Pregnancy Journal :: Week 31
6/10/10 :: day 217
This little guy was up early this morning. He was flipping around in my belly a full hour before his normal 9:30am playtime.
6/11/10 :: day 218
Today I have the pleasure of enjoying some Braxton Hicks contractions. This is only the second time I have noticed having them. They really don’t hurt, but they do feel like you are flexing your stomach muscles and they won’t un-flex. Just a tiny bit uncomfortable. It feels much better when I get up and walk around. So, I just took a little stroll around the parking lot here at work. It seemed to have helped.
I’m totally sure I will regret saying this one day soon, but I kind of like having them. It’s like a little note from your body saying “it’s almost time, so I’m gonna start practicing.”
Last night in our baby class I ran into an old high school friend who is expecting her 1st baby 11 days before me on August 1st. She having a little girl. It was so exciting to see her that when she walked in the door to our classroom I yelled out her name (and pointed). I was a bit red in the face after that one, but during breaks in the class and after we had the chance to catch up. She is actually a labor and delivery nurse, so she has seen it all before. It would be great if she were my nurse on the day I deliver, but since she is due before me I doubt that will happen. Bummer.
(8:05pm) Right now I am laying on the couch trying not to use my stomach muscles, because it feels like I just did a million gazillion sit-ups. My stomach muscles are soooo freggin’ sore. They started to feel sore just before I left work. I don’t know if it’s from the BH contractions earlier today or from my belly constantly running into my desk at work. Whatever is causing the soreness I hope it goes away soon, because I am useless right now.
6/15/10 :: day 222
(7:43am) Wow! This little boy is super wiggly this morning. I still believe he is head down most of the time because I feel most of the activity just below my ribs; meaning his little legs are just kicking up a storm.
- nausea
- I only threw up twice the entire pregnancy (w/ light nausea through out the day)
- fatigue
- during my 1st trimester (weeks 6-12) I was extremely fatigued. I was spacey during the day but not sleepy. Around 6pm each night I would crash. If I stayed up past 9pm Derek generally would have to help me to bed. I couldn’t do it myself. Once I hit my second trimester I began to get that second wind they speak about.
- leg cramps
- a few sporadic leg cramps, typically when I wake in the middle of the night (3rd trimester)
- hip pain
- towards the end of my 2nd trimester I had a touch of sciatica. This caused me to have hip pain from sleeping on one hip that occasionally lasted into the mid morning.
- back pain
- My 2nd trimester and the beginning of my 3rd I experience back pain. Some days were bad enough to stay home from work. The most sever back pain was located just below/between my shoulder blades.
- dizziness
- only one issue with dizziness in the middle of my 3rd trimester. My doc said most likely it had to do with low blood sugar.
- constipation
- been pretty regular. Only one or two real issues with this. Nothing to get worried over. I’ve been drinking a ton of water. I think it helps.
- nose bleeds
- only two nose bleeds….very minor
- trouble breathing
- began during my second trimester. This is not too bad, just occasional spurts of shortness of breath due to Grayson pushing on my diaphragm.
- pregnancy dreams
- only one baby dream (3rd trimester), somewhat frequent “bow chick a wow wow” dreams (all 3 trimesters)
- swelling
- no swelling of anything so far (fingers crossed)
- blood pressure
- during my entire pregnancy I have had wonderful blood pressure. I am quite proud of myself considering that shortly before I got pregnant it was a tad elevated. I think I took care of that issue before the pregnancy began.
- heartburn/indigestion
- none of this nasty stuff so far
6/16/10 :: day 223
(3:57pm) Well, well, well…we have an afternoon wiggler. Gray moves more often during the morning than the afternoon, but not today. It must be because I had pizza for lunch. This kid ALWAYS moves after pizza. Especially Memphis Pizza Cafe pizza.
