Duckgirl
4 August 2005, 07:54
I am Duckgirl. Only 15 weeks preggo but already I have begun to waddle. My hips are really sore from MiniMc squeezing its ample butt (hmmm, must be child of mine) into my pelvis. At night, I can’t lie on one side for long, before my hips and back start to ache. The only relief is lying on my back, which I understand is rather taboo once you hit the magical milestone of 15 weeks. During the day, I shuffle from side to side with Duckgirl precision. And I haven’t even really started to show yet.
Oh enough whingeing already, I should be enjoying my pregnancy. And I AM, but still v. surreal. That pesky light bleeding continues unabated, accompanied by feral headache which, no matter what I do (and I think I’ve tried everything) I cannot shake. If anyone has a remedy that doesn’t involve ibuprofen, a lobotomy or prancing around naked by the full moon wearing only a loincloth and monkey mask, I’d like to hear it.
No, my whole life doesn’t revolve around being pregnant… let me see, there’s… yesterday…. hmmmm… oh yes, last weekend Husband and I went for minibreak in the country. We went out for dinner at a gorgeous old converted schoolhouse (“Penny School Gallery” in Maldon) and Husband cheekily announced to our dining neighbours (whilst I was tinkling in the loo) that I was pregnant (he’s so excited you see, can hardly blame him).
When we went to pay our bill at the end of the night, the owner asked me “Are you expecting”? My response? “Expecting what?” Ah, the vague heaven that is pregnancy brain…
Permanent Link | - what a stupid question.. ‘are you expecting?’..
it’s really the sort of question that is either obvious or the person is rather obease, faced with a 50% chance of offending the person being asked or finding out something that is self-evident, I think I’d rather not ask at all.
— tmz_99 Aug 4, 11:47 PM # - Headache remedy: did you try espresso with the juice of a fresh slice of lemon squeezed into it? Ruins the espresso but seems to help my wife´s headache instantaneously.
There is also the midnight foray to a fig tree and cutting of a leaf and smearing its sticky white juice on the skin area in question, but I guess …, anyway, let´s forget that one (it works though :-)
— Ferit Aug 5, 12:57 AM # - TMZ99 – I actually think the guy had overheard our conversation with the other couple, so knew I was preggers (rather than being rude). I am simply obtuse.
Ferit – interesing remedies there – could your wife have simply been too busy ricocheting off the walls to notice said headache? and we dont’ have a fig tree, although we do have a rather large and ripe cumquat tree. Will that do?
— Kinki Aug 5, 08:16 AM # - #1 – No, it really helps. In her case, it is actually a matter of “continuous inappropriate structural alignment of the cranial axes” – in other words, some massage for the neck and shoulder muscles could help
#2 – My wife says no. Has to be fig. Also there is a certain amount of prayer saying and believing involved
:-)
— Ferit Aug 5, 10:09 PM #
