Getting Impatient

Okay. I'm not really complaining, but....my belly doesn't seem to have grown at all in three weeks. In fact, if it's possible, it seems to have gotten a little bit smaller. That could just be because it's moving up out of my pelvis, and found more room to move back into. I don't know. I am still feeling baby movements, once or twice a day, as little butterfly motions in my stomach. The thing is....I WANT MORE! I want my belly to grow some more, I want the movements to get stronger! I know that will happen eventually, but I want it NOW!

When people keep asking me, "How's the baby?" I don't know what to say. I usually end up saying, "Well...still in there." How should I know how it is? All I know is I feel it move every once in a while, and my belly's not getting any bigger. I assume the baby is perfectly fine. At least, I sure hope it is.

I know, I know...everybody has told me this would happen. They all said, "It's going to seem like your belly stays the same forever, and then one day you will wake up, and it'll be like it just grew overnight." Well, I'm ready for it. Now GROW! Every day, I am sure I can feel my belly stretching. I have been getting round ligament pains every time I roll over in bed, and every time I stand up too fast, and even when I just laugh too hard. My belly often feels tight, even pressure. So, that definitely means something will happen soon.....right?

I also can't wait to find out the gender. I'm still so excited to have that ultra sound scheduled, but it seems like it's going to take forever to get here! I still have most of a month to wait! I just wanna KNOW already!

I am really trying my hardest to be patient. I keep telling myself that I've got another 5 months, at least, and that's plenty of time for me and Baby to grow. In the mean time, I am trying really hard not to pinch my sciatic nerve anymore...because that hurts. Sometimes, when I roll over or twist wrong, I can feel a warning twinge...like my back is saying, "Hey, keep it up and I'll cripple you!" Twice, I have already found myself hobbling around on a cane. Even when my sciatic nerve is not involved, my back just aches. I've been prescribed flexeril for my back ache, but I don't want to become dependent on it, so I only allow myself to take it every other day. So, on my "no flexeril" days, I just take extra strength Tylenol...which does nothing...and suffer through it. On my "flexeril" days, if I feel like I can go without it, I do. I only take it if my back is REALLY bothering me. Which it is, today, but unfortunately, this is a "no flexeril" day.

I'm still drinking all my water. I am proud of myself for keeping up my water intake. I've never drunk this much water in my life. At first, it was really hard to force myself to drink this much, and I felt like I was trying to drown myself. By now, if I wait too long to have my next glass of water, I actually get thirsty! Wow! My body actually likes this! Who knew?

So, anyway...yeah...that's it. Nothing much to report. I am achy, I am keeping myself as healthy as I can, and I am getting very impatient.