So my blood pressure has been rising for about a month now. It's an older mama, first baby, 3rd trimester on-set sort o thang. If I can't get my blood pressure to level out and be more "normal" then I lose the privilege to have a home birth. I keep telling myself as long as the baby is healthy then it doesn't matter how he/she gets here but I'd be a bit sad. Bustin would probably be releaved to not have to worry about having this house ready to birth a baby in. Oh well whatever will be will be.
I've been seeing an acupuncturist for 3 weeks now. It is a really interesting clinic.....a HUGE room with a few dim lamps and a doz or more big recliner chairs with sheets on them. You sit back in the chair, roll up your pants and sleeves, the doctor comes over, puts your needles in and then you go to sleep. There are usually about 5 or 6 other folks in the big room in chairs sleeping as well. It is very un-spa like but that doesn't really matter to me. I usually pass out for a couple hours. There tshirts & bumper stickers said, "I sleep with strangers at South Austin Acupuncture Clinic" which I think is high-larious.
The baby's head is down, hopefully he/she won't flip. I think it's backside is on my right cause I rarely get kicked over there anymore. It's mostly on my left lower and my right upper. Some days it's yoga-esque with stretching and some days is definitely a kick boxing class. As the baby gets bigger, it's harder for him to move around cause space is at a premium AND it's harder for me to move around cause I'm getting HUGE. I am approaching beached whale size or very pregnant dinosaur as Bustin likes to remind me. My feet are so swollen & big that even my Croc shoes are tight. I went and bought size 8 flip flops and called it a day. I'm usually a 6 1/2. (deep sigh)
I saw my midwife today and thinks I might be further along then we first thought. If I my periods weren't regular before I got pregnant then it seems your due date can be off even if you have the date of your last period which I do. I might have 2 weeks left instead of 5 weeks like we thought....YIKES!
Here's a little Freddie for you.....
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