The ultrasound appointment was on Thursday and we got to experience the first real interactions with our little man. Our nurse said "this is the butt and in between these legs we have..." and Izzy put his hand in the way! It was so great. I'm not totally sure if he is just modest or if he is already smart enough to try and grab for what is poking him in the behind.
Everything went well, he looks healthy and strong, the only thing they made mention of is that our placenta hasn't raised yet. With the placenta still quite low I wonder if that is the cause of intense discomfort in my pelvic girdle. After a long night of standing, squatting, and running around at work it starts to feel like someone wearing a steel-toe boot has kicked me right in the 'vagina bones'.
I called the doctors office about it and talked to a nurse who said "all I can tell you is to take Tylenol and maybe try a support brace." "Ok!" I replied "a support brace could be really helpful!"
No, the whole experience was awful; I wasted almost an hour waiting for the prescription, the insurance company to approve the sale, and to actually see the brace. The prenatal cradle was a large piece of elastic that is meant to hold up your baby belly, giving your lower back some relief (not useful in this situation). The other option was a glorified lady jockstrap which might have worked had my insurance covered it and had I'd been willing to sacrifice tips on a lumpy butt.
In my first trimester my breasts hurt, they grew a bit, for obvious reasons. Now it is just my nipples that are super sensitive, which is really freaking bothersome. It is winter, it gets down below zero at night and peoples nipples get cold and hard on a regular basis here. Brr, ouch. Can someone make my a bra that is warm and comfortable when your nipples are hard, please?!
He moves around in there and I'm pretty sure I can reconcile the feelings between normal body things (like gas and such) and Izzy's adorable little squirming. I ask myself "is this feeling different than usual?" It is very hard to express the many different ways I think I feel him moving around in there; Sometimes is a swirling, slightly pinching feeling like he is rolling around. Other times it is a faint cramp-like feeling as if he is stretching his limbs all the way out. Occasionally I think it is him when I feel suddenly an urgent need to poop but when I get to restroom the feeling goes away almost completely. Wry little Werecub.
It is true, I do get aggravated when he steals my food. Eating is a chore these days. In the first few months he made me throw up, took away my appetite, and made me sick to my stomach just for thinking about food. Now I eat almost every two hours or else I get hunger hiccups.
Hunger hiccups; from what I understand when a woman is pregnant her body produces some kind of special relaxant for your mid-section. This also can relax your stomach/esophagus opening, giving the acids an escape window. If I don't keep those acids busy breaking down food they venture up my esophagus giving me indigestion hiccups. This happens no matter what I eat or don't eat. It is a good but annoying alarm telling me that it is time to feed the child. By the way; my prenatal vitamins are horse pills! I'm a human, carrying a werechild, that is being turned into a horse. Strangest time of my life.
Well, I'm blanking on any other fun, gross, interesting things to say so thanks for reading and I'll try to get around to writing again soon.
