Chili, repeated
24th November 2005
Here’s something revolting the baby books did not tell me about.
(Disclaimer: this is gross. I’m warning you.)
I have yet to experience the awful heartburn I’ve been warned about, but instead occasionaly get this feeling that food is creeping into the back of my throat. This usually happens a) after a big meal, b) after too long between meals, or c) with spicy foods.
Yesterday, we had delicious crock pot chili for dinner. Yumm-ee. While getting ready for bed, the food-in-throat thing was kicking around, but nothing unusual.
But then I burped. And you know sometimes when you burp and a little bit of food comes up? It’s disgusting, but you just kinda swallow it and move on.
Well, I swallowed. And the food kept coming. And coming. It came, burning and hot, up my throat, in my mouth and out my nose. I barely made it to the bathroom, where Eric was washing his face and got a wide-eyed look on his face when he saw me come flailing in with my hands over my mouth, chili-barf spewing everywhere.
(We stared at each other in horror after, wondering what the hell that was all about. And laughed a little, because c’mon: running, half naked, chili-barf.)
OMG, it was so, so awful. It wasn’t nausea that caused it, and I was fine afterwards (well, except for my burning nose, which tingled all night).
All the while, baby girl is happily kicking away. She had shifted sometime during the day, so instead of laying across the bottom of my belly, she was standing. I’m thinking her new position — which took up far more room in my stomach than ever before — is the reason all the food-holding recepticles were smushed even more than usual.
So thank you, sweetheart, for causing Momma to spew for the first time since you were conceived. As Eric said, "At least we’re getting used to the smell of spit-up."
(Edit: I’m told by SuperMomJen that this is lovingly called acid reflux, caused by baby putting pressure on the abdomen and lower esophageal sphincter! Wow and yippee!)
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