Baby Chronicles: Chubby Guts

Alright, so I feel like the goodyear blimp. My belly is pooking out now and I'm really feeling it... the sense that I am following my belly around (as it walks ahead of me) is comical and frightening all at once. I have a feeling that the pregnant lady waddle isn't far behind. My doctor confirmed today that I've got serious chubby guts going on.

Last night, I woke up around midnight with some pretty big pain down low in my uterus. When I slept on my left side (the side of the pain), it was even worse. So, I spent the night trying not to move my body in a way that tweaked the pain. I figured I'd feel better when I got up. Not so. Around 10 this morning, I decided to call my doctor. I told the nurse that it was a constant ache unless I moved even a little and then it was a pain. Of course, she said to come right in.

Russ and I went in and here's what we found out... my uterus is so heavy that the weight of it pulled a round ligament (the little strings that hold the uterus suspended in your belly). Round ligament stretching and discomfort is common during pregnancy... I'm not sure how common it is to actually pull one of these things though. Evidently, I must have rolled over in the night too fast and my uterus (which was lying happily on my left side as I lay on my left side) flopped to the right side and pulled that ligament. Seriously. Could it get any wierder?

(BTW, the baby's heartbeat was 154 bpm this time... I say it's a girl. Russ is still calling it a boy. 5 more days til the sonogram where, God willing, I will reign supreme!)

Now I'm told to give the ligament a couple days to heal and to go get one of those pregnancy belts that give your belly support. How humiliating! I can just see me getting fitted for one of those things! Arrrrrgggh!