I'm Huge!

Wow, I think my belly really popped up overnight.  I’m big and I feel big and heavy and pregnant.  My belly looks like a bowling ball.  I’m definitely at the very uncomfortable stage of pregnancy.  Sometimes I just get cramps.  I can have acid reflux, back pain, rib pain, cramps and fatigue all at once.  It’s hard to move around or bend over.  I just feel heavy.  Joe’s been pretty sweet and has massaged my back the past couple of nights when he gets home from work even though I know he’s exhausted himself from working such long hours.  My skin just feels pulled and stretched out.  Some days I have such frequent urination I’m literally going every twenty minutes.  I can actually feel the baby shift its weight directly onto my bladder sometimes.  The rib pain and acid reflux are the worst.  I can only lay back when I have rib pain and the acid will just keep coming up.  The Tums don’t help all that much.  The cramps are pretty unpleasant too.  I also noticed that there’s now a mole that appeared above my left nipple that wasn’t there before.  I have a doctor’s appointment coming up soon so I’ll ask my doctor about it then.

The baby is now kicking me pretty high up near my ribs.  It doesn’t really hurt, it’s just odd that there’s some skin poking out all the way up there.  Joe likes to play with the baby and feel it moving when he gets home from work.  He brought out the soothing music machine and played it for my belly.  The baby still gets the hiccups a lot.  Usually three times a day.  It lasts for about 2-3 minutes at a time.  I ordered the rest of the stuff from my baby registry so I’m just waiting for it to arrive.  I have a months worth of diapers and wipes.  I still need to wash all the clothes and linens but after all that I think we’ll be totally ready for the baby to arrive.