Good grief this kid is active today! And he’s getting ever stronger, he shakes my whole belly sometimes now. Or else he just rolls around, which is a strong feeling in and of itself, and not entirely pleasant!

I slept until 9am this morning (then I just kind of layed there for an hour)… wow, that’s a long stretch for me! (I think I fell asleep shortly after 4am.) Part of the reason I’m having troubles sleeping for a long stretch is that I wake up all sweaty. It’s gross. It’s like I’m hot and cold all at once… but honestly I think the sweats aren’t because I’m hot. And when I do sweat it starts evaporating and I wake up freezing cold. So now I’m sleeping in a nightshirt and still waking up at least once feeling yucky.

Everyone kept saying how lucky I was (or rather how lucky Den was) that I’m pregnant during the winter, as “pregnant women are heaters!” Yeah. Apparently not THIS pregnant woman. I’m still cold all the time. I do get warm at work with walking up and down the stairs, but at home? At night? Any other time? COLD. I live in my turtlenecks. I’m sleeping in a nightshirt or I can’t fall asleep because my shoulders are cold. Den’s always said I was cold-blooded, lol.

Oh and my hip? This morning it was not happy with me. I was ticked because after my first sleep (7:30am until about midnight) I felt GREAT! No hip pain at all! Then I go sleep some more and wake up in pain. Way to tease me, body. So I felt like a stereotypical pregnant lady, limping/waddling around the grocery store this morning. The hip is feeling much better by now… it only lasts for a couple of hours after I get up (so far), thank goodness. If it continues like this I may check into seeing a chiropractor about it… I’ve never been, but Den goes to a chiro monthly and we know our insurance covers it (all but a small copay). I know some friends swear by seeing a chiropractor when pregnant. I’m a little skeeved by the idea, to be honest… but that’s my personal hangup.

I’m falling asleep again… at 9pm. *sigh* Guess sleeping in didn’t really help reset my internal clock much.

I posted my normal belly pics in the belly pics page, but here are some extras.