This pregnancy was still a breeze compared to what many women experience, but being pregnant and chasing a two-year-old does offer a different experience than just being pregnant. Everything pretty much went as it did last time, but with the extra toddler strain, I managed to jack up my SI joint/hips a bit. I was really limping around after a grocery shopping trip and life around the house one weekend when my PT friend at day care spotted me. She was kind enough to work with me a couple of sessions and give me some exercises and guidance on activity to help strengthen my core and get me back in alignment. Between that and some much-needed yoga, my issues were resolved in a couple weeks.
During those weeks, however, I finally learned how to ask for help. One Sunday I showed for handbells ready to ring but had to ask someone to get my bells out for me. And I let people drop me at the door. I learned I had to conserve my activity for essentials, like chasing a toddler. There is a clear theme here, and I guess knowing you have to take care of a kid is what I needed to learn how to let others help me.
After the hip incident, I started feeling so so much better, but I still caught myself thinking, I am having it rougher this time. Peeing more often, suffering from more reflux and heartburn, etc. I took a moment to read back through my bumpdates with Hailey and was surprised to find all of the same symptoms noted at 36 weeks. Funny how you just block that stuff. It was nice to validate I’d been through this before and it was all doable.
The only other major difference this time around is that I went through almost a month of everyone I know constantly telling me I looked further along and would probably go earlier, including my doc, so I guess they were onto something. And sure enough…..
