2-6-06

During the last few evenings and some days even, my feet and legs have ached, terribly. At night I was so afraid if I moved wrong I’d wake up with a leg cramp. Last night was that night. I’ve had legs cramps with the other pregnancies so I was suprised it hadn’t happened sooner, but this one seemed so much worse. I woke up Dean and was in tears waiting for the pain to pass. I’m still having pain in that leg when I move around, because of how long the cramp lasted. things like this remind that I will not get pregnant again, there are too many uncomfy and/or painful things that happen to me during pregnancy and I will not put myself through it again.I had my appt w/ my endo. today. I love that office and the dr, but I hate having to wait forever to be seen! I had Bo with me, and 45 mintues after waiting to be seen, I called to have Dean come rescue him from sitting in his stroller all of that time. (dean’s office is right across the street from the drs. office) So as soon as I hung up the phone, the dr came in to see me, but it was nice to be able to talk to the dr and not have to fuss w/ Bo. He’s increasing my insulin again and anticipates having to keep doing so. Ever since I’ve started taking it we’ve had to up the dosage every few days. it’s as if my body adjusts to the new amt then it’s not enough and my levels go up again. I was concerned it was something I was doing but he said it’s normal in pregnancy and that the further along I get the more insulin I’ll need. As long as I dont end up needing to use 2 syringes I guess it’s ok, but at this rate I’m afraid I’ll have to. He is also going to have me start checking my urine every morning to make sure I’m not spilling ketones or something. I’ve never had to do that, and really dont want to have more to do but dont have much choice. i’m so glad the end of this pregnancy is in sight. at most, we have 2 months from the 7th, tomorrow. But chances are it will be the end of march when this baby arrives.

Dean went out Saturday night to play laser tag and I got some baby stuff organized. the cradle is in place, my mom got us this great big basket which we’ll use in our room for baby stuff while the baby is in our room. we went to a toysrus that is closing and got some toys for the kids, and I got this neat stackable storage bins thing for the baby room, it’s so cute ! I put it together Saturday night while the kids slept and Dean was out. I also took advantage of the cheap prices at toysrus and bought some cradle sheets and crib sheets. I was dissapointed they didnt have more baby stuff but they were out of a lot of stuff. So I feel a little better having gotten some baby stuff ready this weekend. Dean will be away at a mens’ retreat all of next weekend, leave it to men to plan the retreat during valentines weekend! So I knew we wouldt have time to get baby stuff done then. that next week I start my weekly ultrasounds and stress tests, so things will get busy and go quickly after that, not to mention thats when things tend to get crazy since if the tests dont go well I could end up on bedrest or at the hospital at any time. I’m still having a lot of contractions, pressure and lovely stuff so I’m really counting down and looking forward to my next u/s and appt to see how things are going.