So today as I hit 19w2d in my pregnancy, we get a call that my DD is in labor, woo-hoo!! Soooo excited and we just can't wait until baby Madison arrives! We spoke after she got settled in her room and she was at 5cm dilated (she'd been at 4cm for over 2 weeks now.) Right now we anxiously await her progress calls and we hope and pray she has a speedy and safe delivery. I'll head up to visit her mid-week after she gets home from the hospital and settles in so I can stay with her and the baby for a few days. It'll be great to be there after she gets home to just help her out as she needs it. I can't wait!!
Less than 3 days until our big u/s! We cannot wait to see our little one again and know that he or she is healthy. And this means we have less than 3 days until we know what we're having. And while the guess of girl was consistently beating out boy in our blog poll, we've had a couple new votes over the last week or so and we now have a tie. Out of 30 votes, it's a 50-50 split. So now we all have to just wait and see if the little one lets us take a peek on Tuesday.
I'm looking forward to seeing Dr D during that visit for a regular prenatal check too. It will be good to make sure my b/p and urine look good. I'm NOT looking forward to stepping on the scale, but I do have some items I want to talk to the doctor about. First, I'm having quite a bit of edema in my hands when I wake up. Some days it goes away within a few hours of waking up. Other days it stays with me all day, tingling and prickling, and making my fingers and hands all stiff. It's really making my wrists hurt too. Even simple tasks like operating buttons & zippers or typing become somewhat difficult. So while I know there's not much that can be done about it, I'm hoping he can provide some tips I can use to try to alleviate it.
My other item to discuss with him is I seem to be limited as to how long I can be up and about walking around. I find if I walk for more than 30 minutes or so, I get really crampy and feel pressure in my cervix area. It's like my body is saying - holy shit woman, get horizontal NOW! It could be because of the TAC or perhaps it's just round ligament pain but I've noticed it whenever I go grocery shopping, when my kids and I walked around the mall last weekend, and when Highspeed and I went on walks yesterday (the weather here was GORGEOUS the past few days so we HAD to take advantage of that.) So a brief walk of say 15-20 minutes does not bother me at all, but get into that 30-45 minute range and ouch, I'm a preggo in pain. Taking a few minutes to lay down does make it better, so I just want to see if he thinks it's just from the TAC and/or my lousy cervix in general.
And can I just admit to you all, I am a serious grumpola lately? Between not sleeping much as I search for that elusive comfortable position in which to sleep (which I'm convinced is God's way of preparing me for the sleepless nights when the little one arrives) and struggling to figure out dinners when nothing sounds good except breakfast foods (I swear I've eaten more cereal in the last few weeks than I have in the last few years) I'm just pretty outta sorts. But hopefully I'll get a good night's sleep later (after feasting on my Total Raisin Bran of course.)
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