The last few weeks have brought rapid progression on the pregnancy front. I have started to feel random sessions of baby movement. Usually I am driving in the car or sitting at my desk working. And last weekend, my stomach rapidly sprung into "obviously pregnant" position. Anybody who had not heard the news was made aware just by looking at me. Check out the new photo on the belly shots page.
Overall, pregnancy has treated me well. However, my newest affliction that I have been fighting for the past few weeks is posterior pelvic pain. Although I had heard of low back pain being a common pregnancy affliction, I had not been made privy to the sudden sharp pains that I am experiencing in my buttock area. Quite frequently these cause me to stop dead in my tracks unable to take another step. I hope it does not get worse, but from what I have read I can expect this to remain throughout the pregnancy and up to three months after. If anybody knows any good way to treat this, please share as I am open to all ideas. I believe it is made worse by the fact that I sit at a desk for nine hours a day and again in a car for an hour and a half. Other things to avoid are mentioned as climbing stairs (aka doing laundry in the basement), vacuuming, and mopping. I seriously did read that somewhere, I think it was written by a pregnant woman trying to avoid household chores. Nate is not taking these suggestions seriously yet, but he is kind enough to rub my back on occassion. He also made me a footstool for the office to help with my posture.
We have yet to start the nursery, but Nate did clear out all of the tools from the bathroom project that were strewn about. I expect that we will pick up that project within the next few weeks. There are so many things that we need to do in preparation that we have still not wrapped our heads around it all. We will continue to keep you all posted as we proceed on this exciting new journey in our lives together. We are slated to find out if it is a boy or a girl next week so expect an update around Thanksgiving.
