I think I am about due for a growth spurt.  I haven't gained any weight in the last 2 weeks.  but, my appetite has increased in the last couple days.  the heartburn is a little less, probably just allowing me to be more hungry.  it's like the baby stopped pushing my stomach contents up my throat because s/he realized there is more food to be had if there is more room in there.  s/he has been doing a lot of moving when I am hungry, so I am thinking s/he is ready for a growth spurt.  it's his/her "feed me" dance in there!

I have been having some problems with my sacroilliac joint lately.  a common symptom of pregnancy.  I actually had problems with this prior to pregnancy, so it is just back and getting worse.  my fabulous friend suggested a SI-Loc belt that helped her during her pregnancies.  I will be picking one up very soon and hope it works just as good for me.  (thank you, if you are reading this!) my hips still get really achy when I sleep, but I have started using a really fat and soft body pillow, which seems to help a bit.  I have not been to the gym at all this week because I wake up with such sore legs.  I figure, better to sleep an extra hour and rest my legs than to drag myself out of bed to get to the gym.  I am sad, though, that I am missing my last yoga class this weekend.  I will be heading to the cottage though so that is a good trade off. Maybe I will pack my yoga mat and do a routine while I am there.  It can only do good things for my sacroilliac pain and discomfort!

week 26 has been pretty good. I got myself to the gym two times this week.  I have not felt too tired, except Wednesday for some reason.  I was in a great mood yesterday and had no real complaints.  however, last night I started to get a headache, which I thought was from the weather.  I went to bed early and had a good sleep.  I didn't even get up once to pee!!  amazing.  I did wake up today with a headache still.  I took two "fast acting" Tylenol at about 745 and I still have a headache now at 930.  I also had a doozy of a bloody nose this morning in the shower.  actually, I had one yesterday too before I went to the gym.  It usually stops pretty quickly though so it's not so scary.  I still have the pressure in my pubic bone area and on my upper inner thigh, especially on the right.  I have become accustom to it though and it doesn't bother me too much.  I did have to slow myself down on the treadmill yesterday.  I am sure I will start slowing down overall soon enough!

the best parts of my day are when the baby starts doing crazy dance moves.  It seems each morning when I get to work s/he starts doing flips and kicks and all sorts of crazy things.  I just love it.  it doesn't hurt at all yet because there is still enough room in there.  I have heard all this movement can become somewhat painful as the baby grows and the room decreases.  kicks to the spine?  it doesn't sound great.  I will enjoy the baby dance while I can.  I love that I can really see him/her moving in there too.  It's really funny though, each time I feel a kick I quickly look down and then it stops.  It's like the baby is playing a game with me.  "Ha ha, missed me again!".  too cute.  I try to get Jeff to see and feel it too, but he misses it too sometimes!  It seems like there is more and more movement, or perhaps just that I am feeling it more as the baby grows.  so there will be plenty of time for everyone to see and feel the movement!

there is no denying it....there are moments in the day when I need to waddle!  two days ago I started noticing some pressure on my pubic bone.  now it feels like I pulled a muscle on my inner thighs.  or something like the feeling of riding a horse!  waddle waddle waddle I go.  someone at work pointed it out to me, then the pain started, now I have given in to the waddle.  It is less sore to walk with my legs slightly apart.  I am only approaching week 26....what will I look like as the weeks progress?

I mentioned to Jeff that June 12th was not a good pregnancy day.  he said you should write it down to remember, because he won't.  I started the day great; went to the gym.  did some walking on the treadmill.  then I got to work and the heartburn started early.  then I was starving.  then more heartburn.  then by the evening crazy bloating!  I felt like I was going to pop and was really uncomfortable.  other problems on this day were my very sore feet and my sore groin area and pubic bone.  lovely!  I was really waddling by the end of the day.  how cute.  I was on my feet a little more than usual and couldn't put them up on my desk because I had my grad student for the day.  Oh, and my allergies decided to kick in so my eyes were really itchy and my nose was stuffed.  I also had that almost sneezing feeling without acutally sneezing a bunch of times.  when the actual sneeze came.....oh what a great feeling!  the best part of the day was the end.  I had called the Telehealth number and found out I could safely take Benedryl.  so I popped one at 8:00pm and was in bed sound asleep by 9:15.  sweet dreams to me!