Pregnancy Pains and Joys

This pregnancy started out awesome for me. I found out I was pregnant at 3 ½ weeks and kept waiting for morning sickness to kick in. I had morning sickness for 5 months or so with Dawson. I never had horrible morning sickness during this pregnancy. Sure I had my moments of not feeling great or loss of appetite but it was not bad at all. I didn’t gain any weight until the 20^th week of pregnancy. Those were the weeks.

Around the 18^th week of pregnancy my leg/pelvic region started to ache. It has not stopped since and I’m now 30 weeks pregnant. I have not confirmed it with the doctor yet (I go in next week) but am pretty sure it’s called pelvic girdle pain. It should heal itself after I have this baby. I have put in bold print the symptoms that I have. Here are the symptoms of PGP:

· Present swelling and/or inflammation over joint.

· Difficulty lifting leg

· Pain pulling legs apart.

· Unable to stand on one leg.

· Unable to transfer weight through pelvis and legs.

· Pain in hips and/or restriction of hip movement.

· Transferred nerve pain down leg.

· Can be associated with bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.

· A feeling of symphysis pubis giving way.

· Stand with a stooped over back.

· Malalignment of pelvic and/or back joints.

· Struggle to sit or stand.

· Pain may also radiate down the inner thighs.

· You may waddle or shuffle.

· Aware of an audible ‘clicking’ sound coming from the pelvis.

Needless to say it is no fun at all. It makes the smallest tasks so difficult at times.

Around 22 weeks pregnant I woke up one night with this awful pain in my ribs and back. I was scared to death and was at my parents house without Brad. I had a few more episodes like this and decided it was time to go to the Dr. I had an ultrasound done of my gall bladder and sure enough I have gall stones. UGG! So now I have to really watch what I am eating. This is the time of my life I shouldn’t have to worry about everything I am eating and now I have to be so cautious. I can not do anything about the gall stones until after I have this baby and then it will be at least 6 weeks after that. I hope to have the baby 3 weeks early so that I can it removed right after the first of the year. I will have to endure the holiday’s with this and that will be no fun!

I have also from early on experienced round ligament pain. It is also AWFUL pain to endure. It usually feels like a knife stabbing into the lower side of me. It alternates sides or occurs on both sides at the same time. It has brought me to tears more than once. Needless to say between round ligament pain and the pelvic pain I have a rough time rolling over in bed at night or getting up in the morning. It’s not so pleasant. I also get leg cramps on occasion and those are also horrible. I got them toward the end of my pregnancy with Dawson but this time around they happened much earlier on. I feel like with all this pain there is no way I can go through with another natural childbirth but then again I can’t go in thinking I can get medication since they told me I couldn’t have anything last time because I progressed so quickly. I am hoping for a very speedy labor again!

I know that all this pain will be forgotten and worth it the day that I have baby Jane. I am looking forward to holding, snuggling, and kissing her. I am anxious to see what she looks like and to have my whole life as I know it changed! I know she will be a great added blessing to our family. Now let us hope she shows up in 7 weeks and not 10+ weeks.

Labor Day Weekend/ Dawson's 7th Birthday

Brad and I hanging out at my parents house.
The Birthday Boy at Chuckee Cheese

Mary made the cutest cakes for the kids!
The Birthday Kids


For Labor Day weekend we headed over to my parents house on the coast. Mary and her family went as well. We had a party for the kids on Saturday. Dawson turned 7, Natalie 8, and Cora 2. It was a mellow party and the kids had a lot of fun. I can't believe that Dawson is already 7. He is growing up so quickly. I love that he is such a sweet kid. He is always full of hugs and kisses for me (as long as his friends aren't around.) He is doing an awesome job at school. He is overall such a happy kid. I am so blessed to have him and to be able to raise him.
Monday night his dad threw him a party at Chuckee Cheese. I'm not a huge fan of the place but Dawson had a great time. I just sat back and watched him and enjoyed not being the host of the party. Dawson's big present from Brad and I is a trip to Disneyland in a couple of weeks. He is going to go with Mary, Ben, and Natalie while I watch Cora and Asher. They are going to have a great time (as am I!) I don't think I could physically walk all around Disneyland.
My baby belly is getting bigger and bigger each day. I'm just about 28 weeks pregnant and everything is going pretty smoothly. I definitely have an appetite now and feel like I eat non stop some days. Baby Jane moves around a lot and it still makes me laugh sometimes. Brad saw her move my whole stomach yesterday--it freaked him out a little bit but he thought it was neat. I am anxious to meet her in less than 12 weeks (hopefully) and see what she looks like.