Well, several of my friends are due in the next few weeks, so I’ve been eagerly reading all the pregnancy updates for news of Tommy’s future playmates. I gues I’m in an pregnancy updating mood myself! I was going to blog about Peter getting engaged last week, but he didn’t want me to, so I just neglected the blog over the weekend instead. I’ll start this week with a little update on us, specifically the baby. Today I had my routine OBGYN visit, and everything looked fine. When I stepped on the scales, I was pleasantly surprised to see that it looked like I had actually lost weight–but then I realized it was saying I’d lost 10 lbs since last month, and I knew that wasn’t right! I’ve been eating Christmas cookies like nobody’s business, and I’m definitely showing more! The nurse looked at me, then my charts, then asked for my date of birth to see if it was the right chart. Nobody loses 10 lbs during their 5th month of pregnancy… Then we realized that I was standing too far back on the scale. I moved forward and immediately gained 16 lbs. I guess that made the nurse feel better, but it was kindof depressing for me.=) The doctor got out the tape measure for the first time this week, and I was 25 inches, just right for 25 weeks. The baby’s heartbeat was good, too. Yay!
The other half of my visit was a little more interesting. I had some really awful pain about a month ago after lifting Tommy out of the bathtub–lower back spasming so bad that I thought I was having contractions, and a lot of aching since then. Today I got in with the physical therapist who works solely with the pregnant women in this practice. She is a mom of three and consequently knows exactly what moms are doing to mess themselves up! Turns out my loose ligaments (normal pregnancy condition) probably allowed my hip bone to kindof dislocate from my pelvis when I bent over funny to pull Tommy out. No wonder I’ve been having lower back pain on my left side–my poor muscles are seriously confused. Being pregnant, normal treatments like ibuprofin and adjustments are out. Instead, I’m going to be going in twice a week to work on training my muscles to hold everything properly again. I’m really happy with the physical therapist, and I’m glad to have a solution to all this pain. But hour-long appointments downtown twice a week when I’ve spent the last four months on a fruitless search for a babysitter just once a week during my class….? I’m not sure how I’m going to make this work, and I’d really appreciate prayers that other moms step in to help or that a student at Moody or North Park reads my help wanted ads and contacts me pronto about taking care of Tommy. It’s just hard because there were probably a dozen people I could have asked for help in St. Louis if this had happened there, but I really don’t have many options or friends here yet. Fortunately, all this will have no effect on the baby, and I’ll put up with pain and hassle as long as the little one continues to develop healthy and strong!
I can relate to shock over the scale. There’s consolation in the fact that pregnancy weight gain is not only ok, it’s great for you and baby!! 🙂
Oh, and I’m praying that the Lord bring you an excellent babysitter soon!
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