Sunday, September 13, 2009
What pregnancy is doing to me...
On Monday, Labor day, I was having A LOT of contractions. They started out at about 8:00 pm and were 10 minutes apart. I decided to lie down after an hour of them. Then, they started coming a lot stronger every 2-3 minutes. After another hour or so of those, I got ready for bed and decided if it was the real thing, I would wake up. I kept timing them at every 2 minutes for a long time and must have fallen asleep. I woke up and they were gone. That is a good thing since I was only about 35 1/2 weeks or so. Well, this week has been so painful! I have 2 pinched nerves (so bad that I can barely walk sometimes) I get a bad headache about every day, I have broken blood vessels in both my thighs and my stomach, my feet are swollen (which NEVER happened with Kennedy) and I feel like my body is literally about to fall apart. I have felt like I was going to pass out about 3 times today and I don't know what is wrong with my body. My knees are always weak and I stumble a lot from the pressure that is put on them. I hate to complain AT ALL because I know that being pregnant is such a blessing and that I will have a beautiful baby in my arms soon, but I really don't think that my body can take this anymore! Any suggestions???
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3 comments:
No suggestions, just a lot of sympathy!! I am feeling your pain so much. Last week I was having the same regular contractions and was very close to calling the doc. I like how they say "Lay down and take it easy". Okay, and just let my other three kids set the house on fire? Um, no.
Hang in there! I'm so with you.
Oh dear! No fun :( But consider that once you hit 36 weeks, you are officially 'full term', so having a baby early is no issue! And your swollen feet would thank you.
I know you don't want to hear this, but once those contractions start up again, walk walk walk! At least you're at the final stretch... I still have a loooong way to go!
I hear you! I was the same and tried so hard not to complain about being prego because it is such a special time...but it also is REALLY HARD. Hopefully he will come early, but not too early. I need to call you!
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