5 days after I got vaccinated against the new influenza, it was actually on the way home from one of our date nights, I started having problems breathing properly, and I felt like shit. Yes, I said it: Shit. I crawled to bed shivering while trying not to get hysterical that it felt like I was gonna pass out from lack of oxygen. So I managed to take some pain killers and get some sleep.

The next day I called in sick, and then I read on the Norwegian Institute of Public Health’s website that pregnant women need to call their doctors if they get sick. A week back they were wondering if Norway had a different strain of the virus since there are more sick people here than in other countries, but let me tell you this: I know why! When I called my doctor’s office and told them who I was and that I had flu-like symptoms I was told that: “Well, then you just need to stay in bed until you get better!” I was a bit put off by the reply and said a little quiter that I had read that I was supposed to call since I was pregnant. And then she just said: “Oh, but then you need to get an appointment today!” So I did. But the doctor didn’t think I had the flu, but gave me sick leave for 11 days.

So here I am. My lungs hurt like hell when I cough, but the fever is gone, and if I don’t walk outside I have no problems breathing. I’m not welcome at work for another week cause they are afraid of getting sick too (which I don’t blame them for), so I sit here, playing FarmVille on Facebook, browsing the Internet for calendars and other things cute, and eat clementines. Could be worse.

Our little baby girl is having a blast though. Since I’m not moving too much nowadays, she’s awake more often than she usually is, so she’s kicking and squirming like there’s no tomorrow. I usually sleep through the night without having to get up to pee, but the past nights I’ve woken up cause she’s tossing and turning, and there’s a moving lump showing on my belly. I groan, cause, well, it hurts, so Christian wakes up. His response is always a cheerful: “Oh, hahaha, would you look at that!” Then he gently strokes the foot or whatever it is she’s using to try to make a way out of the womb with (I always imagine one of the aliens in the, uhm, Alien movies, when she does that), until she stops.

After several fights/discussions with Christian I decided to take the vaccine. I’ve just been so afraid of adverse effects on the baby since it hasn’t been tried out yet. Anyway, I called the doctor’s office, but they told me to call back on Thursday as they started vaccinating people at risk of complications from the new influenza on Monday. And I knew that I could get the vaccine at the midwife’s office from the same day. A couple of days later I discovered that the midwife’s office got the vaccine from Friday, so I called the doctor’s office again to hear if I could get an earlier appointment there instead. And I was told that I could come on Monday 9th. Whaa? That’s a week later than everybody else! I mean, if I’m gonna have this vaccine, then I’m at least gonna get early…

So I called a private clinic and was told to just come today, so I did. And I waited for an hour, went in for about 2 minutes, got the vaccine and waited 20 minutes to see if I got any side effects. And all that made me 2.5 hours late for work, but at least I got a needle in my arm. I was sure it would hurt, but I hardly felt it.

Well, I can feel it now. My arm is really sore, and I can’t understand why they injected it in my right arm. Oh well. Just hoping I won’t be spending this weekend in bed with sore muscles and a fever.

And I’m crossing my finger that I did the right thing. It’s all for you, my precious.

I’m having a hard time deciding if I’m gonna get vaccinated against A(H1N1) or not. Everybody around me are advising me to do it since I’m a double risk patient because I’m pregnant and have asthma, but I have a bad feeling about a vaccine that hasn’t been tested thoroughly. Agh, I hate this! At least they don’t have the vaccine available yet, so I don’t have to decide until next week.

The baby VERY active and I don’t understand how she’ll be able to get any bigger inside of my stuffed belly. It seriously feels like I’m gonna explode soon. I’ve now gained almost 9 kg since I got pregnant.