3rd Trimester
I'm officially in the "home stretch". All of the symptoms held off until now... and now I'm feeling a whole bunch of them.
My back hurts. Like I really need to crack it. The only thing which seems to make it feel better is lying on my back with a rolled-up towel or blanket under the affected area. But that's not exactly comfortable either.
I'm tired all the time. Not in the 'I need to sleep' way, but, in the 'why am I out of breath from climbing one set of stairs - and with my heart "racing" (ok, 100 bpm) as well.
The strangest feeling, though, is because of how I'm carrying. All the weight I've gained is right in front of the stomach. It makes it feel like something is going to fall through when I'm walking around - like my skin & muscles aren't strong enough. I've heard about these belly straps/support bands... I may need to get one soon.
I finally stopped bouting completely. I just don't have the energy for it. People said it was going to be my balance that would probably go. But my balance is just fine. Its that bouting for 10 minutes means 20-30 minutes of recovery time. About a month ago I was almost back to fencing like I used to - when I was somewhat decent. Ah well.... the goal is to fence at sectionals & hopefully qualify for D1A.
DH and I are making slow progress with names - we're down to 12 in total now. And setting up the nursery. And buying all the stuff we'll need for when she gets here. It will all get done in time....