The 30th week of pregnancy

Okay, I've got a couple months left before this baby girl enters our crazy world. Hormones are finally starting to affect my temperment...well, more so than normal. I'm more susceptible to tearing up than raging out. In fact, I'm ashamed to admit it but last week, a handful of cake crumbs left on a conference room table pushed me over the edge before a 2 hour meeting. Yikes! What's the rest of my pregnancy going to be like?

I must force myself to limit my work hours to the prescribed 8 hours/day, 40 hours/week, lest my OB forces me to rest. The worst part is that not only am I swelling up, especially by midday, but my right hand is constantly swollen and numb and has been since month 6.5. Sleep is nearly nonexistent, mainly because I can only sleep about 3 hours at a time and then I'm awake for hours! Like now...

Pregnancy cramps suck

Okay, I am now 29 weeks pregnant and finally admitting it on the blog. I haven't slept through the night in months, literally since the 1st trimester. I've probably seen every rerun of late night TNT or SPIKE TV's CSI: Miami, CSI NY, Cold Case and Without a Trace. Tonight was slightly different than the others.

I've started sleeping in the living room, in David's comfy leather chair. It's too hard to get comfortable sleeping in the bed or even on the couch now and I discovered that I can fall asleep sitting up, propped up by a few pillows with my feet up on an ottoman. Of course, I'm up a few times throughout the night to go to the bathroom.

Tonight, I fell asleep immediately after the Vice Presidential debate and woke up nearly 3 hours later with a charley horse in my right calf and a wicked cramp in my left shin. TEARS PAIN TEARS PAIN... OMG what will childbirth be like???