How is it that 5 weeks can seem so close, yet so far away? For the first time since May 5, 2008 (the day I learned I was pregnant) I am ready for this baby to come out!
All things considered I'm feeling fine, but yesterday afternoon I developed an aching in my upper back (right between my shoulder blades) that progressively got worse as the night went on. I finally gave up on sleeping at about 1:00 am and spent the rest of the night in the recliner trying to doze. Fairly unsuccessfully. Sleeping comfortably is difficult enough the way it is, but throw a sore back in there and it becomes impossible.
Who knows what caused the backache...could be my posture or the extra weight I'm carrying, could be the position of the baby, could be totally unrelated to the pregnancy. But it is annoying. And it hurts. And it makes me crabby.
To add insult to injury the little guy does not seem to be in a hurry to scoot on down toward the birth canal. Instead, he is sitting on my ribs making breathing deeply impossible. (Although, that may not be a terrible thing since when I try to breathe deeply it hurts my back!)
I suppose that's enough of my pity party. I'll suck this up and hopefully it's a temporary muscle thing that a few back rubs and a little time will heal. Otherwise it's going to be a long 5 weeks.
1 comment:
I remember those last weeks feeling *really* long. Now, I remember why! It's the sleep!
Have you tried using a body pillow in bed? I did at the end of my pregnancies (3 healthy babies!) and it was great support for my belly and hips and arms. I would just put it in front of my body and drape over it, and it made my sleep approach normal again!
One drawback was that hubby felt like there was someone else in the bed. So we named the pillow Billy-boy and he made a great ceremony of kicking him out of the bed once the baby was born. :)
Hope tonight's sleep is better and you and baby are healthy and happy.
-MM
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