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[the_rck]

I'm definitely at the point where there's only one answer when someone asks me how I'm doing-- Still pregnant. It's interesting to see who gets it and who doesn't. That answer really does sum up my physical and emotional state fairly well; it's just rather opaque to anyone who hasn't been around a pregnant woman on a prolonged basis or who hasn't been pregnant herself.

I hit 36 weeks tomorrow. That's about two weeks more than my mother's first two pregnancies ran, so I'm rather relieved. Nobody knows why my sister and I were premature, and I was concerned that it might be something that I'd inherited from Mom. I think she was worried, too. Fortunately, this little one seems unlikely to arrive early. Much as I'm sure I'm going to wish for it during the next few weeks.

Anyway, I'm at the stage where moving hurts and not moving hurts, too. It's hard to judge which hurts more. At any given moment, I'm generally convinced that it's whatever I'm in the middle of. I'm still experimenting with ways of lying down to find out what hurts the least. Last night, I ditched the pillow between my knees that everyone's been insisting is necessary and used a much thinner layer of blankets, and that helped some. I still hurt, but I had less cramping in the muscles around my hips.

I'm also looking at things and saying, "Well, yes, I *could* do that. I'd just regret it afterward." That can be a hard parameter to explain to someone who hasn't been there. I can squat down to get something off the floor. It'll hurt, but I can do it. I just shouldn't. Oh, once won't hurt, but... Once becomes twice becomes always until I do hurt worse and have damaged myself.

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[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I hope the next 4 weeks go quickly for you, especially since the weather is warming up so quickly. Being pregnant is uncomfortable enough, being pregnant in hot weather is nigh on miserable.

It was 80 degrees the day my eldest was born. At 8AM, it was already that hot!

[the_rck]

Thanks for the good wishes! I'm definitely hoping not to have to deal with too much heat before the baby arrives. I have near nightmares of struggling to catch the bus in the heat in order to get to an appointment.