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sexy_romulan) wrote2008-10-22 06:12 pm
sexy_romulan) wrote2008-10-22 06:12 pm
Pregnancy oddments
I recently co-opted one of the big long pillows from the downstairs couch to sleep with, since I'd heard this might keep me from being so stiff and sore in the hips and lower back when I wake up. Took me a couple of nights to get used to it, but it does seem to be working. The cats, however, also like it; getting up may no longer have me creaking when I move, but it invariably involves disentangling myself from a big cushy pillow with a cat draped over it. This is not good for motivating oneself out of bed in the morning.
Yesterday Rose was not pummelling me as thoroughly as has been her wont. I figured she must have just moved such that her wiggling around was either more restricted or harder to feel, but since my doctor had told me I should start keeping an eye on how much she's moving, I roamed around the internets for info anyway. Counting fetal movements is apparently a pretty standard recommendation in the third trimester, so there was plenty of advice to be found. One site suggested that if your baby insists on snoozing instead of moving when you try to do this tally, one thing you can try is lying on your stomach for a second. This is very uncomfortable at this point (much like trying to lie down with your tummy over a big rock) but the results were pretty hilarious: the pummelling came back almost immediately and with some ferocity. Clearly someone was not happy with me.
Yesterday Rose was not pummelling me as thoroughly as has been her wont. I figured she must have just moved such that her wiggling around was either more restricted or harder to feel, but since my doctor had told me I should start keeping an eye on how much she's moving, I roamed around the internets for info anyway. Counting fetal movements is apparently a pretty standard recommendation in the third trimester, so there was plenty of advice to be found. One site suggested that if your baby insists on snoozing instead of moving when you try to do this tally, one thing you can try is lying on your stomach for a second. This is very uncomfortable at this point (much like trying to lie down with your tummy over a big rock) but the results were pretty hilarious: the pummelling came back almost immediately and with some ferocity. Clearly someone was not happy with me.