a cantaloupe
anyway, my symptoms this week are best put by another blog i was reading. I couldn't have said it better myself, so I will just copy and paste her words.
Swelling: Everyone knows that swelling occurs during pregnancy. I’ve done my best to fend it off, but of course I’ve still fallen victim to it’s pudgy claws. Still there has been some swelling that I haven’t expected.
Namely, swelling of the vahj.
Uh…how’d I miss the memo on this one? Who forgot to tell my about the ridiculous puffiness of my lady parts? If there wasn’t a huge freakin’ belly in the way, I’d almost certainly have a F.U.P.A. simply because of the crazy swelling happening down there. Where does this come from? Why does this happen? Why did no one warn me? How is traditional underwear meant to contain such a thing? I was unprepared for this side effect, to say the least.
Aches & Pains: Yeah, I knew about the achy back. EVERYONE knows about the achy back. And sure, I’ve had an achy back. Especially at night. Sleeping comfortably through the night is a dream that died hard.
But I expected that achiness. What I didn’t expect was a crotch that felt like it had been repeatedly kicked with a pair of soccer cleats.
My crotch hurts, like, all the time. But it hurts especially bad at night. It causes me to waddle during the day, wince every time I stand up, cringe when I get in and out of the car, and nearly lose my balance from the sudden pain that occurs when I get up from bed in the middle of the night to pee. This crotch pain is RIDICULOUS. And why does my crotch hurt? Because my kid is literally moving my pelvis apart right now, and his head has apparently taken up residence on my crotch.
Good times.
what else? itchy skin.... i feel like i want to rip my skin off sometimes. its this one patch on my belly that really bothers me. only something cold against it helps. and also sometimes in the morning, i blow my nose and theres blood. i've never had a bloody nose in my life so this is horrific to me. but totally normal.
Getting Ready for Baby:
-quite surreal. I didnt realize all the stuff I needed for her. I forgot to register for sleeping gowns so I had to order some myself today. I did laundry. lots of laundry. never realized how small a side snap shirt was until i took it out of the dryer. smaller than a beanie baby, about the size of one of the steps on my staircase
its not only clothes and blankets and sheets i washed. i had to wash the bouncer cover, the snuzzler, the boppy covers, the stuffed animals...all the things that will touch her skin. i keep finding more and more things to wash.
we tested out the video monitor to make sure it works. pretty cool.
we put together her pack n play the other day. what i thought was just an easy assembly turned out to be longer than we thought and jae is REALLY Good at these things. lol.
i started packing my hospital bag....(my packing list)
cant believe May is almost over.
May was an expensive month. OMG i cant believe how money just flew out of our pockets. Heres the breakdown of everything we spent:
1. court date - $25 bucks
2. mothers day - $100 to grandma, $100 to momma oh plus scratch offs
3. mothers day cards and scratch offs to cousins - $20
4. Book Club dinner - $25 transportation, $20 dinner?
5. Aunt's 60th birthday party - $100 bucks
6. Brother's 30th bday gifts - $200
7. dinner with Julie - $40
8. Cousins shower gifts - $75
9. Hiu's bday gift plus dinner - $200
10. SIL's lunch out for birthday - $60
10. Momma Oh's Birthday gift plus dinner - TBD - ~250
11. Cousins wedding - $300
thats about $1500 bucks in one month on miscellaneous items. and im sure there are more since i practically lived in babies r us this month. and this doesnt even include our usual expenses, like weekly groceries. geez. our cash envelope is empty now. =( but this has happened before so its back to building up our supply. good times.
working from home today so i promised myself i would go walk. better go now while the sun is not as hot.
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