughter, the answer would be "hell no!" So I gave medical notice and was on bed rest at home for 2 more months. I woke up in the morning on May 1 to a major bleed but it was different like my water had broke too. (luckily it had not broke!) My DH rushed me to the hospital, and I didn't come back home until June 10th! I was in the hospital 36 hours shy of 6 full weeks! I had my daughter by c-section on the 8th of June in 2000. Ironically, (and it still gives me chills!) I woke up on June 8th of 1999 to brownish color blood and needed to wear a pad, went to the doctor and found out I miscarried! So my daughter's birthday has quite the meaning to me. I tell her all the time that all though I love the baby that I lost, that she replaced my sadness with Joy for the date of June 8th! I took it as a sign from God, and I almost audilbly heard God tell me "See, I told you I'd take care of you and everything would be all right!" I put all my faith into Him and I had a safe delivery and healthy baby. God is the ONLY thing that pulled me through, and he put PC in my life right before I got pregnant and the girls from PC were the only ones that came to the hospital besides my DH, son and DH's sister, mom, dad, and basically that side of the family (mine were in california). So, Yes I remember not being able to do a dang thing! and that was hard, I had a 4 year old son too! Crazy times, but God brought me through it! And let me tell you what spiritual giants my kids are! They know God is the reason they are both here, because my pregnancy with my son was just as crazy, I just didn't know until after I delivered him just how high risk I was!! But that is another post, another time! Talk about 2 kids that were meant to be and they are God's kids and they know it!