Sports Injury

Apparantly - I have a sports injury. I guess child birth is a sport. Who'da thunk it?

I've been feeling pain near my belly button every time I bend over or turn or pick up something heavy. Two doctor visits, 4 blood tests, and one ultrasound later - it turns out that I've torn an abdominal muscle! Ouch. The good news is - it will heal. The bad news is - I'm supposed to rest and not do anything that causes pain - yeah right.

The baby was soooo worth every bit of pain and sickness I endured over the past 9 months. I was looking forward to feeling better after I had her, but I guess I'm not done yet. What lesson am I supposed to learn with this one??

By the way, I read up on torn abdominal muscles and apparantly it can happen if you don't warm up and stretch properly before exercising. I didn't know I needed to warm up and stretch before pushing out a baby. Ha-ha. Seriously, I think my abdominal muscles were already stretched to capacity and being so sick during pregnancy made it virtually impossible to retain any muscle tone whatsoever. I'm getting too old for this!

I Am Preggers!

Morning sickness

Thyroid disease

Light headedness

Enormous appetite

Heartburn

Legs going numb

Ligament pain

Clothes not fitting

Exhaustion (I can't sit down on the couch past 2:00 pm or I'll fall asleep)

Moodiness (angry to crying back to happy in a matter of minutes)

Food cravings (lettuce, pickles, oranges)

Oh, and did I mention that big bump in the front that is steadily getting bigger!