Showing: I'm waddling. I
Maternity Clothes: Yes.
Food I'm Eating/Craving: Everything
Things that Make me Sick: Bending over to put laundry in the washer or dryer. The smell of some of the bouquets of flowers left over from my shower (My sister bough a gazillion flowers).
Food I'm Eating/Craving: Everything
Things that Make me Sick: Bending over to put laundry in the washer or dryer. The smell of some of the bouquets of flowers left over from my shower (My sister bough a gazillion flowers).
Other symptoms: Still muscle/round ligament pain in the lower sides of my belly off and on. Back pain. Fatigue, Not sleeping. Started having crazy dreams again including one about crazy looking porcupines that attacked me. Oh, and one where I was taking care of a baby (I don't think it was mine, and I seemed to be still living at home with my family), and my youngest sister didn't think I should be breast feeding it because all I was eating for breakfast was an English muffin. So one morning, she took the baby before I woke up, and when I woke up I literally attacked her and started screaming in her face that it was my decision not hers. Geez.
Pregnancy Brain: I just left the oven on. Luckily Steve saw it.
Miss anything? I've always been a light sweat-er. Some days I could get away with not wearing deodorant. I miss that. Sometimes I can still smell my pits in the shower after I've soaped up, so I have to wash them again. And I'm soaked with sweat ten minutes after leaving the shower. Sigh.
Best moment: Steve has off this weekend at his new job. Plus he was home by 4:30 on Friday, so I feel like he had off Friday too. It's SO nice to have him home!
Movement: My son is violent. I think he's convinced that if he pushes against my belly hard enough, he'll be able to pop right through. It hurts.
Gender: It's a boy! Cai Alexander.
Happy or moody most of the time?: Mood swings are still better, but I had some major anxiety yesterday for several hours. My heart rate went up; I couldn't seem to cool off; and I couldn't sit still. At one point I called my best friend and asked her to tell me some funny stories about her sons to distract me. It helped, and I was so thankful that I happened to catch her while they were riding the train at the zoo, so she was able to talk. By the time Steve came home though, I was a little frantic and didn't know what to do with myself. His presence helped, and later in the evening he took me out to eat just for a change of scenery.
Getting Ready for Cai: The alphabet wall is done (pictures coming soon). I still have this urge to go out and buy at least some of the things we still need (rather than buy it all at once), but I haven't gotten the green light from Steve yet. I just want everything to be settled. I really think I'm going to end up going early, although not too early hopefully. Because of Steve's job change we are without insurance until November 1st, so we're hoping that nothing eventful happens before then. I won't be full term before then anyway, so I should be fine, but it's still a little nerve-wracking.
The sweating probably will get worse before it gets better, unfortunately. I couldn't believe how sweaty I was post-partum, especially the first couple of nights. Hopefully that won't happen to you, but here's a warning just in case :) Not sure if you feel like walking, but sometimes that helps with anxiety, simply because it's a distraction. Take care of yourself! You are so close to the end & you can do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kelly! I actually talked to the doctor about the anxiety, and she said something similar to what you're saying--change positions. I guess it has to do with blood pooling when you're in one position to long, sitting or standing, which makes your heart race to compensate, and can cause anxiety. So walking would help too!
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