So, here we are in November. I am fifteen weeks pregnant and the "What to Expect" app says that our little baby is the size of an Avocado this week. And I'm slowly starting to feel pregnant again. I have always been a stomach sleeper! ALWAYS! And I am finally "big" enough that I am very uncomfortable on my stomach. I remember when I went to prenatal yoga with a friend years ago that it was discussed in class that you shouldn't sleep on your back (which I've never liked anyway) and I'm trying to sleep on my side...my right side. Anytime I happen to flop over to the left side I get a huff and shove from Jeff to go back the other way. So, I've got three pillows and I'm trying to get comfortable but it's just not happening. What we NEED is a new bed. We were supposed to get each other a king sized bed for Christmas last year. At the moment I don't care if we keep our queen...I just want/need a new and firmer mattress and bed frame. After 10 years the bed and mattress are worn out. GET ME A NEW BED!
Wednesday we had two childhood friends lose their grandmother's and we were supposed to go to the visitation for one and the funeral for the other. It was going to be a long night but these two guys are important to us and we wanted to show them our love and support. Well, Wednesday around lunch I started cramping terribly. It hurt so badly that I was nauseous and had a headache! I went to talk to our office manager (she's had two kids) and asked her if I should call the doctor's office or if this was normal. I had looked it up online and it said that "lower abdominal achiness" was normal as the muscles and ligaments were stretching to support my growing baby. Well, being the weirdo that I am I called in any way just to be safe. The nurse was very calm and reassuring. She said it could be gas pains (we did have chili dogs at bunko the night before) and it could be my muscles, bones and ligaments moving, shifting and stretching to make room. She told me to take a Tylenol and give it two hours. If it was still hurting then they'd have a doctor see me. Lunch, Tylenol and putting my feet up for a few minutes really helped a lot but the cramps were still there and the thought of going around and visiting all night long just felt like too much for me. I asked Jeff if we could stay home. He said he would have made me even if I'd tried to power through. So, we stayed home and he cooked me dinner and I popped another Tylenol and went to bed at 8:00! Oh, it hurt SO bad! I really, really HURT and while it's hard to explain. It wasn't a cramp that freaked me out like, :"Uh oh, somethings wrong!" It wasn't that. But I definitely felt the need to stay home, lay down and rest. There are times to listen to your body and I really felt like my body was telling me to rest and as much as I wanted to be there for our friends during this difficult time in their lives I really felt like staying home and resting was the best thing for me.
Right now we refer to this baby as "Nugget". We've joked with friends that even when we find out what we're having and finally pick out a name we'll still call this baby, "Nugget." The best Christmas present we'll get this year will be to find out what the gender of "Nugget" is!
And I think I've got this personal time frame of Christmas = gender so I'm ready to put the tree up today! I have NEVER put up a Christmas tree before Thanksgiving...but I am SO ready to do it this year!! If you drive by our house and the tree is up...don't judge! I'm a little too excited this year!
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