Monday, January 23, 2006

Almost 36 weeks...

After our nesting on Saturday, we sat down to watch the NC State vs. Wake Forest basketball game. (Go Pack!!!) Somewhere during the last 10 minutes or so, I started to feel... weird. I honestly can't describe it, but it was like my back hurt, but not sharp pains... and my abdomen hurt, but not sharp pains. I couldn't put my finger on it, and just chalked it up to indigestion or something.

Sunday, we woke up to go to church. Before we left, I noticed I was having some cramping down low. The cramping would start in my back, and work it's way around to my front. I told Forrest I just didn't feel comfortable enough to drive all the way to our church (45 minutes) and be that far from home if something were to happen. So, I laid down on our couch, and began timing the "contraction-ish" types of pains. They were coming every 20 minutes, but they weren't too painful as long as I remembered to breathe through them. I ended up falling asleep doing this. I woke up about an hour later, and moved back to the bedroom where I slept some more. I made a decision at that point to stay in bed or on the couch the rest of the day because, I'm not quite 36 weeks yet, and I want this baby to be as healthy as possible!! The rest of the day went smoothly, and we watched Pittsburg whalloop Denver, and then the Seahawks cream Carolina (*pout*). We watched a totaly of 6 1/2 hours of football, so it's no wonder that all I dreamed about last night was football and having a baby.

Another thing that has developed has been the increase in my trips to the bathroom. I can almost set my watch to it. Every hour, I have to get up and go. No exceptions. Last night, it was 10:45, 11:45, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:45, 4:45, and amazingly, I missed the 5 o'clock hour, and woke at 6:05 am. Do you know how incredibly frustrating that can be when you're pregnant? You have to roll out of bed, waddle to the bathroom (which hurts because monster-baby is sittting directly on my pelvic bone), and then waddle back to bed, crawl back in bed...I am SO tired of getting up to use the bathroom, I'm seriously considering buying some Depends... or at least begging the doctor for a catheter or something!!! I can't wait for the day that I can sleep for 2 hours without having to run to the bathroom immediately when I wake up.

Anyways, this post hasn't been the most coherent post. Perhaps it's because I feel like a walking zombie without much sleep. I'm gonna go back to bed folks...

6 comments:

VHMPrincess said...

Sorry you didn't get much sleep... one thing that helped me was that I cut back the water shortly before bed, and kept water on my nightstand and started drinking it with the 4:30 potty breaks, so your not short water for the day, but you're moving WHEN you drink it around (I had to get up anyway for work at 6:30 or so)...

Avorie said...

Wow! Isn't it amazing how we are all experiencing similar things! I just posted about my suddenly very regular contractions for the past 24+ hours.

Considering that your baby has already dropped, maybe this is an indicator that you won't have to wait much longer! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

Oh, and I'm right there with you on the bathroom breaks. Except I get up about every 30 minutes. And baby hasn't even dropped yet!!

Cathy said...

I hope you're able to get some rest in the next few days! It seems like activity brings on contractions from everyone else's blogs. Stay rested and take care of yourself...this baby may come a lot sooner than you think!

Isabel said...

I hope you get some sleep.

I hate hearing how miserable you are. It just means I will be feeling that way in a few short weeks. I am not ready for that.

Kristin said...

I hate the middle of the night bathroom breaks. I never did that pre-pregnancy, ever. I just figure that it's a good way to get us ready for getting up in the middle of the night for our babies.

Reesh said...

Yep, every hour for me too. The only thing I'm thankful for is that I seem to have no problem falling back to sleep afterwards. We were running around doing errands today and at every stop I had to find a bathroom like RIGHT AWAY!! Do you have contractions as soon as you are done peeing?

Thanks for thinking of me today!