I've had a few more symptoms pop up and while they are not always consistent, they're worth noting.
- I can feel more pressure "there." This typically happens after having a rather physical day (ie. house work, weeding, moving things around the house, etc) or after sitting at my desk for a long period of time, which is unusual in my job, but right now I'm still organizing, emailing teachers, etc. in an effort to get ready for kids to really get started. It's more of an ache, I suppose, but it's a hard sensation to describe. It doesn't necessarily hurt, but it's an uncomfortable pressure. It goes away within about 3-5 steps but it's quite the waddle until my body "works itself out."
- Not a symptom, but the doctor's office called me Monday and said they were giving out flu shots to preggo people so I ran there after work and got poked. I was fine until just before I went to bed...started to feel a little icky...but nothing too terrible.
- Monday night, after eating dinner at 6ish (not abnormal) and not having any snacks or excessive amount of liquid right before bed, I was feeling like I had something stuck WAY up high in my throat and no matter what I did (multiple swallows, sips of water, etc) nothing helped. So not only did I feel icky from the flu shot, now I couldn't manage b/c I'm assuming I was having some serious reflux. :( Boo. So after we crawled in bed, Adam was a sweetheart and ran upstairs to the guest bedroom to grab me 800 pillows. After building a pillow fort all around me including being propped up high, I actually got to sleep within a half hour. Then a few hours later, as I was attempting to roll over (now a tremendous feat) and trying to semi-stay on my side of the bed so as not to wake Adam, I accidentally stabbed him in the eye with my finger. :( Needless to say he was WIDE awake instantly but was so nice about it and told me it was ok even though I was almost in tears I felt so bad. I slept well the rest of the night after I got over almost stabbing his brains out so that was good.
- Today a coworker asked me if the baby had dropped. Finally! Someone else who's had kids to validate what I've been wondering for a few days now. I think I posted this suspicion on Sunday when I realized I could make it through almost an entire song in church without stopping singing to huff and puff in the middle of each verse. The odd thing is that I would have thought that the bottom of my belly would be more uncomfortable due to the added pressure and/or stretching. This is not the case, however - I am more uncomfortable on the very top of my belly which feels like it's being pulled down (which it is, duh). But still, one step closer - dropping is a good sign!
- The past few days, Baby has been having some serious kicks and pushes that occasionally make me catch my breath b/c they hurt ever so briefly, but are quite powerful. Since they are so quick, it registers as a quick hurt but is typically gone quickly.
- Lastly, the baby woke up early today and was doing some of those giant pushes...and Adam put his hand on my belly and she calmed down. As soon as he took his hand away, she got a little crazy again...more Daddy's hand, less crazy baby. Finally I had to get out of bed and she seemed to be ok with that.
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