u/Babz-HNH

How Do You Sleep When Sick

I have a stuffy nose so I’m forced to mouth breathe and I’m pregnant i desperately need to sleep but I’m awake every single hour like my body physically can’t sleep through the mouth and throat dryness. I’ve been coating my mouth in biotene gel to no avail. Going on day two of this someone please help

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u/Babz-HNH — 1 day ago

A Poem I Wrote About Autoimmunity After Pregnancy

I have no idea if this is allowed but I wanted to share it with some people who might relate

On the brightest day of my life

The sun exploded

It was wondrous as sparks flew all around me

The world flashed with colors I’d never seen before

It was as though I was alive for the very first time

I was in it, one with the chaos

Such that all of its insanity felt more, to me, like peace

And I never even noticed that the sun ceased to exist

As it always had before, lighting up the world around me

No, I never even noticed that the the lights had all gone out

Including the one inside of me, all but one

Because all the power of the sun now lay inside my arms

Suckling, and cooing, staring back at me

Now in the moments I am desperate

Clawing my way though the darkness

Barely fighting for survival, finding the will to feed myself

I fumble through the pitch black rooms

Searching for my little star

And there is she is, smiling back at me

So bright I have to squint to take her in

And she lights my path so markedly

She leads me to the places

Where the sunshine dwell before the world fell into shadows

And though I plead with God that he’ll one day light my sky again

So I can see a little better,

So I can taste the breath of life one day, on my own again

And he does not seem to answer

I still thank him, as I cower, knowing all that he has taken

And all that he can still

Please Lord, don’t take my sunshine away

Please dont ever take my little sunshines away

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u/Babz-HNH — 3 days ago