The past 4 weeks have been crazy, at least health wise. My husband came down with pneumonia so was
out of commission for a week. I had to
step it up to take care of the house and Liam.
Let’s just say I was exhausted and going to bed once Liam was in bed.
Then I started coughing.
I was afraid it was pneumonia but got checked out and was fine. The second week of coughing I started really
getting sore on my right side. Well last
Saturday night (24th) I was sitting on the couch relaxing and coughed. The coughed triggered a serious pain in my
right side. I’m normally one to deal
with pain but this was different. I
thought; I will just go to bed. So I
headed upstairs. Well the thought of
lying on my side with this pain made me cry.
Something wasn’t right. My
husband took me to the hospital and we were able to get right in (they sent me
to labor and delivery). They thought it
was either a pulled muscle or a cracked rib.
They gave me some pain meds to ease the pain. Let’s just say coughing before the pain meds
was excruciating. We got home at 11:30
that night. I took last week to rest a
lot, taking naps during the day up to 2 hours at a time. I did work some half days but that was about
all I could manage. While I was on the
pain meds I was getting a lot of contractions, though thankfully they stopped
once I stopped the pain meds.
My side definitely still hurts. I can feel it but it’s something I can deal
with and tolerate. I’m trying my best
not to take any Tylenol at this point. I still am extremely tired but am sure
that is also just part of being 36 weeks pregnant.
I’ve been crazy at making sure I have everything packed for
Sweetpea and for my hospital bag. I just
don’t know when the time is going to come and I’m one that likes to be
prepared. I’m so excited to see his
face. I am ready physically and
emotionally to meet this little guy. I’m
definitely not looking forward to sleepless nights but can’t wait to finally
have him in my arms. And I am so excited
to share his name!
I have a 36 week appointment on Thursday. We will have an ultrasound to check on how
big he is. One this is I do think he
might have dropped in these past few days because walking as gotten a lot more
uncomfortable and I’ve slowed down. I’ve
always been a really fast walker but could really tell the difference in my
pace this weekend. Maybe that’s a good
sign that I can have a VBAC! I’m
remaining positive that I can do it. I
WANT to do it.
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