Hi Kristi! Thank you for thinking of me! I haven't been posting lately because I've been detoxing. And ouch, my head is killing me. I wanted to be off my daily coffee by time Baby is born, so I wouldn't be offering caffiene with the breast milk, and spring is the best time for me to get off the coffee, because the long sunny warm days just make it easier to give it up. A few days ago I suddenly realized, yup, I'm ready to quit, so I went cold turkey. For the past 2 1/2 days I've been sleeping alot, having weird dreams, and living with a headache that waxes and wanes in intensity. The ability to put two words together into a coherent sentance was beyond me until this afternoon. I think I'm starting to feel better. You know, following doctors' bedrest orders is much easier to do when you actually feel awful.
I'm still on bedrest, and probably will be until either my doc's appt next week, or my u/s on April 20. I find it hard to believe I need to be on bedrest this long, considering I feel great (when not detoxing!) and I haven't had any bleeding in weeks. Very, very frustrating. I also put in a call to my doc this afternoon because I started having pain in my calf. I am assuming it's the start of a varicose vein (from lack of exercise, no doubt!), but since pregnant women on bedrest are at particularly high risk of developing thrombosis, I thought I would play it safe and give her a call. I'm still waiting for a call back.
Anyone else have experience with varicose veins or blood clots? The pain is kind of general, although one area seems most tender if I put pressure on my leg in a certain way. There are no prominent veins, and no redness on the skin. The skin of the whole calf is quite itchy, though.
I managed to avoid varicose veins with DD#1, and was really hoping to avoid them with this baby, but.......
It was kind of you to ask about me, Kristi. It sounds like everything is going tickety-boo with your pregnancy these days! Are you wearing genuine maternity clothes yet? I've been wearing them for a couple of weeks. (And I have the same problem with my pants that many others were complaining about in another thread).
Well, I've got to go find a b-day present for my mother online, since I can't go shopping. Thank heavens for the internet! Bedrest would be a much more miserable experience without you all, and my credit card!!
Take care!
Sandra