Recent comments that I guess I should be taking compliments:
"You don't even look that big from the back."
"Wow - your cervix looks great!" said the ultrasound tech.
"Your belly is just so perfectly round!"
These comments are fine now folks, but come 2.5 seconds after both babies are delivered, anyone that says any of the above to me will probably get smacked.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
This Pregnancy is a Pain in the.......
Pregnancy comes with all types of joys - life growing inside of you, that "pregnancy glow", the gift of motherhood, and a bunch of other stuff I can't really think of right now. One of the joys I have been blessed with this past month is a pain in the butt. No, not figuratively. I literally have severe pain in my butt.
It only strikes at night when I lay down. After about 20 minutes, a slow severe migraine-type pain throbbing in my left backside cheek begins, alternating with a sharp stabbing pain. It is like someone is sticking a knife deep into my hiney. It is awesome.
Apparently it is stemming from some muscle imbalance issues - some leg muscles are working too hard and some aren't pulling their weight, which is leading to the muscles and tendons around my hip on my left side swelling something fierce when I lay down and relax at night. All of this is made worse by my increasing size and gait change as I try to adapt to my ever-growing belly. Bonus.
So, the chiropractor and I have become good friends. We've become so tight that I'm letting this man touch me in parts that most people don't get to come near - that's what severe pain does to you.
You can make the pain go away? Sure - go ahead and push your finger all around different places on my butt cheek and ask me how it feels. Oh, your assistant needs to check my pelvic muscles? Of course - let me lay on my back and do a stripper-type pelvic thrust up off the table while you push around the muscles on my inner thigh! Love it!
On top of all the lovely exercises I get to do daily that I am sure I look absolutely ridiculous performing (have you ever tried rolling out your thigh on a foam roller with a basketball-size belly in the way), I get to end my day by icing my butt. My lucky husband gets to crawl into bed with his ever-growing wife wearing his old pajama pants hanging out with a frozen bag of corn under her backside. Super sexy.
So, yeah, I can truly say pregnancy is a pain in the butt.
It only strikes at night when I lay down. After about 20 minutes, a slow severe migraine-type pain throbbing in my left backside cheek begins, alternating with a sharp stabbing pain. It is like someone is sticking a knife deep into my hiney. It is awesome.
Apparently it is stemming from some muscle imbalance issues - some leg muscles are working too hard and some aren't pulling their weight, which is leading to the muscles and tendons around my hip on my left side swelling something fierce when I lay down and relax at night. All of this is made worse by my increasing size and gait change as I try to adapt to my ever-growing belly. Bonus.
So, the chiropractor and I have become good friends. We've become so tight that I'm letting this man touch me in parts that most people don't get to come near - that's what severe pain does to you.
You can make the pain go away? Sure - go ahead and push your finger all around different places on my butt cheek and ask me how it feels. Oh, your assistant needs to check my pelvic muscles? Of course - let me lay on my back and do a stripper-type pelvic thrust up off the table while you push around the muscles on my inner thigh! Love it!
On top of all the lovely exercises I get to do daily that I am sure I look absolutely ridiculous performing (have you ever tried rolling out your thigh on a foam roller with a basketball-size belly in the way), I get to end my day by icing my butt. My lucky husband gets to crawl into bed with his ever-growing wife wearing his old pajama pants hanging out with a frozen bag of corn under her backside. Super sexy.
So, yeah, I can truly say pregnancy is a pain in the butt.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
It's a___, It's a ___!
Apparently we are a perfect example of history repeating itself. Just like 6 1/2 years ago, we will be having.....
A Baby BOY!
and
A BABY GIRL!!
In the exact same positions as the first set 6 years ago. Amazing! You know you are unique when the ultrasound tech says, "I've never met anyone like you guys!" Funny, I've never met anyone like us either :) I guess you just gotta embrace the uniqueness!
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