Sleepless Nights

Sleep? What exactly is that? Lol

Sweet Pea isnt even born yet and I'm already experiancing sleepless nights.

I spend most nights tossing and turning, up to use the ladies room a few times, adjusting and readjusting, etc.

Most nights I wake multiple times for no reason. I dont have to use the ladies room, Im quite comfy and cozy, but something within my body keeps waking me up. Each time I wake up too, it feels like its morning time already; even if I've only been sleeping an hour?! Lol Its bizzare and crazy.

Last night was the absolute worst night of all the nights this pregnancy.

I spent several hours last night on the couch and at the kitchen table getting papers and spreed sheets organized and adjusted to file for our taxes. I hate doing taxes with a deep deep passion, but it's something that has to be done, so each year I bite the bullet and just do it.

Between the stress of the taxes and sitting for such a long period of time, by the time I was done (10pm to be exact :/) my stomach was super tight and my back was beyond killing me. I could barley walk. My somewhat slight pregnancy wobble was in full motion; literally rocking side to side with each step. Coupled with the tightening, I was also experiancing cramping from all the stress. Oh no!!! Cramping again :/

I went for a drive to the gas station to fill up Dennard's car with gas in hopes that getting out of the house for a little bit would aleveate some of the tightness and contracting to my tummy and back.

The few short minutes I was out, didn't do a thing for me. I came home and took a hot shower to unwind; this helped to release some of the tension with my tummy, but my back was still really sore.

I decided to just go to bed and sleep it all off; wrong!!!!

Sleep was not in the cards for me last night.

I literally slept maybe an hour at most the whole night. The rest of the night I was up with severe pain in my right hip and right tail bone. It was excruciating!!! For the life of me, I could not get into a position that helped take any bit of the pain away.

I was still wide awake when Dennard got up to get ready for work this AM. Once he was out of the bed, I tried stretching across the bed to see if I could get into a comfortable position; nope!!!! I ended up taking all the pillows in our bed, including my Snoogle, propping them all up and sitting up to see if I could get comfortable that way.

Finally, a position where SOME of the pain went away. I ended up falling asleep for an hourand waking back up in pain.

Once getting up and starting my day, the pain subsided; I felt great. That was, until I decided to lay down with Nya at naptime and knocked out with her for 45mins. I woke up to the same pain in my right hip-AGAIN.

Lord help me!! The pain has not subsided since. I'm currently sitting on my couch with constant pain running through my hip praying for some form of relief :(

I remember hip pain when pregnant with Nya, but it was never this bad. I hope that I won't have to endure this throughout the rest of my pregnancy.

Hiccups:
Today I distinctly felt my Sweet Pea's hiccups for the first time. I felt so bad for her. They lasted a good 4-5 mins before going away. As I lay in bed with Nya, I could feel the pattern of her hiccups over and over again very low above my pelvic bone. Hiccups are not a pleasant thing as all of us know. I couldn't help but hold my tummy and think 'it will be ok sweet pea; mommy's here'. I so desperately wanted to just hold her.

As much as I hated to know she had hiccups, I was reassured that she is drinking and swallowing well. I remember my OB telling me when I was pregnant with Nya that hiccups are a very good sign that the baby has learned to drink and swallow properly.

So, as much of an annoyance as it must have been for Sweet Pea and as weird as it was for me to feel such a funny sensation, it's a great sign Sweet Pea is developing well :)