So today I had cramps all day - pretty similar to what I would expect before my period starts - but they would not go away. I was afraid to take any Tylenol because I was trying to monitor it to see if it escalated, besides the fact that I've been trying to stay medication free throughout the pregnancy. Anywho, I ended up calling the doctor to check if it was okay, and they told me to come in this afternoon since my regular monthly check up was supposed to be tomorrow. After a long wait, I finally got to see the doctor, who diagnosed me with a bladder infection. Apparently there were some white blood cells in my urine. I was a bit surprised because I normally notice immediately when I get one of those - it goes from mild to excruciating in the course of a few hours. Maybe pregnancy is helping with that - who knows?
Other new developments this week include a protruding belly button and extremely itchy feet. My belly button is only a little bit out, but I wore a snug fitting shirt the other day, and you could definitely see it through the shirt :( I'm afraid it's only going to get worse. Oh well. My feet on the other hand are driving me insane. I'm not itchy anywhere else - just both sides of my feet and across the top of my right foot. There is some mild redness, but no real rash or anything. My doctor said it was probably just a weird pregnancy symptom (not in those terms exactly, but that was what I got out of it). Calamine lotion stops the itching, so I guess I will just be using a lot of that until this stops.
On a positive note, the baby continues to grow and be well. Her heartbeat again was "nice and strong." My cervix was firm and showed no signs of opening yet, so again good news. The baby kicks me multiple times a day in multiple places. I think I'm going to have a little kickboxer. She's also started responding if you push on my stomach - she'll kick back in the same spot. It's kind of fun to "play" with her sometimes. I keep meaning to try shining a flashlight on my stomach to see if she does anything, but I never seem to remember.
Well, that's about it. Hopefully it wasn't too much information for some of you. I'll report back again soon!
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