Life with Maggie

Friday, November 30, 2001

Ahhh, the joy of having friends! One of our neighbors / very close friends is a physical therapist. I had a few problems with my back before I got pregnant and she had always told me it was my SI joint slipping. She'd do a few exercises on me and it was healed! Well, I had thought the back pain I was having this week was simply because of pregnancy. Last night, it was so bad that I called her, almost in tears, to see if she could do anything. She came over and looked at my back and said that it was, in fact, my SI joint that had slipped out of place again. She said it is VERY COMMON for pregnant women to have this. She did the same exercises she normally does and I felt so much better! I finally got a good nights sleep this week. It was wonderful! So now, on Friday I'm ready to start my week. Ha Ha! My friend also said that some pregnant women have this problem so bad that they have to get a physical therapy prescription from their doctor and go to PT once or twice a week. I hope mine never gets to that point.
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Thursday, November 29, 2001

Well, I'm 24 weeks pregnant this week. Here's where my sweet Maggie is right now. I just can't believe I am a 6 month pregnant woman! My body has changed so much in the past 2 weeks, it's amazing. My stomach is only a little noticealby different. It is much harder though and feels "heavier", if that makes any sense. And, what I was hoping I'd be able to avoid appeared at the beginning of the week: back pain. I haven't slept at all this week. For some reason I've just become such a light sleeper the past few days. Normally a freight train through my room wouldn't have woken me up. Now, my eyes pop open at the slightest noise (mainly Tommy's snores). And the fact that my back is hurting means I just can't get comfortable. I don't know how I'm going to deal with 4 more months of this. Yesh! I'm so excited about the holidays. It's really taken my mind off of a lot of stuff. Before Thanksgiving, I was pretty much consumed with pregnancy thoughts: mainly stuff like, "Oh my God, the labor is going to hurt so bad!" (ha ha) Truly though, I was just non-stop thinking about all the aspects of pregnancy, delivery, parenthood, etc. So, with Christmas around the corner, I've got other fun things to think about like presents, family, and FOOD! Also, I was getting pretty tense over my job, my mood has really lightened with the holidays approaching. I LOVE DECEMBER! Before I finish, I wanted to say thanks to Christine for commenting. And thanks for the advice! I am all about walking....I've been trying to do it now before it gets really cold and I know I'm not going to want to go out.
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