Well, it has been quite an interesting weekend. As my husband Jeff left for China last week I have been experiencing quite a whirlwind of house crazyness. We ended up officially selling our condo this past Wednesday, so that was great. We had our home inspection on Friday for the house we are hoping to buy and since then, things have been getting difficult. It doesn't help that I have all of these crazy hormones going through my body right now - causing some nice meltdowns.
It's so exciting, buying a new house and all, but the headaches that come with it sure are annoying! Trying to find out if the property is insurable, making sure the things on the home inspection aren't too major, trying to ask our family and friends for their input, trying to contact a home insurance company on the weekend in Victoria (impossible!), and trying to communicate with Jeff in China.. On top of the house headaches my lovely mom accidentally hit the front of our car yesterday morning and it's all banged up and will need to visit the shop.
I hate to be miss complainer - but I just need to vent! I've been having these wonderful ligament pains - I think i've had 3 now, and it feels like i'm going to get another one any moment. Picture the worse muscle cramp you have ever had, it's happening in your lower abdomen/hip flexor area, and there is nothing you can do to stop it. During all three of my lovely pains I have been yelling and rolling around on the floor. On the positive side, maybe it will help me prep for the real thing? hehe. I guess what happens during pregnancy is that your ligaments around your belly stretch from the length of your finger nail to the length of your forearm, so.. it's a little painful.
The other downside of the weekend was finding out that I will not be able to re-paint the nursery furniture we were given in white. Well, we could.. but it would take about a gazillion hours of sanding tiny spindles. :( So.. we are making the thrifty decision to just leave it as it is and try to make the room work with it. (I really had my heart set on a fabulous nursery, but we just don't have the money for a 300$ crib and a 300$ dresser and moving, but really, who does?! ) Oh, on the upside - i stopped by in Sumas, WA on Friday to pick up the new crib bedding :) The quality is great and I'm very happy with how it looks :) Cannot wait to see it in action!
A positive thing from the weekend is that I went swimming this morning with my mom. I tried to do some underwater flips to see if the baby would flip as well. I'm not too sure if it did, but I didn't feel it. I'm thinking it probably got motion sickness and was throwing up hehe.. Anywho, it sure was a nice feeling being in the water. I felt so light and flexible :)
Thanks for reading my horrible writing and all of my complaints :) I just had to get it out!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
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I'm going to be a mommy!
Well, if you haven't heard yet, now you know! I'm 24 weeks along in my pregnancy with our first bundle of joy. So far the pregnancy has gone pretty well. Luckily I did not have any morning sickness, instead of throwing up food, I inhaled it. You know how some preggos lose weight at the start of their pregnancy? I did the opposite and piled it on. Oh well, it's a healthy amount and if I didn't eat I would feel nauseous.
Jeff and I have decided to go with a midwife for several reasons and so far have had a great experience. I've had all of my blood work done and went in for the ultrasound at 19 weeks. We are so thankful that both the blood tests and ultrasound came out great! We got to see our little bean moving around and made us really think.. wow.. there's something alive in there! :)
So far the last 3 weeks have been the best weeks of the pregnancy. I have quite a bit more energy and I look pregnant. The only complaint I have is SLEEP! Or, lack thereof. I guess my hips have been swelling up like crazy and causing sciatica. Within 5 minutes of lying down on my side my hips fall asleep (like you sit too long cross legged), and then I usually wake up in the middle of the night with horrible pains in my hips, fun times! Thanks to Jeff's bright idea of icing them before bed I have minimized the pain and am sleeping a bit better.
The newest occurrence with the pregnancy is Braxton Hicks contractions. I had no idea that these could occur so early in the pregnancy, and thought it was common to get these when you were about 9 months. I guess not! They're just the tightening of my pelvic muscles and usually don't hurt. However, they have been hurting for me and usually take my breath away. I guess i'll be somewhat prepped for the real deal?
Anywho, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!
Jeff and I have decided to go with a midwife for several reasons and so far have had a great experience. I've had all of my blood work done and went in for the ultrasound at 19 weeks. We are so thankful that both the blood tests and ultrasound came out great! We got to see our little bean moving around and made us really think.. wow.. there's something alive in there! :)
So far the last 3 weeks have been the best weeks of the pregnancy. I have quite a bit more energy and I look pregnant. The only complaint I have is SLEEP! Or, lack thereof. I guess my hips have been swelling up like crazy and causing sciatica. Within 5 minutes of lying down on my side my hips fall asleep (like you sit too long cross legged), and then I usually wake up in the middle of the night with horrible pains in my hips, fun times! Thanks to Jeff's bright idea of icing them before bed I have minimized the pain and am sleeping a bit better.
The newest occurrence with the pregnancy is Braxton Hicks contractions. I had no idea that these could occur so early in the pregnancy, and thought it was common to get these when you were about 9 months. I guess not! They're just the tightening of my pelvic muscles and usually don't hurt. However, they have been hurting for me and usually take my breath away. I guess i'll be somewhat prepped for the real deal?
Anywho, that's all for now. Thanks for reading!
1 comments:
Hey Dayna,
Don't worry; a major part of pregnancy is venting- I've been there!
It's so exciting that you guys are pregnant- congrats again! I love reading pregnancy/baby blogs, so keep it up!
Cheers,
Melissa
(http://amgodbout.blogspot.com)
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