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| Week 26 5/5/02 - 5/11/02 |
| UUGGH!! Is it August yet??? Baby was being very quiet this weekend... unusual for her.... I was getting worried but I was also out and about a lot so I tried to just realize that that was probably the reason.... she was moving Sunday night so it made me feel better. Woke up Monday morning and was feeling nothing..... a few hours still nothing.... went to work still nothing.... so that was it! I called Jim told him to call the doc and we were going in after work. I hadn't felt anything from 9pm Sunday night, we got to the doctor at 3:15pm Monday still nothing. My doctor took us immediately in the ultra-sound room... as to avoid a scare with the doppler... and she watched the baby for a while. She got good views of the heartbeat and said she had good "tone". I guess it's a medical thing, she said they look for certain things like the hands opening and closing. Everything looked great..... we could see the baby moving during the whole thing but I wasn't feeling it. At all of our ultra-sounds, the baby has been head up. This time she was transverse (across my belly). We are thinking the change in position may have something to do with it. I was SO stressed and scared!! All I could think of was a repeat of Faith, and it didn't help that we are approaching the mark where we lost her. Thankfully my doctor said if I need to go in there everyday than that's fine. So at least I know that I can always pop in when I am feeling nervous. Hopefully, This will be the last scare and this little one will keep moving. I know I won't be able to handle much more of this! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ As if a scare this week wasn't enough..... I had fallen asleep on the couch one night and woke up in the biggest pain I seriously can ever remember having in my life!! Even more than any c-section pain. My right calf was SO cramped up.....I couldn't move, I couldn't do anything. Jim was trying to help me by moving it, but I felt like if he moved it I would tear every muscle in my lower leg. I just kept crying and yelling "Don't Touch It!!" Finally, I was slowly able to straighten it and kept flexing my foot up towards the ceiling but it still was killing me!! For a few minutes, I seriously wanted my leg amputated! I got up to walk around and was dizzy... I think cause I was crying so hard from the pain. We went to bed and Jim massaged it for a while.... which helped a bit.... I hardly slept that night because I was dreading waking up with another one!! I get plenty of calcium and potassium, like the books say.....not sure what else I can do.... there is no way I can live with these every night... I hope it was an isolated thing! The next morning my leg is still very sore, especially when I walked. I feel like I pulled a muscle or something.... SO not comfortable! I guess it is just one of the "joys" of pregnancy. |