so my check-up last tuesday went well. baby was measuring 31 weeks, blood pressure was normal, and gained another 3 lbs. I brought up to dr. perlis this pain i've been having on my right side. I first felt it when we were in maine at 25 weeks, but it went away after a few days so I didn't want to sound the alarms then. but in the past two weeks it's been flaring up again—the one thing I do notice that each time it happens i'm either walking slowly for a while or standing more than usual.
at first I kept switching the side my purse was on—definitely not the problem. then I tried just putting pressure on it by holding my side, but that didn't help either. getting off my feet for a while by laying down or just sitting comfortably did eleviate the pain though. the pain is felt only on my right side about half-way down my rib cage and I could feel it from the front through the back. sometimes it is a dull pain other times it feels like i'm getting jabbed with a knife. unpleasant.
so when i mentioned to dr. perlis she immediately thought it's my gall bladder and asked if it hurt more when I've had greasy food. I honestly could not say yes/no to that because I haven't caught that pattern. I'm not perfect with my eating habits but for the most part I try to incorporate more fruit and veggies vs greasy fried foods. so, she said whatever it is I'll just have to cut it out of my diet. so wrote me a referral for an ultrasound of that area so once I get that scheduled we'll know more. sunday it was really bad, i bent down to plug something in and literally was brought to tears so I got a second opinion from susanne. she agreed it could be that, baby's jabbing me/running out of room, or I need to get my blood taken to make sure my liver is functioning correctly.
since sunday I've avoided anything with high fat. monday for breakfast I had a vegan muffin and ff milk, lunch a blackbean vegan burger (gross) and side salad (light vinagrette) and dinner was a roasted veggie lasagna from trader joes. and yesterday I felt pain in the morning on my walk to work and then again when I was taking madi out after work... not as bad as sunday but still feeling it. I had the same for breakfast today and was feeling it on my walk again. sitting for a while has made it go away. we'll see what the ultrasound shows, but for now I'll do my best to avoid anything high in fat.
on to funnier things... I have prego brain. it's hard to admit because I usually pride myself on remembering things and thinking clearly but there have been quite a couple instances where I have no explanation of how I possibly have done the things I did.
the first one happened a while back. I was coming back from picking up groceries and parked my car, dropped my keys in my purse (or so I thought) and locked my door with the button on the side before closing the door. my door lock quickly popped back up and I was like great my door is broken so I clicked it again same thing happened, so then I manually pushed down my door lock. then i went to pop my trunk with my keys only to realize I left them in the ignition! seriously, my brain is not functioning correctly. my dad still has our spare key so he came to save the day. second instance is a dumb thing on both mark and I's part. I went to take the dog out for a walk before bed and asked mark to come with since it was a really nice night. so i grabbed the dog and said I'd meet him outside. as he walked out our second door he's like do you have keys? I'm like no just go get them... so he runs back up only to realize he's locked our front door. ugh. wally to the rescue again. I don't know why I didn't grab my keys I guess I assumed mark would... again never has happened in the two years living there but happens now.
third instance... I was in a bit of a hurry but mark needed something from target so I volunteered to go since I like that store :) I grab my green bags and coupons and am on my way. as I pull in to target I realize I forget one pretty important thing... my purse and wallet. seriously again I have never done this. last thing happened this past week. mark and I were having turkey meatball subs and I went to clean up the counter afterward and put everything away. the next day we were going to have the same thing and we could not find the mozarrella cheese... wasn't in the drawer it should have been in or anywhere else. I'm like I swear I put it away! well yes I did... in the bread basket! seriously embarrassing and dumb experiences that usually don't happen to me... but I'm just going to say it's PREGO BRAIN and laugh about it in the mean time. :)
we finished up painting our room this week, so now we just have baby girl's nursery to do! it's a relief to have another one done. other than that we have our childbirth education classes this weekend—it'll be a jammed packed session of info. can't wait to have more anxiety of whats to come!
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| baby's weight is about three navel oranges. |
aversions: none.
what's baby up to?
this week, our baby measures over 16 inches long. she weighs about 3.3 pounds and is heading into a growth spurt. she can turn her head from side to side, and her arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath her skin. she's probably moving a lot, too, so I may have trouble sleeping because our baby's kicks and somersaults can keep me up. all this moving is a sign that our baby is active and healthy.
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