I am still pregnant!!! :? :lol: :x Not sure which smile depicts how I feel right now...KWIM???

Yesterday, I went home feeling just blah and nauseated. Within a couple of hours, the nausea was gone, but my lower back and entire right side were throbbing with pain.

When my DH got home from work, I was laying on our bed sobbing in pain. He'd never seen me that upset about anything. He thought I was dying! So, we headed to the doctor. Overall, she said I probably had a "touch" of a stomach bug which caused the "loose bowels" and nausea. But the real problem yesterday, was that my right hip and lower back were WAY out of place due to the fall from the morning before.

I ended up getting a demerol/phenergan shot to help with the pain & nausea. They monitored me and the baby for a few hours and then sent me home. I slept through the night, and didn't even get up to pee :shock: .

I was pretty "out of it" with the demerol while I was at the hospital, but my DH took notes of what all the doctor said, and both my parents were there as well. Below are the instructions she gave me for the next few days/weeks (mostly her, with a few things added in by DH & parents):

(1) Take better care of myself. Stop doing so much for others and take the time I need to rest and get my body ready for labor and the first few weeks after he is born. DH is capable and willing to do dishes and cook dinner so I can rest. I don't have to wait on him hand and foot constantly!
(2) Don't worry about work. If my boss doesn't understand I need time off, then he doesn't deserve to be a boss. The job will get done, eventually, and if it doesn't, I don't own the clinic, it's not my responsibility.
(3) Stop stressing about finances. God is in control, and if it meant my doctor helping me pay bills, she would to keep me from harming my body or my child by overworking.
(4) LISTEN! LISTEN! LISTEN! when my body is telling me it is getting worn down. God made our bodies to show us when to slow down. Ignoring that is in disobedience to him.

I had been ignoring the signs of exhaustion and doing a lot more lately than I truly knew I should have been. This resulted in me being clumsy, lower immune system and overall not taking care of me the way I should.

I love "doing" for my husband. Cooking, back rubs, extra attention, I love to do all of those things. But between that and trying to keep up with everything else, I have been wearing myself down. My husband told me this morning that he would gladly go the rest of his life without a back rub or home cooked breakfast if it meant he never had to see me in that much pain again. I guess I'm going to have to slack off some on the way I treat him, but as long as I still am able to show him love, I know it will be okay. And it isn't permanent. This is just for a short time.

Although I am at work today. (Feeling much, much better.) I have asked my boss for shortened days over the next week and a half. And also told him I will probably be taking off from August 3rd - August 8th completely to have the baby, then will come back half days after that for a few weeks until I get into a better routine and am back on my feet.

I have worried so much about money, and was so afraid to take the time off. But God used several people yesterday to show me that I was taking from him in trying to control this situation. He has provided my husband with a good job for now, my parents are back in our lives and I have a HUGE support group here to pray for us. God can and will make sure our bills get paid. I just need to listen to him and be obedient.

So...I am here at work today. Feeling much better physically, and knowing that I will probably have to wait til the induction date to see my sons face *not progressing any in 2 weeks here*, but happy to wait as long as I know he is healthy.

Thank you all for your concern and your love for me!

Praying for you!

Oh sweetie! You do need to slow down and rest more. They are right that now is YOUR time get ready for birth. We all know that it is next to impossible to get enough rest with a newborn, so NOW is the time girl!!!! I will try my best to send a magic housework fairy to you! :wink: Don't worry about it if it doesn't get done. You and your baby are too precious to let dishes be more important!!! This is a friendly "kick in the butt"! You have a big job coming up. Get ready for it by REST!!!! Please, please take care of yourself hon! [hug] [loveflag]

Glad you had a wake up call! Traci is right...there is no time like the present! This is your chance to rest and sleep and rest and sleep some more to get ready for delivery and don't forget all the sleepless nights up with a newborn!! Hopefully you will be blessed with a good sleeper. But take care of yourself and let everything else go for a while! You owe it to yourself and to the baby!! [heart] ya!! :D

I am so glad to have read your post. I am lightly going to the Lord about working out a 1/2 hour a day... even a regular 1/2 hour walk will exhaust me til about 9:00 in the evening and I start waking up again. I just feel too worn out to keep up on the house stuff and my 1 year old getting into everything. Your post reminded me of where I am at and where I need to be.

Yes, it is hard to slow things down... especially if you enjoy doing so much for others, like serving your husband as I do too. We have such a short time left and it's better to be a little more rested and in a decent mood for the home! Let's both start winding down, going to the Lord on what we need to just let go so we can make it through with a smile on our faces. Hope you're feeling better!

You're killing me! REST Is an understatement- iy yi! So, glad to hear your dh being involved and helping to take care of you!! I've also had a hard time slowing down when my body is telling me too. . .was just being retold that by my mid-wife today. It's really hard cause you don't think you're really doing that much and it's not really going to hurt the baby. I hope things are more restful for you in the coming week-ish. -ren

Definately praying for you! And everyone is right, you need to rest and let your body get prepared for the road ahead. Who knows, maybe if you just rest and relax that will kick your body into gear and send you into labor. Anyway, praying for you still my dear sister!

[whatnaughty] Shame on you overdoing it! :wink: You probably gave your poor dh a heart attack. Well, at least something wonderful came of the entire ordeal... a message from the Lord! :D Love ya... take care of yourself... that's an order.