Moving

Don't let the title fool you. We are not moving. This is about moving my pregnant body from point a to point b. I am 34+ weeks pregnant and everyday it is getting harder to move. This is my least favorite part about pregnancy. I can't do anything quickly anymore.

 It takes me a couple of minutes just to walk up the stairs. In fact, I try and avoid walking up and down the stairs too much. My older kids and even my husband will spend a lot of time in their bedrooms and I do not fetch them for meals or anything anymore because it is too hard to walk all the way up the stairs and to go to each bedroom and to tell each person we are about to eat. So I leave them, and they get the left overs or they just have to hang out where I am at around meal times. (Although I think they avoid this because I will have them help.)

Getting in and out of bed is really hard too. I have to kind of roll over and get my feet to the floor. I can't put myself into a sitting position from a laying position without a lot of pain. I sort of have to roll to my hips and scoot my feet to the floor. In that way, I can move from a laying position to a standing position. This takes a lot longer than just sitting up and getting out of bed. It is particularly hard when I really have to go to the bathroom, or a child starts crying urgently.

I can't walk very fast anymore either. Walking kind of hurts, it makes me pee, and I just can't go very fast. All of my kids down to the littlest can walk faster then me. Which brings me to, my old and tired out bladder.

Moving makes me pee: standing up, walking, whatever. I do not run, and I do not carry anything heavier than Joshua. I have to wear a pad all day. My bladder has had enough of all of this baby making. Fortunately it has always healed some after the baby is born.

I know from this point on moving is going to get harder and it is going to hurt more. The baby is still up pretty high which has been good for my hips this time around. But I know this will not last. Every week until little Arwen is born is going to be more and more painful. Moving is going to get harder and harder.