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I made it to seven months pregnant. The baby kicks and moves around so hard it feels like there’s a party in my uterus. I tell him to live it up because soon he’ll be bigger and there won’t be as much room to move around.
I’ve been really sick lately so that has made the nausea and heartburn even more unbearable. Last week I experienced the worst ‘charlie horse’ ever. I don’t even know if that’s what they’re called but it felt like my calf muscle was literally ripping away from my leg bone. It happened so suddenly and I screamed and cried (poor Jai must have thought something was wrong with the baby) and then limped for three days.
When my leg felt better I got a cold sore that led into a terrible cold. I coughed so hard and so much that I threw up and strained all my stomach muscles. I feel a bit better now but it was kind of torturous going to work while that sick. Not that anyone would cover for me if I wanted to stay home. I guess the only ‘good’ excuse would have been going to the ER. I phoned the nurse hot line to see what kind (if any) cough syrup would be acceptable. There really isn’t anything recommended to take while pregnant but the nurse on the line told me I could take Robitussin in a small amount so long as it didn’t have certain ingredients in it. I took it one night and the coughing subsided a little. I took some the next morning and threw it up immediately. That’s the end of that I suppose.
Just before my cold was at its worst, we spent Thursday afternoon doing ‘baby stuff.’ We had an ultrasound and then had to go to the hospital for my Rhogam immunization.
My doctor ordered the ultrasound because I had lost weight in between my May 21st and June 19th appointments. She said I seemed a little small for the gestation time (everybody keeps saying that) so she thought an ultrasound would be a good idea. Of course I was worried but thankfully there’s was nothing to worry about. The baby’s heartbeat is amazing, he moves around non-stop, and while with the technician we learned that our baby is pretty darn big. Big baby but a small mama. My little kicker is nearly 3 pounds already and he’s about 16 or 17 inches long. We saw him make the cutest little faces and he kept opening and closing his mouth. I don’t mind if he doubles his weight but I’m worried that he’ll quadruple his weight…a twelve pound baby is not in my birth plan!!
Unfortunately we could only get two pictures at this facility. The technician was so nice and thorough but I still wish this clinic was equipped with the facilities to produce cds and dvds of the ultrasounds, not to mention the 3d images. She told us that’s why the other clinic is so popular (we went there the first two ultrasounds). She printed us off two tiny pictures which are very cute so I’ll be grateful for those and also grateful for the warmed belly jelly they use!
After that excitement it was off to the hospital where they took my blood (again) to make sure I really needed the shot. Then we waited for about an hour while the shot was prepared. We found our way to Labour and Delivery where a nurse administered the shot right into my left butt-cheek. It hurt more than when they took my blood.
Rhesus (Rh) disease: Rh is an incompatibility that occurs when the mother’s blood is Rh-negative and the father’s blood is Rh-positive. If the baby has Rh-positive blood too, this can pose problems during the pregnancy. The mother may become Rh-sensitized if some of the baby’s blood cells get into her blood stream, which can cause her to develop antibodies that may attack the baby’s red blood cells, leading to anemia and possibly even the death of the baby. Rh-negative women with Rh-positive partners can generally avoid Rh-sensitivity problems by receiving a shot of Rh immune globulin (Rhogam) during the 28th week of pregnancy and following the birth. (from the book The Mother of all Pregnancy Books by Ann Douglas)
by Sunshine Morningstar (http://sunshinemorningstar.blogspot.com/2008/06/28-weeks.html)