Ow Ow Ow!
Just two days of trying to get this baby into a good position and bouncing on my birth ball has brought back the SPD three-fold! Everything that ‘optimal fetal positioning’ says to do seems to contradict what they say you have to do to ease SPD… eg. SPD - keep legs closed as much as possible and put your feet up, OFP - Keep legs open so pelvis is wide enough for baby to turn and never lie back or put your feet up!
Now which is more important?!
The nights are worse. After about 3am my hips start to ache so I am constantly changing from left to right as each hip gets painful the more I lie on it. I’ve found a way on being able to lie on my stomach (thanks to Spinning Babies) but can’t sleep in that position ‘cos I’m afraid of squishing the baby! S/he had fun kicking and punching my abdomen this morning when I attempted to get some rest! Yep, definitely back to back!
Anyway, me and Jeff are starting our days with the line “What shall we do today?” and the answer is always the same - “Wait!” It feels as though we can’t move on with anything because we’re waiting, waiting, waiting! Is that normal?
I’m going to try taking a bath with Clary Sage essential oils later… I hate baths but I’ll give it a go then shower off after. Perhaps it’ll help with my aches and pains and perhaps it’ll induce labour… Oh I hope so!
One Of Those Days!
I thinking I’m getting to that stage in pregnancy when you start wishing the weeks away! Everything seems so much more difficult now. A 45 minute walk around Abergavenny and 1 hour in the (very quiet thanks to the rugby) supermarket had me lying on the sofa for the rest of the afternoon. It started with my stomach muscles getting pulled from sneezing and coughing then walking for less than two hours and packing our groceries made it all worse. We got home, put Skylar out the back & I put away the shopping. As it’s been raining non-stop today Sky was soaked so I picked up some towels to dry her off and started to make my way to let her in. OUCH! My stomach muscles cramped up because of baby deciding to lean right up against them and I couldn’t move! And baby decided s/he was comfortable and stayed there for the rest of the afternoon! I’ve tried lying on my left side, nope. Tried the right side, nope. Lay on my back, nope! S/he is moving a lot though and it’s lovely having that feeling. I haven’t had to do the kick count thing at all because I can almost always feel him/her having a little stretch or a manic twisting session. I was getting kicked in the ribs a couple of nights ago, very strange feeling that was! I had to change positions to get him/her to stop so I could sleep!
Jeff’s been great as usual, he made me food and cuppas and fed the animals and hasn’t grumbled about me lying around.
Since I’ve had time I re-did my birth plan. I did have it in bullet-mark form but thought it wasn’t comprehensive enough. So now it’s properly paragraphed and I’ve taken a lot of tips from a homebirthing website. I’ve also stated that, if I haven’t started labour by 42 weeks then I consent to be induced. No sooner than that and I’m hoping beyond hope baby comes before anything that drastic has to happen. So little babe, you have until May Day to make your natural entrance! Oh please, please, please little one, arrive before then!
Just to add… baby is still in the same painful position but having fun in there by the feel of it so I’m just going to lie back and take it… for now!
