I can feel her kick all the time now and she seems to be a little nigh owl. Pretty calm and still during the day and then up all hours of the night kicking and punching. We set and bowl on my stomach the other day and watched her make it shake. And Chris had his head on my stomach and she kick/backhanded/headbutted him in the face too. That was really funny. I can also feel her rolling around and changing positions and have felt a few hiccups as well.
I regularly marvel at just how very very tight my stomach is. It feels very much like having a basketball inserted in my stomach. It is hard to sit up and bend over around my belly. Just feels like this solid mass which won't let me move like I normally can. I have experienced a few braxton hicks contractions starting in the last week. That is a very crazy feeling, much like having all of your muscles having an electrical pulse shot through them so they tighten up. And my stomach is just really achy all of the time now. I think she must be having a growth spurt or maybe the weight of my stomach is just starting to stress my body. I don't know.
I had my glucose tolerance test last week and I am really pleased to say that the results were good. So no gestational diabetes for me! Hooray. My blood pressure has been pretty okay. At my last appointment it was a little high when I got there, (but I had just come from unloading my car at the church, multiple trips up and down the stairs, and getting yelled at) so I was buzzing a little. She took my bp again about 10 minutes later and it was perfectly fine. So that is good.
Just in the last few days I have discovered that I am really REALLY tired again. I am not a good sleeper normally and can't fall asleep easily, but I fell asleep sitting straight up yesterday and find that I am needing a nap everyday. I haven't really been taking them, but man do I feel like I could just fall asleep at any second. This is a tad disturbing to me, in that our new flooring in the house just got done yesterday and I need to start putting the house back together and really start getting Hope's room ready and doing a few craft projects I need to complete before she gets here. And I also have to build the VBS set before she gets here. Not sure how being tired and achy and taking on extra work is going to go, but there is really no way around it.
I have started to really feel the need to clean and organize the whole house, which has been put on hold because of the flooring and painting being done. Can't organize when nothing is where it is supposed to be. But nothing like having to move everything out of a room to allow you to really organize on the way back in.
Hard to believe there is only 13 weeks left before her due date. And while I think I would like her to cook a little extra long, I had my first thought yesterday after being achy all day, that I understand people who just want to be done being pregnant.
Today I have a neurologist appointment to get approved for having a vaginal delivery. I am extremely nervous. I haven't ever been to a neurologist appointment by myself. (Now that is not to say that I can't do Drs. by myself, I've done that for many years, but the Neurologist is scary.) My future according to the Neurologist with my history is pretty bleak, and I don't want to hear that as I am expecting my first child. And they look at me like I am crazy or a daredevil or something and frequently they know less about concussions then I do. I am afraid to open the Neurologist door again because that door contains a lot of fear. So I am really hoping to walk in today with all my medical records and walk out with a note of clearance and never have to go back again.
Okay on to some symptoms:
- Heartburn (going to have a hairy girl, I guess)
- Nausea
- Achy stomach
- Leg cramps
- Tired
- Still having trouble eating, still don't like meat.
- Nesting
- Some panic attacks - getting really overwhelmed with the to-do list and lack of time.
- Mood swings - have had to tell Chris a few times to consider me temporarily insane, like I have lost the ability to be rational.
- Thirsty - can't get enough to drink.
- Bloody Nose and Throat Junk
- Some swelling of my feet
