I have been dealing with severe swelling in my legs since I was 30 weeks pregnant - that is 8 weeks ago. It is so bad that I can only sit on a chair with feet down for about 5 min or stand up for about the same amount of time. My legs start to hurt bad if I try to sit or stand longer. I can walk - sort of - but ever since the swelling reached the top of my thighs that is pretty hard too.
Now the last days I have noticed that my inner thighs and my 'private' has gone numbed. I wonder what that is all about. Hubby is worried and want to take me to the hospital today. I do wanna go and I want the little one out but I also worried that they will say no or that the little one will get more problems if he is born now.
The ideal will be that he is born by c-section later this afternoon/evening now how do I go about to convince a very conservative hospital to do that...
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
just keep swimming..
Hubby took me to the pool today. We seem to have picked a bad day though because the pool was full of bratty kids, but I still got about 30 min of feeling light again. I love the feeling as soon as I step into the water and my legs moves easy again and I cant feel the weight of my tummy. The time in the pool did nothing for my swelling, but at least I felt good for a little while. The little one seem to like it too, he was squirming around in my tummy.
There was a couple of odd guys at the pool though. On older guy seem to be asleep in the sauna. I got a bit worried about him actually and asked the lifeguard to check on him. He was alright apparently just tired or something. When we left he was staring at all the kids, seemed a bit creepy actually - or maybe I'm just to paranoid..
Then there was Mr Snorkel. Another older guy was wearing a snorkel mask and just layed in the pool with his face down in the water. Can't imagine there is much to look at, at the pools bottom. He was doing weird things with his arms and legs too and hubby commented that he was probably exercising.
Hubby tried to do a few laps, but realized he was not in very good shape anymore.I guess getting all of your wife's pregnancy cravings can do that to you.
There was a couple of odd guys at the pool though. On older guy seem to be asleep in the sauna. I got a bit worried about him actually and asked the lifeguard to check on him. He was alright apparently just tired or something. When we left he was staring at all the kids, seemed a bit creepy actually - or maybe I'm just to paranoid..
Then there was Mr Snorkel. Another older guy was wearing a snorkel mask and just layed in the pool with his face down in the water. Can't imagine there is much to look at, at the pools bottom. He was doing weird things with his arms and legs too and hubby commented that he was probably exercising.
Hubby tried to do a few laps, but realized he was not in very good shape anymore.I guess getting all of your wife's pregnancy cravings can do that to you.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
its time to go
little one. I have given him eviction note today. I have had enough of this and feel so uncomfortable. Hubby has tried to talk to him to and told him he needs to come out and play with daddy. I got this feeling that he wont listen to either of us...I guess that means we are in for a lot of fun in the future.
Monday, July 23, 2007
long day
today was our 37 week appointment and also the day where we got to catch up with the child birth class we missed last week.
We had to get up at 7.30 which was just when I was really comfortable - I hate alarm clocks! The child birth class was good. Very quick compare to the groups we use to go too, so I guess we were lucky there. We finally got to see a birth suite. It was a bit different then I expected. The birth suite was basically a smaller ward, with nurses station in the middle and then rooms for labour and delivery all around. There was also showers and a loung room where people could wait.
We got to see 3 newborn babies. One boy was 4 kg and looked HUGE - I feel sorry for that mum pushing him out.
When the class was finished we went to grab some lunch and then it was time for me to sit with my legs up. We went back to the hospital and hubby got me all set up with two chairs and a newspaper. He then asked if he could go and check out a book store around the corner, I was happy with my newspaper so that was no problem.
He came back about 30 min later with a friend and his wife. Turns out my hubby got thinking on his way to the book store - hey my friend lives here and I have not seen him in 6 months, wonder what he is up too. They all came back and we had coffee and a nice chat, made our 2 hours waiting so much more fun.
Our doctors appointment was at 3pm and last time they made us wait for an hour and a half before they called us in, we were joking about how long it would take this time. Amazingly enough we were called in five minutes past 3. I think that is the shortest we have waited ever. All was good. The little one is active and kicking and my blood pressure is good. The doctor was still consern about my giant swollen legs and she seem to be in favor of inducing me maybe before the due date. Lets hope that will happen.
Went to buy new undies, size elephant, afterwards and also a new camera. All this made it a very long day, so I was glad when I could sit down in my bed at home and eat the leftover of my apple pie. Feel so much better now.
We had to get up at 7.30 which was just when I was really comfortable - I hate alarm clocks! The child birth class was good. Very quick compare to the groups we use to go too, so I guess we were lucky there. We finally got to see a birth suite. It was a bit different then I expected. The birth suite was basically a smaller ward, with nurses station in the middle and then rooms for labour and delivery all around. There was also showers and a loung room where people could wait.
We got to see 3 newborn babies. One boy was 4 kg and looked HUGE - I feel sorry for that mum pushing him out.
When the class was finished we went to grab some lunch and then it was time for me to sit with my legs up. We went back to the hospital and hubby got me all set up with two chairs and a newspaper. He then asked if he could go and check out a book store around the corner, I was happy with my newspaper so that was no problem.
He came back about 30 min later with a friend and his wife. Turns out my hubby got thinking on his way to the book store - hey my friend lives here and I have not seen him in 6 months, wonder what he is up too. They all came back and we had coffee and a nice chat, made our 2 hours waiting so much more fun.
Our doctors appointment was at 3pm and last time they made us wait for an hour and a half before they called us in, we were joking about how long it would take this time. Amazingly enough we were called in five minutes past 3. I think that is the shortest we have waited ever. All was good. The little one is active and kicking and my blood pressure is good. The doctor was still consern about my giant swollen legs and she seem to be in favor of inducing me maybe before the due date. Lets hope that will happen.
Went to buy new undies, size elephant, afterwards and also a new camera. All this made it a very long day, so I was glad when I could sit down in my bed at home and eat the leftover of my apple pie. Feel so much better now.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
the beginning
Im Ri, living with my hubby in a city of Oz. We are waiting for the little one to arrive in about 20 days. Right now the little one is pretending my ribs are monkey bars. Its cool but also hurt a bit.
I decided to start this blog so I could write more freely about everything that happens in my life without being worried that my mum might read it. Let see how well this goes.
I decided to start this blog so I could write more freely about everything that happens in my life without being worried that my mum might read it. Let see how well this goes.
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