Pelvic pain, baby stuff, and other.

New developments this week:

* relentless pelvic pain. Feel like I'm growing a tail and like my pelvis is slowly cracking into many pieces. This is coupled with some very unpleasant shooting pains down the back of the legs. I increased my massage appointments this month, and got my new orthotics (also painful, but hopefully in the long run will help), and went to see a physiotherapist, who recommended, among other things, a pelvic girdle-type belt, worn low below the belly, to cinch my pelvis back to it's normally stable shape. Apparently, thanks to the hormone relaxin, my pelvis will gradually turn to mush and drive me crazy until the baby is born. FUN!

* I've been acquiring stuff off my "to get" list, which is super-exciting! My mom scored a dresser/change table contraption from someone at work, and I purchased the change pad and two covers for the top at Once Upon a Child. I'm trolling kijiji and can't wait for garage sale season to begin (with the weather so pretty lately, it should start soon!). Still need a nursing pillow, a stroller (we sold our old run-down one on kijiji this week), diaper pail, and some sort of storage shelves for the beasts and their toys/books. Plus odds and ends.

* house developments are getting more and more exciting as we near the closing date (three more weeks!). My mind is already living in our new house, and I spend hours awake at night anticipating and planning.

* next midwives appointment is on March 12, and that will be our last one with the Mississauga midwives. We're moving our care to the KW midwives in mid-April, when my appointments will be every two weeks as opposed to monthly, since that's the beginning of the third trimester (I can't wait to see what my pelvic pain will be like THEN!).

* baby is very active, and loves to dance at night.