Snug as a Bug

The both of us are today, Peanut and I. He's having another quiet day in the womb, though I wonder if when I suddenly feel tender somewhere, like around where my stomach ought to be now, if that means he's kicking it. I suppose I'll start feeling it sometime as well. And I am now in a sweater and under a blanket on the couch. I thought pregnant woman were supposed to be warm, oh well. And now the girls have joined me one giant warm pile! They turned 4 on Friday :D They each got a can of wet food, and didn't ask for food again for 10 hours :) Guess it filled them up good!

Yesterday I felt pretty good throughout the day, then this morning I woke up and was really feeling the pain again, and I was a bit queasy :( Then I went and picked up one of the girls and my back started to ache. Bleeeeeeeeh. At least the latter two went away. Until tonight. Vitamins for the bleeeh!

23 week birthday! He's developing tiny little lung sack-a-cles (super scientific I am)! The last step he needs to be able to make it outside of me! Sure he wouldn't be able to take a breath on his own, but that's why we have hospitals, and I'll happily take this step regardless! And he's the size of a mango! Approximately. Maybe smaller. Whatever, he can take his time growing.

Meeeeh I don't want to do anything tonight. I should clean the house, my new power supply is finally arriving tomorrow. And work is filled with gaps where my it's hard to get anything to work while it's processing.

Today! This may look like (well, like nothing to some of you) just another face picture, but to the astute eye, something odd might be in the picture. A strange black hole inside of Peanut's abdomen. Why, it's his stomach! Where all the yummy amniotic fluid goes! Today it's bound to taste like corn and chorizo :)

Ok sure, a black spot isn't all that interesting, but it's neat to see! the little black bits above it are his heart, that's all we were really able to notice, if there were more, the tech didn't call them out. But we did get stomach upon her asking us what we thought we were seeing. Or at least I did, not sure if Boi spoke up ;) I was definitely a bit more talkative during the whole process.

AAAAAh! I'm being consumed by a giant cat! If you don't hear from me again, I've been loved to death!

Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction?

One of the ladies on my board brought this up, something I haven't heard of before, but sounding a lot more like what I've been suffering through the last few weeks than round ligament pain. From what they're saying their experiencing and from what I'm reading, they all call out some of things that make it hurt the worst: walking, getting in and out of the car, climbing stairs, turning over in bed or getting up from a seated position or laying down. Last night I curled up with a cat on the couch in an awkward position (I'm not known for thinking before acting!), and then found I couldn't get my arms under me to move myself (the best way for me to get to a sitting or standing position) and I couldn't move my legs without a lot of pain to get up, and had to call Boi over to help lift me up. Sighs.

Alas, it's not something that's likely to go away, at least until after birth. In fact it's likely to only get worse. There are a couple exercises to help strengthen the area to lessen the pain and wearing a girdle might help >< great, a girdle?

SO I called the nurses, we talked it over, and she agreed with me that it sounded like that what was going on. She said the only thing they can really do from their end is to refer me to Physical  Therapy. I told her I wanted to think it all over, talk to Boi, and I would definitely decide before my next appointment.

I knew growing a baby wasn't going to be easy, but I was really hoping to have as 'normal' of a pregnancy as possible. Oh, I also asked her the nagging question about Peanut's size on the radiology report. She confirmed that Peanut is measuring a week behind, but that my doctor chose not to update my official due date. Now I'm not sure if I can think, yay Peanut is -17.5 weeks and weighs a pound! When I know that, unless he had a growth spurt shortly after the ultrasound, and that's why he was behind, he won't get there for another week in reality.

Yeah. That's all.

Long Weekend

Well, the weekend is over. Boi's long week ended with baseball and fluff, but now he's back at it. He'll be home again Thursday though :) Got some unusual pains from about noon on Friday till noon on Sunday. Sharp pains are normal on either side, but no real explanation for them dead center under my growing belly. The ladies thought maybe they were braxton hicks, or perhaps the baby was hitting a nerve. Or maybe it was just stress. Whatever it was they've been gone for over 48 hours now, so I'm feeling a lot less stressed about it.

We're 18 weeks now, just two weeks away from halfway there. I'm starting to get some aches and itching around my bellybutton, I hear that it can get painful once it really starts to stretch there, yaaay. Ooh, an itch right now, gotta try to ignore it. And now suddenly sleepy. Stream of consciousness blogging at it's finest.

Just haven't felt like blogging I guess this week, sorry about that. Last night sleep was fitful, I kept dreaming over and over that I was dead or dying. So when Boi was getting ready for work and we were chatting a little, after he stopped talking, I fell back asleep and continued to converse with him. He prolly thinks I'm crazy now, after he jolted me back out of my doze to ask me what I was talking about, bleeeeeh. Dragged myself out of bed an hour later, at the very least I haven't felt sick at all today. Just exhausted.

We were playing a game last night of, name that feeling in my gut! We got one feeling that I couldn't for sure say wasn't gas or my stomach or anything else. But alas, still not certain of anything. Oh well, maybe in a few more weeks... I'm going to go close my eyes now...

Bowling... Ow...

You wouldn't think bowling would be that hard. And supposedly if you've been doing the activity regularly before getting pregnant, you should be fine continuing to do it after. But even after lowering my ball weight, I still am having a lot of problems. At least last night was my last night, and I'll retire for the year afterwards, but my hip/thigh area took the beating. My back hurt as usual, and my leg, my leg has hurt since I started bowling league two years ago. It just  can't handle 3 games.

Ah well, I'll spend most of the day on the couch, per the norm. I may feel less sick, but it hurts less  lounging. Plus it's comfy!

We officially hit the second trimester on Saturday! Alas, no instant relief for me, but Peanut is 3.25-4 inches long (crown-to-rump) and weighs almost an ounce. His (it's an even  day so Peanut is a he) neck is getting longer, face less alien looking. Looking even cuter this week jamming to the Baby Elephant Walk.

I've heard I could pop (as in no longer just looking fat - actually looking pregnant) as early as 16 weeks, but more than likely closer to 20 weeks. Same range for feeling the baby. Until then, it just seems like one long waiting period. Some days I look super pregnant and can't wear my jean anymore, some days (like today) I'm pretty deflated. Yay bloat and organs getting shoved around! 

My poor insides -> http://www.msichicago.org/whats-here/exhibits/you/the-exhibit/your-beginning/make-room-for-baby/interactive/

At least Peanut's gonna be comfy with that extra room! Gotta look at the bright side there.