Pregnancy Journal :: Week 27
5/13/10 :: day 189
Today is the beginning of my 3rd trimester….the beginning of the end.
5/14/10 :: day 190
Today is the 1st time it has been really hard to breathe. This kid is pushing on my diaphragm HARD! I tried going outside, but it is so humid out there that being outside was doing no good. It was just as difficult to breathe. So, I came back in the office where the air is a bit less saturated and stood in a co-worker’s cubicle. I was running out of breath just talking to her. I started getting weak and a bit light-headed, so I sat on the ground. This particular co-worker had the same issue last year while she was pregnant, and had to be rushed to the hospital, because she (at the time) had no clue what was going on.
Oh, did I mention that this child has not stopped moving since about 7pm last night. Is that bad? I’m now freaked out that he is going to wrap his cord around his neck. Cue panic attack.
I totally forgot to mention that I finally started getting leg cramps. They are not bad and only last a few seconds, but I am getting them. Yea me!
It’s now 10:47am and this baby boy is STILL kicking me. I read something today that said his activity would increase, and boy were they right.
5/18/10 :: day 194
I’ve been experiencing some light cramping all morning in my lower abdomen. It’s not anything to worry about, I don’t think, it’s just a bit annoying.
Wanna hear something funny? Last night I was in the nursery cleaning blinds (so they wouldn’t be dusty for the little guy) and the dust caused me to cough and the cough caused me to pee. Just a bit. GREAT! Next thing you know I was off to get a dry pair of pants.
Grayson gets active anywhere between 9:30am and 10:00am every morning. If it’s a Saturday and I’m not out of bed yet he starts kicking me to make sure I feed him. I’ve read that babies develop a schedule in the womb, I wonder if this will be his awake time in the AM once he arrives? That will be interesting to see.
Dude, my back is killing me today. The middle, the lower portion, pretty much all of it hurts. It’s absurd how much my lower back is beginning to bend due to the pregnancy. I had a sway back before and now it seems to be close to a 90 degree angle. After sitting for around and hour or so I typically have to get in what i like to refer to as the “oh crap! the plane is going down” position. You know it. It’s the position the airline tells you to assume if your plane decides it doesn’t want to fly anymore. **Wrap your arms around your knees and pray.** I TRY to bend over and wrap my arms around my knees and pray that the pain ends soon. Bending like that seems to stretch out those aching muscles and let them rest for a total of 15 seconds or so, or until I can no longer breathe.
5/19/10 :: day 195
Yesterday was rough. My back and belly were sore all day. When I got home I pulled out the Wii and played some Wii Fit to try and work out the kinks in my body. It seemed to help a bit, but it’s getting a bit harder to do some of the exercises with a big ole belly in the way. We had BLT’s for dinner and I enjoyed a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch with a side of chocolate milk for dessert. Yummy.
When I got in bed my stomach felt as if it had too much liquid in it. Every time I would attempt to lay down I would have to sit right back up so I didn’t barf. (Which I did the night before) Let me explain what i think the situation is here. The past two nights I drank decent sized glasses of milk within 30-45 minutes before bed. My stomach doesn’t hurt or anything, but I do tend to get the sensation of needing to blow chunks. As a matter of fact the night before last (Monday) I threw-up in my mouth…juuust a little bit. That was NASTY. Last night I also was given the gift of not being able to breathe by my lovely son. For about 10 minutes he was all up in my Kool-Aid (a.k.a. – my rib cage/diaphragm)
With all of this chaos going on in my body my attempt at a 9:30pm bedtime turned into a 10:30pm bedtime. Bummer.
Today, my back was already hurting before I even walked out the door. I mean like 30 minutes after I woke up. I had to recline my seat in the car on the way to work, while Derek drove, just to give my aching back a break. And my stomach, my stomach is having a field day being all sore and stuff. Every now and then I will get a tiny stabbing pain in my lower abdomen. And for the past two days there has been a constant weight or heaviness to my entire stomach. I have a feeling since I am now in my last trimester that my little one has either flipped upside down or found a new position that he loves, but mommy doesn’t.
There he is, 9:30am on the nose, wiggling around in my belly.
I almost had a lovely little pregnancy hormone break down in front of my boss today. I am frustrated with a project right now and due to these blessed hormones the strangest things bring tears to my eyes. I try to avoid all confrontation and sappy movies to prevent the water works from turning on.
