There's a point during pregnancy when everything becomes impossible to do, especially GETTING COMFORTABLE. I think I'm approaching that point ... not quite there yet, but the signs are definitely beginning to appear.
Sitting is becoming increasingly difficult. My tailbone hurts. Alot. I think this is due to breaking it when I was younger, apparently once this happens it never completely heals up and during pregnancy when ligaments are stretched, it gets easily aggravated.
Walking - getting even more uncomfortable by the day. Every time I am on my feet for long my stomach tightens up, especially at the top, and it gets very sore.
My lower back hurts, the muscles have gone into some kind of spasm due to not being supported by my stomach anymore.
My sciatic nerve hurts so that when I'm in one of the only comfortable positions I can find (lying down) my back and legs begin to ache.
The heartburn is dreadful, I've been trying to limit myself to 1 Zantac at night and coping with Maalox during the day. It's getting less effective.
My complaints are mild, I'm happy to suffer for the sake of having a health baby, I just felt like having a whinge today!
Meanwhile, 32 wks of pregnancy means there are only 6 to go! Apparently the baby now weighs about 4lb (in my case no doubt about 6lb) and has hair and fingernails. I also have about 50% more blood rushing around my body than usual to accomodate the baby and my extra needs (hopefully this doesn't mean more blood to go all clotty!).
Posted by katie at June 7, 2004 09:16 AM