Amber Tea with ginger root

...is my new best friend.

I visited my herbalist, who recommended that I try this tea. This suggestion came on a day when I wanted to die - easily the sickest I've felt since I've been pregnant.

I came home, made the tea and added a bit of ginger root as Laura suggested. Then, I added some honey to sweeten the deal a bit and VOILA! In fifteen minutes, I felt like a human being again.

It's not a panacea, but it's really helping with the nausea. HALLELUJIA!!!

Also - I went to a meeting tonight and was able to share how being overweight has taken some of the joy out of the pregnancy so far.

So this guy in the meeting told me a story about how he worked out really hard for six months to get ready for a ski trip. He hired a personal trainer, took extra yoga classes, and really focused on his eating habits. He was religious about his workout and eating regimen and went on the ski trip in the best shape of his life. When offered a spot on a helicopter skiing excursion, he jumped at it. After the last run, his friends took a picture of the guy, in the best shape of his life, next to the helicopter on a gorgeous mountain landscape.

So when he got home and developed his film, what was his first thought as he looked at that picture of himself? "Damn, you're still chubby. You have more weight to lose." And therein lies the moral of the story - until we change our perspective, we'll never be totally happy with the way we look, feel, act, whatever. The way we feel about ourselves is a perception - and perceptions can be changed.