29 Weeks – EDC 28/05/13

Saturday, 16 March 2013 (Day 4)

I have quite a few things to update on. I hope I remember them all.

I’ve been taking iron tablets for the iron deficiency. I take them with orange juice, and I try to avoid eating calcium for two hours before and after. Ideally, I wouldn’t eat any other foods that inhibit iron absorption (like wheat products, magnesium, eggs) for the same time, however I found that taking iron tablets on an empty stomach leads to nausea. However, there have been studies that show that drinking orange juice counteracts the effects of the cereals on the iron. I then take the rest of my supplements (pregnancy multivitamin and magnesium) two hours later. I normally drink this with a glass of Benefibre to offset the other side affect of taking iron, constipation.

 

I’ve been getting rather uncomfortable, especially if I try and sit on the couch. My bump doesn’t fit in the gap anymore, and it makes it hard to breath and hurts anything it pushes on. I got Brad to pump up the fit ball, and I’ve found this helps with all matter of ails. It’s soft on my butt, but gives my tummy room, and I can move my hips around if my back gets sore. I’ve also found relaxing benefit in kneeling on the floor with my head on the ball.

I’m now sleeping with four pillows at night, as I now need two under my head. I guess with the baby bracing my middle, I’m not compressing like I used to, and trying to lie half on my belly gives me round ligament pain. So, I have two pillows under my head, and the other two pillows form a body pillow under my bump and the top leg. With the change of seasons, I’m struggling a little with maintaining a comfortable body temperature, as I find that my neck gets really hot while my shoulders are getting cool. Trying to keep my shoulders warm while not stopping the release of heat from my neck is almost impossible.

I’m also still suffering from heartburn, but I’m able to easily control it during the day by eating almonds. I also have a roll of Quickeze beside my bed for those night time attacks. My stomach is starting to protest larger meals, so I’m having to adjust to smaller meals again, the difference being that this time I’m not eating small meals because I feel sick in the first place. When I eat, I’m ravenous, but eating until I’m full normally means I feel very uncomfortable for several hours afterwards. My digestive system is also being moved around again, and until that settles again, I will feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing as we (my husband and I) haven’t been on a holiday since August/September 2011, and my husband’s boss was nice enough to insist that hubby takes next week off pretty much specifically for a “babymoon”, we decided to take him up on his offer and will be going for a nice relaxing trip to Port Macquarie next week. I’m quite excited about this.

 

On a funny note, hubby and I went to Hungry Jacks for lunch today. I went and chose a seat like I normally do, and I decided to choose a booth. It’s obviously been a while since I tried to sit in a booth, because I discovered that this would probably be the last time I sit in a booth until I deliver as my bump was just millimetres from the table in front of me L

Sunday, 17 March 2013 (Day 5)

I’ve decided not to go with the student midwife, as the choice didn’t feel right in the end for me.

It seems that I’m returning to the time of the morning snooze. If I snooze in the afternoon, I end up waking up more tired and grumpy than when I went down for my nap, whereas in the mornings the latest I will wake up is for lunch, and then I still have the afternoon.

The baby has been doing lots of stretches and making its presence felt in my stomach. Those pushes are starting to get a mite painful at times. I can’t imagine what it will all feel like once s/he runs out of room.