Down in the dumps . .

[crobynb]

Okay I am feelin a little blue today.

I have posted in the prayer list what is going on with my sister. That is one of the biggies that has me upset.

I am pregnant. I am genuinely so happy and grateful for this. However, emotions and morning sickness are on high and I just have not been feeling very good. Which leads to . . .

I missed mass yesterday and last Sunday as well. After missing yesterday I decided I would switch things up a bit and see if I could handle Saturday evening mass instead of Sun. morning.

I guess since I was not well, it might not be considered a mortal sin - but I am just so blue. When I do not get to go to mass I do not feel equipped to deal with my week. I have not been able to take communion. And now I am not sure if I need to go to confession as well before I do go back to mass. So it just leaves me feeling very blah. I want to try and go into church on Wednesday night and get weekly mass, but again I do not know if I need confession first.

Your thoughts/(name removed by moderator)ut would be appreciated.

 

[MommaKat]

I would suggest you ask a priest.
Idea for morning sickness, saltines before getting out of bed. Eat one or two before you stand up.

 

[Della]

I’m not sure you need to go to confession, either, but maybe a quick talk with your priest would put your mind at ease?

Also, if your parish (or one nearby) has evening Masses during the week, you could go to one of those and renew your spiritual energies? Or if that’s not available, how about just sitting before the tabernacle for a while to pray a rosary or some other appropriate prayer(s)? Just a few thoughts that might help you with spiritual side of your sufferings.

As for your physical ones, perhaps the doctor can prescribe something or some regime that might help you? I’ve never been preggies so I can’t advise you there, but I can and will pray for you!

 

[crobynb]

I will talk to my priest. My heart is telling me that I am not in mortal sin. That could be totally wrong - I have been wrong before and I am sure I will be wrong again . . .

Anyways - feeling so tired and woozy from being pregnant seems like a valid reason for missing mass. I was not playing hookie or not going just for the heck of it - just genuinely unwell. I would be so embarrassed to bolt down the aisle at church to get to the bathroom or fall asleep and start snoring during the homily . I just need some time getting adjusted to this hard work of making a baby. I never knew what was coming . . .

 

[Della]

Well, we gals have a lot of things that relate to our plumbing, don’t we? As my dh and I came into church Sunday we were asked by the head usher if we would bring down the gifts. I told him reluctantly, “I’m not all that reliable these days.” He gave me a funny look but then seemed to “get it.” You see, I sometimes have to leave in the middle of Mass due to a bladder condition and I would hate to not be there when I was supposed to be bringing down the gifts to the altar.

And when I was a younger woman and still having my period, I used to miss church and many other things due to debilitating cramps so severe I literally couldn’t walk without excruciating pain.

I don’t think most men understand these days that we gals are subject to more health problems than they are. There was a time when men just took it as a given that if a woman said she couldn’t do something or go somewhere she had a good reason. Now days men aren’t taught to think of women as more frail in some areas, which I think a pity. There might be less abuse of women and more respect for us if they felt more like their grandfathers did about it.

 

[crobynb]

Della - boy do I hear that . . . .

Like gym in high school - hello some days we just do NOT want to run, jump, and be merrily happy about doing it. They do not know what it is like to have cramps, or be bloated, or other ladies “plumming” things . . .

Sorry guys - not trying to bash you I promise. Just feeling the womanhood blues. Darn these pregnancy hormones. I like being a woman -I do, I do! (Just not today.)