The week after Mothers Day goes by as slow as molasses going uphill in January. Each day I pray for no pain episodes. I have mostly back and pelvic cramping to keep me company. I do have a few more episodes but they seem to be diminishing in frequency and severity. The source of the pain has definitely shifted lower and I'm sure the stone is almost out. The weekend comes and I'm feeling better. Lots of cramping but that I can put up with, somewhat. I go to a baby shower Saturday morning and held a purse party at my house that afternoon. Mom and Dad come over for dinner and we keep my niece and nephew for several hours while my sis and her husband go to the movies. All in all it was a great day but I'm scared for that night, afraid I over did it. I think I only woke up a few times due to cramping. Sunday David and I go to breakfast and then to Humble. After he mows his parents yard we go to a friends house and lounge in the pool. It was EXACTLY what my achy body needed! I actually for the first time since I can remember, slept through the night. Monday, May 21st, I did well. I had some cramping but 2 tylenol later and I was fine. So I decided to go to the gym. Still don't know if that was the right decision or not, but I like to workout. No, I LOVE to workout. It keeps me sane, I literally breathe better, I'm healthier, I get sick a lot less often and it's the best stress relief I've known. I get in a "good" workout but it's nowhere near the standards of what I'm used to. For one, I've been away from the gym for a few weeks. Two, my trainer and gym buddy, God love them, treated me like I was broken. But with the heat and the punching bag exercises, I worked up a good sweat and felt good about it. They made me promise to discuss my exercising with my Dr. on Tuesdays appointment, fearing that I was wanting to do way more than I should. Ok, ok, I promised.
David gets off work early and picks me up and it's off to the ob we go. Another ultrasound shows the sac is huge compared to my little peanut! But that's normal and a good sign. Next she turns on the sound and there it is, my little peanut's heartbeat, beating at 138 bpm. Perfect. My first official ob visit (not just because I kept ending up in the hospital in pain). So because I haven't had a cycle since New Year's (female issues) they don't have anything to go off of to give me a due date other than measurements, which at this stage isn't too accurate. So by measuring the length of the baby they push my due date back from Jan. 6 to Jan 12. Apparently I let out an ugh sound, cause the Dr. looks at me and says I know, this has been a looooong pregnancy already hasn't it?! Yes I said, at 8 weeks in, I'm ready! She prints off a couple of the ultrasound pictures for me, which are not near as clear as what we saw on screen. We could actually make out the head and heart on the screen, no such luck on the printed pic. Then off to the lab I'm sent. The lady drawing blood starts pulling out vials to fill and she gets 8 of them. OMG I declare, I think that's enough, to which she just laughs and says I know right?! Leave some for the baby I tell her! Next is a talk with the head nurse about family medical history and pregnancy Do's and Don'ts and 2 large bags of goodies filled with magazines, books, plenty of reading material, a journal and lots and lots of vitamins. I'm told normally they tell pregnant moms to take an additional 1200mg of calcium, to support the baby growing, but not me. With my kidney stone issue, they want me to get my extra calcium from food (80% of kidney stones are made of calcium). Good, I like milk! But then comes the kick in the pants. I need to limit my exercising. No kickboxing. Boxing fine, walking fine, water aerobics recommended. Do NOT get overheated and do NOT let your heartbeat get over 140. WHAT? Do you know in a good class I can get my heartrate up to 180 pretty easily? Anything over 140 starts to deplete oxygen from your baby so it can supply it to you. Especially since you have a higher blood volume right now and work harder to get it all through your circulatory system. Fine, this makes sense but I'm not happy about it!
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