Thursday, May 21, 2009

Pregnancy woes

I guess it's time to vent again, but today sometime I plan on posting pics and stuff other than about me and my pregnancy. 3 weeks until due date= misery! This has actually been a decent pregnancy compared to my last one, but, I'm so spent at this point. I'm tired of being tired mostly. Everyday around 11 am, I start to get extremely tired and have to have a 15 minute nap which actually turns into 2 hours.--thanks to my mom for always watching the kids for me. Tired of having to go to the bathroom every 2 hours--which is why I am probably tired because I'm not getting my REM sleep--i guess I need to get used to it because it's not going to end. Tired of leg cramps at night, and round ligament pain--ever had them?--they get worse with each pregnancy and man they hurt. Tired of not being able to bend over and pick stuff up--toes have become very useful lately. Tired of taking pepcid twice a day and still having heartburn. Tired of swollen ankles and feelings like "carrying around sandbags on my legs." Most of all, I'm just tired of not being a normal person--you really aren't normal at this point. Not to mention this is when I start to freak out about the baby being alive. This kid is soooo active. I love feeling it move--it's just such a neat experience. The other night I was lying in bed, and usually the kid is all over the place..but...nothing. I switched positions over and over and still nothing. So then I went for something sugary to wake it up. All I could find was an otter pop and so I ate that, and nothing. So, by now I'm freaking and about to head to the hospital, but then I thought I'd go for the O.J. -, but I really didn't want to because it gives me such bad heartburn. Well, eventually I felt some little movements, and was able to fall asleep around 3:30! Baby is back to being active, but man that scared me. I will not be at peace until it's out screamin at me, then I'll have a new set of problems like "is the baby breathing?" it never ends! so..I haven't been able to see my usual Dr. the last 2 visits. So this other one won't put me on the induction schedule because he says the head is too high. Well, I hate to tell you Dr., but that head is never going to drop until my water breaks. This is my 4th baby, and this is my typical pattern. What's not typical is that I'm 50% effaced, and almost a 3 and I contract quite a bit every night. He says, "we don't want to induce you too early because you don't want to end up with a C-section for failure to progress." Blah, Blah, blah--I hardly doubt that that will happen --this is my 4th, not my 1st Dr. so...I see my buddy Dr. Thorpe next Friday and hoping that induction will go on June 3. That will make me 39 weeks and he is scheduled to do deliveries that day. I'm really holding my breath at this point.

4 comments:

Cannon Fam said...

Poor thing! I really am sorry you feel so crappy! It is still pretty fresh in my head from Lily. Your vent is reminding me that i am for sure done. I love having a baby but not the 9 mo. to get there! (and the toddler phase) All that aside, good luck! Can't wait to see another Sanders babe & find out the sex!

The homestead said...

I hate being pregnant. I feel for you.

Mary said...

The last month really is torturous. I hope you can have something happen soon! I had #4 almost 10 days early by some miracle.

maria said...

You have all my sympathy--let me know if I can come pick up your kids for a day! Gavin is done with school, so we are totally free!