Tue 25 Oct 2011
According to the due date calculator today:
Your Pregnancy Calendar
Today is Tuesday October 25th 2011.
You conceived on Monday February 28th 2011
and your due date is Monday November 21st 2011.
239 days have passed since the conception,
and you are 27 days before your due date.
You are 36 weeks into your pregnancy,
and you have 4 weeks to go.
You are in the 3rd trimester.
90% of your pregnancy has passed, there is 10% left to go.
Current complaints I have for physical discomfort: I wake up with pain now. On the side that I’m sleeping on, that side of the middle back and the area just under that breast would be so severely, painfully sore. Turning over and switching sides only helps temporarily before that new side starts hurting on the same respective areas. Pillow placement seems irrelevant. Well, I’ve been sleeping on my side(s) for 9 months, so I guess my body’s getting a little tired of it. Also, I wake up with my fingers stiff and in pain, especially in my left hand. Sometimes the pain is also in my left wrists and elbows. Finger movements aren’t smooth, but rather jerky. Thankfully, this stuff goes away within minutes of my being awake and moving around. I’m gonna blame the pregnancy hormones.
Allie doesn’t like me sitting while leaning back, cuz that gives her less room. She’ll struggle and move around until I sit up very straight, giving her an extra inch or two in the fundus. This makes car rides challenging. She’s also now started hitting the shoulder belt since my stomach protrudes beyond my chest and the shoulder belt pulls into my stomach a little. She’s always bopped stuff infringing on my belly space like when I read a magazine on my belly or rest an arm against it, but I guess she’s more crowded now that she pushes away even seat belts. I have to sit in the car stiffly as straight as I can, right hand pulling down on the shoulder belt to give it slack, left hand pulling the lap belt away from my lower abdomen. I frequently wonder what I oughta do if Mr. W in his impatient driving style rear-ends anyone. I figure I’d brace myself by putting my feet against the lower frame of the footroom, rather than releasing the seatbelts and letting them strangle Allie.
Allie goes very quiet when I’m playing piano, but bops around when Stepkidlet sings and plays her guitar. I guess she finds one soothing and the other stimulating. That kinda makes sense; I usually don’t play “exciting” stuff.
90% puts it into a difference perspective for me. I like that.
I want to play the piano while I’m pregnant. Of course, I can only play southern gospel, and a few secular songs. Should be interesting.
Hope you are feeling better than in your previous post.
The calculator site even draws you a little progress bar so if you’re visual, you can see how much has progressed in your pregnancy.
It’s never too late to pick up a new song! You can start with children’s songs like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.” The great thing is, once you master that, you can also play the Alphabet Song!
I just ran into the bedroom and whittled out “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”…now I’ll forego the gospel hymns and I’m on a mission to learn nursery rhyme songs!!
Yay! You’re better than you think you are.
Both my kids loved music in and out. It is an automatic soothing tool. She will continue to love it after. Remember that when she is crying. I had to sing until I was horse sometimes.
How do you know it was music they liked as babies, rather than the sound of your voice? I keep reading that the sound of mommy’s voice will be familiar to them and will be their favorite sound. You probably could’ve gotten away with just reading or babbling to them.
Well, I did a great deal of that too!! But I found it easier to sing then talk nonstop. lol