ouuuuuuuuuuch!!! And no, it's not labor yet.
Ha! Just yesterday I was thinking that now finally I will come to enjoy what so many women describe as the "bliss of pregnancy". My queasiness is gone, so are the headaches (for now), I have more energy...yes, this must be it, the joyful pregnancy!
But...yes, you saw it coming. Last night a weird pain started creeping up. First I thought it was just a strained back muscle but within 15 minutes I found myself on the floor wailing in pain. The right side of my back was HURTING, taking my breath away, making me nauseous. It managed to calm down enough so I could look up my pregnancy book (read:"the book about all the bad stuff that happens to you when you're expecting) and there it was: "Sciatica: very common in 2nd and 3rd trimester. Use hot or cold packs, warm baths, do some exercise. It might last until delivery."
WHAT?!! What a joke. What did I do to the pregnancy gods to treat me this way? I guess my sin was being too naive about the whole thing. Oh well.
I took the bath, I wrapped a hot towel around myself and went to bed. Finally it went away.
Luckily I got to wake up with another nosebleed and a MAJOR leg cramp that almost made me cry. That makes up for it, don't you think?
"O Boze, sjeti se svih obecanja blistavih... i lovora i darova.."
Posted at 08:19 AM on March 12, 2003
With Ian I had sciatica from 3 months on. No fun. :(