Holy Pelvic Pain!

The last few weeks I have been experiencing a little bit of discomfort. It felt like I had a bruised pubic bone. As a pregnant woman I was not too terribly concerned. After all I have parts of my body that feel bruised that I didn't even know I had.

A few days ago this bruised sensation turned into "OH MY GOD I THINK THAT MY PUBIC BONE IS GOING TO DISLOCATE FROM THE REST OF MY BODY!" I was usually shouting this as I grabbed onto the closest steady object while bending forward and yelling at my feet.

Today the pain, combined with some cramping, was significant enough that I decided to contact my doctor. I went in for an unplanned visit this afternoon. As always he took his time listening and assuring me that we would figure out what exactly was going on. He listened to Addison's heartbeat which is strong and steady. He measured my belly which has made a great jump in size the past week and then he began the rest of the exam.

About one minute into the exam he looked at me with a giant smile and said I can tell you exactly what is going on and I can also tell you what you can do about it. Of course I breathed a sigh of relief. I was sure that this medicine man was about to make all my pain disappear.

He explained that most women carry their babies just above their pelvis. He then held up two fingers and pointed to his knuckle. He grinned and said this is where your daughter is located. It appears that in keeping with tradition Addison and I continue to push the bounds of a "normal" pregnancy. Our little Addy has decided to drop her head BELOW my pelvis.

Good News: Addison is head down!
Bad News: Her head is grinding into my pubic bone!

The treatment for this is to bend over and scream at your feet for the next 6 weeks. Every time she flinches she is bone on bone and rubbing against numerous nerves and tendons.

The next several weeks should prove to be very interesting. However I am sure that spending a lifetime loving this little rule breaker will prove to be even more interesting.

By the way...Have any of you noticed how big my husbands head is? I am not talking about his ego here. I mean this man cannot buy a hat from the store because they will not fit! Just one of those things you don't notice until you are ready to give birth.