Food Poisoning!

I thought I was going to make it through this pregnancy vomit-free, but after 8 and half months of avoiding morning sickness I ended up with food poisoning and have spent the last last 18 hours nauseated, vomiting and battling diarrhea. I know 18 hours is much preferable to the 3 months of nausea that many pregnant ladies endure, but I am still feeling icky and sorry for myself.

My husband and I had gone out to dinner at Chaya Venice for our anniversary and quite possibly our last nice dinner out for the next few months. I ordered the baked chicken wrapped in prosciutto. I know prosciutto is on the “bad food” list, but since it was baked (and since I really wanted it) I thought it would be okay. I guess not.

After not being able to keep anything down for hours I decided to call my doctor and make sure the baby wasn't at risk. I figured he'd be okay without food, but I was starting to worry about how the bacteria might affect him. Her office was already closed so I had to call her cell phone, which I always hate to do, but she was very nice about it and said that baby would be fine, but that I would just have to wait out the food poisoning since any of the medications typically used to treat it can't be used during pregnancy. She also reminded me to drink lots of fluids and try to eat bland foods like toast and bananas.