30 Weeks! (1wk, 5 days of bed rest)

30 weeks feels like a huge milestone. Even though October still feels far away, 10 more weeks of pregnancy (give or take) certainly doesn't. I feel the baby swimming around in there all day long -- what once felt like a little fish is now most definitely a sea monster -- and I realize that soon he'll be here. Though hopefully not TOO soon.

Going on two weeks of bed rest and I'm still not miserable. Being allowed to move around a little bit really helps... I just hope we don't go back to the doctor on Wednesday to find out there's been a drastic change and get converted back to strict bed rest. I haven't been taking advantage of my modified status, i don't think. I try only to leave the house every other day, and I haven't gone far other than my doctor appointments, for which I've been supplementing bus travel with a car service at least one way (uphill. My neighborhood is one big, well, slope). I have plenty to keep me busy, and I've thankfully had a lot of friends visiting. It also seems that the hubby's crazed work load is dropping, as is typical for august, and it's a whole lot nicer being home with him than sitting here by myself.

My back pain has been the biggest complaint. I have learned through two controlled studies that it's the superdrug, Indomethacin, that I take in small doses as an anti-labor precaution that nearly eliminates the pain. It happened when I first started the meds, but then the back pain came back with a vengeance when i cycled off of that one. Now I'm taking it just on weekends, and man, did my back feel awesome this weekend! But I took my last dose at midnight so I'm expecting that reprieve will end soon. Moving around a bit does help, so if I keep that up as much as I can, along with periodic use of a heating pad, hopefully I can ward off the excruciating times. I am pretty sure it's sciatic nerve pain, which happens with pregnant women and will likely go away as soon as the baby comes. My regular OB gave me a referral for physical therapy that i'm going to run by the high risk doc. It's fairly close to home (four blocks away) so it should be doable.

All in all, if we're looking at three - MAYBE four - more weeks of this and then everything is a-ok (other than being 8/9 months pregnant and huge and uncomfortable) I think I will make it through unscathed. I know it will all be worth it. Holding steady.