This week my back has been killing me. Sciatic nerve pain sucks. I've tried heating pad, I've tried ice. I tried stretching. I tried my tennis ball to see if my vertebrae is twisted a gain. I tried massage, but got little relief the past few times. I can't believe I'm actually contemplating it, but I'm seriously looking into a chiropractor.
It's gotten so bad that sleeping at night has become hard b/c no position is comfortable, so I torque my body into funky positions which has put knots in my upper back.
My round ligament pain is back on the right side. Today the entire lower abdomen was sore like that. BG has been practicing tae bo so often my pelvis is sore from the abuse. Wednesday night I did a heart transplant overnight and so sore. Guess the BGer likes to be breech.
Washed more BG clothes. This kid has a better wardrobe then Chris and I. We ordered the rocker/glider today. We'd been putting it off for so long, it was about time. We are looking to order the dresser/changer soon, but back to contemplating what we want. Well we know what we want, but we don't have room for it. Oh well, we'll still search. We found a wood furniture shop down the street to day, we'll have to check to see what we can find there.
Oh and BIG NEWS for the week: My belly button popped out yesterday. Okay so it was just the top, but it's a start :)
New belly pictures are up from Hawaii, and one from Friday in the album.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Sunday, July 20, 2008
whirlwind update: new doc, kicks and pains
Okay I've become a slacker. Didn't realize it had been that long since I'd updated!
Work has been very busy, I was definitely ready for a vacation. We left on Saturday 7/12, and got back at 9am this morning 7/20 from Maui. I'll post some beach belly pictures in the photo album soon.
Right before we left for vacation I had a doctor appointment with a new doctor. My doctor had told me that next appointment we'd do the glucose test, but he is booked solid at conferences and stuff all summer, so I have to see a different doctor the next 2 appointments. So on July 11, I saw Doctor Gordon. Such a nice old school type OB. He used the fetal Doppler so we could actually hear the baby's heartbeat instead of just see it on the ultrasound. He told me he was going to wait on the glucose test since I was only 23weeks6days, and it's done between 24 and 28 weeks. (All that prep work avoiding things that spike my sugars for nothing!) That way we can do the RhoGam shot, and glucose testing together.
**WARNING TOO MUCH INFORMATION AHEAD... SKIP BELOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW***
On Thursday (7/10) before my appointment I started to get a new pregnancy pain... a swift kick in a place I'd rather not be kicked again. Thursday I started to notice the flutters low in my pelvis started to become associated with this sharp pain in my crotch, often making me want to cross my legs and bend down in pain. Often making me yell at BG out loud. ("baby please stop!") I attribute it to the equivalent of a guy getting hit in the nether region. So Friday at the doctor, I asked about this pain and the doctor confirmed what I pretty much already knew... cervical tap dancing was going on! He did a quick ultrasound, and sure enough the baby was breech. No worries now, just something to keep an eye on in the coming weeks.
***END TOO MUCH INFO***
Saturday (7/12) I woke up to that same wonderful tap dancing and decided to call for desperate measures, as the pain is quite annoying and at times excruciating. Not a good way to wake up before getting on a plane. I got an ice pack and placed it low on my pelvis for a few minutes. BG definitely didn't like that, and kicked and kicked. But in the end I won. She turned enough so I could enjoy the plane ride (the best any 6 month pregnant person can enjoy a 5 hour plane ride). Although BG was still pretty angry because everything that touched my belly (arm, hand, gameboy, tray table) got a nice hard kick. BG's activity continued Sunday and Monday, but has since started to die down. Maybe all those car rides and walking around tired out the BGer?
BG is pretty quiet now, has been for a few days. Get the occasional moving around flutter, but no serious workout moves. Maybe it's growing time again? That's the past few weeks in a nutshell. I'll post when I put up new pictures in the album.
Work has been very busy, I was definitely ready for a vacation. We left on Saturday 7/12, and got back at 9am this morning 7/20 from Maui. I'll post some beach belly pictures in the photo album soon.
Right before we left for vacation I had a doctor appointment with a new doctor. My doctor had told me that next appointment we'd do the glucose test, but he is booked solid at conferences and stuff all summer, so I have to see a different doctor the next 2 appointments. So on July 11, I saw Doctor Gordon. Such a nice old school type OB. He used the fetal Doppler so we could actually hear the baby's heartbeat instead of just see it on the ultrasound. He told me he was going to wait on the glucose test since I was only 23weeks6days, and it's done between 24 and 28 weeks. (All that prep work avoiding things that spike my sugars for nothing!) That way we can do the RhoGam shot, and glucose testing together.
**WARNING TOO MUCH INFORMATION AHEAD... SKIP BELOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW***
On Thursday (7/10) before my appointment I started to get a new pregnancy pain... a swift kick in a place I'd rather not be kicked again. Thursday I started to notice the flutters low in my pelvis started to become associated with this sharp pain in my crotch, often making me want to cross my legs and bend down in pain. Often making me yell at BG out loud. ("baby please stop!") I attribute it to the equivalent of a guy getting hit in the nether region. So Friday at the doctor, I asked about this pain and the doctor confirmed what I pretty much already knew... cervical tap dancing was going on! He did a quick ultrasound, and sure enough the baby was breech. No worries now, just something to keep an eye on in the coming weeks.
***END TOO MUCH INFO***
Saturday (7/12) I woke up to that same wonderful tap dancing and decided to call for desperate measures, as the pain is quite annoying and at times excruciating. Not a good way to wake up before getting on a plane. I got an ice pack and placed it low on my pelvis for a few minutes. BG definitely didn't like that, and kicked and kicked. But in the end I won. She turned enough so I could enjoy the plane ride (the best any 6 month pregnant person can enjoy a 5 hour plane ride). Although BG was still pretty angry because everything that touched my belly (arm, hand, gameboy, tray table) got a nice hard kick. BG's activity continued Sunday and Monday, but has since started to die down. Maybe all those car rides and walking around tired out the BGer?
BG is pretty quiet now, has been for a few days. Get the occasional moving around flutter, but no serious workout moves. Maybe it's growing time again? That's the past few weeks in a nutshell. I'll post when I put up new pictures in the album.
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