The final 2 months

Posted by: sarahlou73 on: September 29, 2010

In: 3rd Trimester
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So as you can see, I haven’t updated my blog for some time. Things went a bit pear shaped when we lost Nan. It took me a while to blog about that & then the last 2 months of my pregnancy were busy. I’ll start by writing about (what I can remember of) those last 2 months…

I ended up in a bad way during the last part of my pregnancy. It could have been way worse but at the time, it was bad enough!! I had sciatica so had a constant searing pain down my left side and couldn’t walk properly. I also had a lot of back & hip ache. Going to bed was more like going to a torture chamber! I just couldn’t get comfy and would wake up in loads of pain. I’d go the loo anything from 2 to 6 times a night as well so a good night’s sleep became a thing of the past. Getting up for work was a real struggle as was going up and down the 2 flights of stairs to the office!

I ended up going the docs and they referred me to the hospital. I saw a physiotherapist who diagnosed the sciatica and slight PGP. She gave me some exercises to do and said she’d see me again the following week. A few days after my first appointment the sciatica went. It made such a difference, I could walk properly again for one thing. I was still waking up in pain with my back and hips though and if anything, it seemed worse once I didn’t have the sciatica pain to concentrate on lol.

My weight steadily increased. I last weighed myself at 37 weeks and I’d put on 2 and a half stone. The stretch marks eventually progressed onto my tummy. Not right on the front though thankfully, they’re on the bottom at the sides. I didn’t feel as bad about them as I thought I would though. Here’s my final bump pic:

I had lots of scares during the last few weeks. One of particular note was my birthday on August 1st. I wasn’t feeling too great anyway as it wasn’t long after Nan passed away. My Mum was here and she was really weepy so it was a pretty miserable day. It got a whole lot worse when I hadn’t felt baby move by lunch time. I ended up lying on my bed crying my eyes out thinking something had happened to baby. I decided that if it didn’t move by 3pm, I was going hospital. We were supposed to be going out for dinner but that went out the window and we had a take away instead. Then baby started to move. I can’t begin to tell you how relieved I was. I had a few episodes like that but baby always started moving just as I was going to call the hospital. I think it just liked keeping me on my toes!!

The nursery was finally completed mid August & I absolutely love it. Here’s some pics:

I finished work on August 13th and boy was that a relief. I was quite emotional on my last day though. They didn’t do my leaving presentation til gone 4pm so that was hanging over me all day! I hate stuff like that lol but it wasn’t so bad in the end. Well not until someone asked me to do a speech and I got all flustered! I was given a very generous £120 in vouchers and a lovely hand made bear.

I was full of good intentions for when I was off work but didn’t do half what I planned to. I did ‘nest’ a fair bit I suppose with the help of my wonderful best friend. I couldn’t do much without my back ending up in bits so she did a lot of cleaning for me. Between us we got the house ready for baby’s arrival.

The fact that I’d made a baby and it’s arrival was imminent completely blew my mind every single day. I’d look at my belly & feel & see baby move & still be amazed by it all. I couldn’t stop thinking about what sex it was and what it was going to look like. I managed to get myself in a state about the birth too. It started when I went to antenatal classes in August. They were great and I got a lot from them but the birth video haunted me!! I couldn’t stop seeing the baby crowning in my mind and all I could think was ‘How will my foof stretch that big?’ and ‘My god that’s gonna hurt’ A few friends had said that the crowning is the most painful bit. The other thing I became obsessed with was crapping myself when I was pushing. Stupid I know but I’m so private about stuff like that & couldn’t think of anything worse than doing that in front of Andy. I was constantly wondering what my labour and birth would be like. None of my friends who’d given birth had had a ‘normal’ delivery so vontouse, forceps & c sections whirled around in my head. Read my next post to see what I ended up with!!

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