The Nightly Adventures of a Dislocated Hip

So, my hip may not be officially dislocated, but it certainly feels that way!

Every night for the past 2-3 weeks, I wake up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and have to struggle through trying to place my hip back in its socket on the way. I can tell it's going to be a struggle when I can barely roll over in bed without extreme pain in my pelvis.

I roll very slowly, sit up and roll my hips around while on the edge of the bed in hopes it'll decide to pop back into place before standing. If that fails, I stand and hold onto everything as I painfully shift my feet forward toward the bathroom. Sometimes this is when I hear the huge pop of relief, but other times, I must wait until sitting on the toilet, and other times still, I wait until I'm on my way back to feel that pop.

I thought I was getting this because I was so relaxed while sleeping, but last night may have proved me wrong. On Saturday, we went to a concert that had us home late at 1am. We're usually in bed by 10pm. I had thought about what the baby must be experiencing having the sleep schedule thrown off like that, but it was only a fleeting thought. Well, apparently, it has disturbed the baby's sleeping schedule because over the past couple of days the movement patterns have been different and in the middle of last night there was LOTS and LOTS of movement from the baby. To the point I could barely sleep and it penetrated my dreams more than usual. I think THIS is the reason my hip is popping out of place!

I've always known this is a strong baby...

Prenatal Appointment (32 Weeks)

32 weeks! I had my prenatal appointment on Monday and all is well. Still at an 8 lb loss with no concern about the baby's weight gain. The back pain from last week is completely gone now (thanks, Mom, for the heating pad!) and I'm walking almost better than before pregnancy! Lol
Baby's movements are becoming more rolls and pushes rather than kicks and punches and I'm almost certain the baby is head down most of the time. Overall I feel great!

The Start of Back Pain

My last wedding of the year is complete!
Unfortunately, during that wedding, my back started with pain that makes limping a regular part of my walk. Thank goodness for great husbands! I have a feeling it's going to be this way for the next 6-9 weeks... RELAX TIME!

Prenatal Appointment (28 Weeks)

I moved my doc appointment from Thursday to yesterday because the baby worried me with no exercise routine yesterday morning and I was continuing to feel like crap with slightly elevated blood pressure. In short, everything is fine and the baby's movement is back to normal. Other than really tired today, I feel better, as well. The doctor said, "This is just pregnancy for you..." Ugh! Really? The ONLY thing that makes me feel better is sleep... There's nothing else that can be done other than keeping up with eating every 2 hours and drinking over 100 ounces of water per day which causes me to go running to the bathroom every hour. -.- I now get to start daily kick counts and both Peter and I got our tdap vaccinations.

PLEASE NOTE: If you intend on seeing the baby within the first 6 months after birth, you MUST have your vaccinations up to date! Specifically the tdap within the last 10 years. The baby will not be able to get vaccinated until then and we do not want to take any risks. Thank you!

The beginning of the 3rd trimester!

3rd Trimester (28 weeks)! Most of my blood sugar and blood pressure issues have been resolved with simply drinking more water and eating more often. I passed a second 3 hour glucose test and may actually have a concern about low blood sugar rather than high. I'll talk to the doctor about it at my next appointment this coming Thursday. I did have a pretty bad high blood pressure issue this morning, but I think I'm ok now. Baby is moving more than ever now and we can't wait to meet this big ball of energy!