Week 30!

You know I'm exhausted and worn out when I hit a big milestone (the big 30!) and don't say anything about it! This week has brought those lovely leg cramps with it that had be tossing and turning for two nights in extreme pain. I know bananas make it go away, but the last thing I want when I'm half asleep at 2 AM is to eat a banana! This is coupled with now needing to pee approximately at least 3 times a night on a good night, sometimes 5. This is partly due to me now being so thirsty at night - so when I'm not waking up due to the baby moving, the leg cramps, and having to pee - I wake up because I need to chug water. I'm quite sure that I don't make it through a single hour of the night without waking up for some reason (you also have to add Katie in there, who loves to toss and turn and I have to get up to check on her.) No wonder I spent a lot of yesterday napping or relaxing on the sofa! I'm just tired all the time.

I am now in the 60's in regards to days or  9 weeks, 6 days left to this countdown. That just seems like the smallest amount! Luckily Katie and baby are now registered in their new pediatrician's office. It took a lot of stress off of me to meet this new doctor. I handed her the paper and she had no problem with it. She doesn't seem as strict as others (I know at Katie's old pediatrician's office, they wanted to see the baby the day I was dismissed or at the latest, one day old!). This doctor says she sees all babies within 2-3 days of dismissal. She also has some weekend hours, which may make it easier for us, especially when we have two kids going to appointments. Due to how against everything not strictly hospital the last pediatrician office was, I have been worried over the new doctor's reaction but she seems much easier going and even remarked about how she really liked the doctor that referred us to her - the only doctor we would see at the old office who was much nicer than the rest (and the only one who would allow us to delay vax without kicking us out).

I now just have to pass my GBS test and I'll be all cleared for my birth center birth. I have to wait until 36 weeks for that one though, but I'm feeling better that I've made it through the rest of these hurdles.

I went to the chiropractor a few days ago, and now it feels like I can't find the baby. I mean, he's still kicking like crazy, but I don't know where he is exactly. He moved his head from my scar tissue, but not into my pelvis like before because the pressure isn't there. However he is still head's down...somewhere. I figure he must be straighter because I can feel those feet straight up and into important organs now, so maybe he's head's down but not low or engaged like before when I had the extreme pressure.

My daily yoga is no longer going well. I get myself set up every day and begin it, but the baby protests so much. He's just so active all day long, and me trying to stretch and bend makes him kick any vulnerable part I'm trying to stretch. He acts like he's trying to leap out of me, which is really painful in those positions (or any position, really!)

BH started the last few days. Some of them get quite strong, especially in my lower belly. Baby hates them and kicks like crazy while they're happening, which of course makes it worse. This little one is so insanely active! He's going to be a wild one when he comes out, I can tell already!