New pain of the week!

Sorry I dont have much to add to the blog. I have a doctor's appointment on Friday and I am supposed to have an ultrasound. So, maybe more pics. Anywho, the new ache and pain of the week is . . . . sciatica!!! Never felt that before today. It's a real pain in the butt though . . ha ha ha. Mostly just my lower right back and everytime I move my right leg. I feel like a fat little old lady. I tried to bend over today to pick up some magazines today and couldn't. I've still been having killer migraines about every three days or whenever the weather changes. Unfortunately, none of the meds the nuerologist gave me really help. Right now between the pain in my butt, my joint pain in my hips and knees, the acid reflux I experience when I lay down, the feeling that I can't breath because the baby pushes on my diaphram, the migraines exacerbated by the hormones, the fatigue, the hormones that make me cry because I miss my chihuahua, the sinus pressure, the stretchy feeling and pressure from the baby growing, my overall achy body, getting car sick and throwing up when I ride in the car, gas, bloating, upset bowels and other pooper problems associated with them and being pregnant, I would have to say that being pregnant SUCKS! I'm kind of a weeny for pain in the first place, but this is getting to be ridiculous. I mean, really! How much more can a person take!?!?!? Does God not want me to have any more children? It hurts to move! I really want more than one. It's so hard to tell though because "Every pregnancy is different." I won't NEED birth control after this! This works just fine! I think recovering from childbirth, having fatigue, and sleepless nights with a little baby are going to be a welcome change. At least then I will be able to MOVE! I know being a new Mom will be hard and a challenge, but seriously, I don't think it will be as hard as this. Plus, little Conner will be here and I can't wait for that!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm doing pretty good on my weight gain. I started off at 155 and then lost 15 pounds from being sick so much. Well, I've only gained two pounds past that and my hips, legs, and butt are still smaller than they were when I started. I read that from now on I can expect to gain one pound per week and Conner will gain .25 lb per week. (Right now he is over 16 inches long supposedly and weighs almost 3 pounds) I hope it's all baby weight! I really haven't been eating much because my stomach is all scrunched up. So, I try to eat little healthy snacks. I've been craving a lot of string cheese, milk, fruit, apples, and cereal with strawberries. I've been taking those prenatal vitamins too to supplement since I haven't been eating enough to be getting all the nutrition I know Conner needs.

The other day I felt a body part I could recognize for the first time. I was laying on my right side trying to sleep and all of a sudden I yelled "OUCH!" Conner was practicing being a race car driver already and "Flooring it." He stretched his little leg out as far as it would go and I felt his two inch foot (sounds little, but feels big when it's poking out of your side) come out of my side. I pushed on it and he pushed it back in. It was kind of cute and funny and painfully not funny at the same time. Then, the next day, he kicked under my ribs and it was hurting so I started pressing on his foot/leg or whatever it was to move it back in and this time he pushed back. He's already being rebellious. :)

I'll update after my appointment on Friday and hopefully be able to have an estimate of how big he is as well as some pics! :)

Until then, I'm surviving!!!
Nat