Hi - I'm 19 weeks pregnant and feeling amazing most of the time, getting sooooo excited for our March delivery.
But - we had a scary situation with our 16 week old kitten yesterday - she became listless and went off food and water sometime yesterday (she was already a bit dehydrated when we got home from work and didn't eat or drink anything all last night or this morning). We weren't sure what was wrong and called an emergency vet who said as long as she wasn't sick with vomitting or diarrhea, we could keep her home overnight and take her to the regular vet in the morning if things hadn't resolved. Well, they didn't and she was in a bad state this morning, when my husband took her to the vet. She is under observation now and getting fluids and antibiotics, and hopefully will be fine.
ANYWAY - this made me SO SCARED for the possibility of a sick baby!! I have never felt so helpless as I did last night, wanting her to eat and drink so desperately and basically just wanting my insane kitty back to her normal self. HOW will I deal with a sick baby? I feel like I'm likely to be in the emergency room 5 times a week. I feel like I'm a hypochondriac by proxy - I don't care so much about myself but if others are sick a freak out...what is going to happen when its my child!? Any advice or similar thoughts from mums or mums-to-be?