Swollen feet and other joys of pregnancy

I had an exciting day yesterday. I started the day out by calling my midwives to find out about possibly moving my next appointment up a little because my feet were swelling even more than my last appointment. I wasn’t too concerned, but I just like to communicate with them if things get worse, mainly to be preventative so that I don’t have any complications during this pregnancy. Here are some pics of my lovely feet. Keep in mind that normally, I have skinny feet that in reality, I have never really been ashamed of…. now, my feet are somewhat embarrassing…

  

I was surprised when the nurse said that they should see me that day, rather than even waiting til Friday, like I was hoping. I told them I would try to make it up there at the time they said. I got there, everything checked out ok. They were mostly just making sure I wasn’t showing any signs of pre-eclampsia, which I definitely did not have any other symptoms of it. 

She did however give me something new to try. It is called a Mother-to-Be Belt. It is supposed to keep my ever growing belly lifted a little from my pelvic bones, therefore allowing better blood flow to and from my legs, which I guess can help reduce swelling. We’ll see how it works, but regardless, it will help my low back not have quite as much pressure and pain… that will be nice, even though I have kinda just gotten used to the pain of it all… so, I thought I should add a pic of the belt, just because it is so silly. Kyle laughed at how it looked in a picture.  

So immediately after getting home from Olympia (which I almost ran out of gas, lol), I had to rush straight to my childbirth class. This week’s class was all about pain medications… interesting to hear more about them all. I still, after all I have heard and learned so far, plan on doing a natural childbirth. I have always wanted this, even before I was pregnant. I especially want to because I don’t have the best history with pain medication anyways, and it tends to make me VERY sick, so I wouldn’t want to risk that anyways. With the support of God and my dear husband, I know that I can make it through labor this way.  

Well, I guess that’s all for the night. I hope you enjoyed the update!