I've also noticed my yoga practice has gone out the window. I've worked so hard to reach a certain point in my practice, and now with this organism growing within, I've become limited to what I can and can't do. I can really start feeling the extra weight causing me to not be able to push my poses the way I used to. It's disappointing, but I know it's all temporary. At the same time I worry about how it's going to be after, whether or not I'll have to build my strength back up or not...or how much time I'll even have to go to a class! I guess I should just be glad that I'm still doing it considering how helpful it'll be during the labor and birth process. SPEAK OF BIRTH...
I'm trying to figure out ideal ways to preform the evacuation on D-DAY (hah). No, but really. I know a lot of women have a very specific birthing plan, which most of the time doesn't end up happening to the T. I'm a bit of a wiener when it comes to pain in a lot of ways, specially if it's going to be in the belly/crotch region. I don't believe for a second that anyone says they're a fan of what goes on down there at that time. Sure it's a miracle that you're having a baby, but honestly, it's not something you'd want to feel on a daily basis. I wouldn't know, yet, but, let's be real, people! Anyhoo, so I've been asking around, checking in to other people's experiences, how they did it, whether they used epidural, how they felt during, how they felt after. I've come to realize that everyone has a different story, being they had a water birth and it was magical or they had an epidural and it hadn't worked fully or they had it, but made them feel shitty or did it naturally and felt wonderful or whatever. I also don't want to be one of those people who walk into a hospital, lay my notes down in front of the DR. and say "hi, this is what we're doing, make sure it's done JUST LIKE THIS!" I'm quite easy going, and I have no idea what it's like to be a DR. nor what a DR. is really supposed to do, so I'm leaving it all up to the hospital to do what they think needs to go down...with a few little customizations on my part...I am liking the idea of floating around in water for relaxing purposes before birth, but I don't think I'd want to do the deed in a tub, it just doesn't seem comfortable to me. As for epidural, I'm still on the fence...I think I'm going to play that one by ear. If anyone is saying "pfff she can't do it without..."...you can just go stick your head in a bucket... if I feel like I need it I'll do it, and if for some reason I'm feeling adventurous, I wont do it. I'm not saying I'm super woman and I'm going without, I'm just going to see how I feel in that point in time. That is pretty much all I've gathered up to this point about the big day. I think Barry and I need to attend a birthing class now! So that's next on my agenda!
Other than that...I've been feeling completely normal, just more heavy. I feel the extra weight when I'm walking around. I can't lift my legs up as far as I was able to before, I've got a slight waddle going on. My clothes don't fit as well as they used to. I can't hide the bump anymore. I'm still not feeling the need for eating strange things. Although I do get those headaches still, and my asthma and allergies have kicked in full force. Not sure why considering my allergies are seasonal, so I've never had them in the winter. My nails are growing like crazy. Oh! I decided to try a new belly lotion, just to see how it was. I was pretty happy with the Honest Co. stuff, but it's a pretty small container for how much you're paying, and I could pay the same amount and get a bigger jar of something that's just as good, and smells more appealing. So I decided the Basq brand. Smells pretty yummy, and it doesn't have that greasy/oily feeling. It's just straight lotion. I'm quite fond of it. So far no stretchmarks. At least not any new ones apart from the ones I've already had from just being human.
So that's my week 22 update. I'm sure I'll have something else to blab about soon. :)
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