Twelve More Days?! Really?! Only Twelve?!

This week (much to my surprise) I’m starting to feel pregnant…really, really pregnant.

It was a long hard week. Any extra energy I had left in the reserves completely dried up when I wasn’t paying attention. The to-do list was a mile long, both at work and home and I had absolutely no motivation, energy, or stamina to pull it off.

Looking back at my miserable self I kind of have to chuckle, I struggled like mad to try and keep my head above water on all fronts and by golly I made it! Thank goodness this weekend I’m starting to feel like my old normal self again and have been able to mark a few pressing things off the to-do list.

A small snippet of this week’s ‘fun’.

An afternoon email to Jack
March 24th, 2010 3:24pm

Subject: Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh....!

Body: I just took a look at my feet (they were feeling a bit umm....'stiff').

And this is what I discovered. What looks like the legs and feet of a fat fat midgie. I can't stop laughing, this is the grossest thing I've ever seen my body do.
Jack's reply...

"That is the hardest I laughed while at work. Not the picture. Your description. Oh honey, I'm crying I'm laughing so hard. You are so funny.

I am sorry your feet are so swolley-moley... I will rub them while we watch the rest of Celebrity Apprentice tonight."

The rest of the cankle story...
Turns out my feet didn't 'un-thaw' they way I had hoped and envisioned the next morning. They were still 'swolley-moley' and it took four attempts to find a pair of shoes that fit. The folks at work were concerned enough when I shared the news that they talked me into calling the midwives to see what, if anything I could do to reduce the swelling. Because I hadn't experienced anything like this previously and I am so close to D-day, they asked that I come in just for a quick check. Turns out my BP was a little high, and I had packed on almost a pound a day since our last appointment. But my protein counts (I guess the important thing) were good so attributed the weight gain and swelling to the water I've been consuming (still a gallon a day) and retaining. Sadly, the midwife said because I'm a 'good water drinker' chances are I'll continue to maintain and pack on the water weight even weeks after the little guy comes. Bummer dudes...