Hooray! I actually have wireless internet connectivity in the furthest bedroom!!

I'm currently sleeping in the guest room (aka the Tropical Tiki room). It has our old queen sized mattresses in it without a bedframe, so it makes getting up and out of bed a heck of a lot easier (considering I'm peeing like every 5 minutes).

So bedrest - why? Well because of my severe gestational diabetes and crazy weight gain (for my size), I have really bad circulation and edema. It's so bad that I went from a size 4.5/5 to a 7.5/8 in shoe size. My ring size went from a 4.5 to an 8 also, lmao...and the 8 size is getting tight. It causes carpal tunnel/arthritis like pain in my hands/joints as well as in the rest of my joints on my body. I guess it just feels the worst in my hands and feet since I move them the most. Anyway, typing has helped my hands circulate more blood...and lessens the pain.

Oh so yea, bedrest - I'm in bed because my edema gets so bad that my legs and feet turn purple. There literally is SO much excess blood, that I have to put my feet up really high to keep the blood circulating. You'd think moving around or exercising would help - but because I'm still petite and have insulin injections, if I exercise - the blood all flows down to my feet (or whatever i'm on, my hips etc) and turns purple...then i quickly go into hypoglycemia because of the fact that I'm burning too much sugars by exercising. LOL It's as if God wants me to lay here and be a slug for a while. You'd think it'd be easy, but since being told to be on mostly bedrest, the confining feeling is making me want to nest and clean up and/or work on ANYTHING even more.

It's 'mostly' bedrest, because I still have to try to circulate my blood by walking every so often. If not, I have a higher risk of developing blood clots in my legs that'll kill me too, lol. What are the odds?? I mean, couldn't I just have a normal pregnancy, for the love of GOD, LMAO.

It's nice though, despite it all. It gives me a chance to just 'feel' Isabelle. She's not moving around as much now that she's head down. I don't know if she's descended into my pelvis yet, but it definitely feels a whole lot more comfortable now that she's upside down. She just kicks and readjusts herself here and there. I have a great spot on the right side of my belly that she sticks her feet all the time.

Reminder to myself: Louise just called to ask if Christopher wouldn't mind working on Tuesday the 9th, at 3pm and to have him call her if that's ok.

Phew! He's working so much lately. :) I'm really proud and lucky to have him. On top of the 2 jobs he's working, he still finds time to help my incapable self around at home. ERGH, that's probably one of the most annoying things - that I can't even unload the dishwasher efficiently. If I do it right now, it'll take an hour - dish by dish, cup by cup...slowly...as opposed to his grabbing all the plates at once and putting them on the high shelf. I know I don't need to rush - but I want to help too. He tries so hard for me and Isabelle and it's not that I'm obligated to help also - I want to. He always tells me that I give him the biggest gift ever by just being around and being the mother of his children. Somehow, despite how happy that makes me feel, I wish I could do more. :)

AND I KNOOOOWWW...I'll make it up in time. ;)


AND DEAR GOD does the shit keep piling on, lmao!

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I just got a phonecall from Tyler that Gargie got out and is running through dead animal carcasses. T____T Christopher took the car this morning to pick up a package so I'm car-less. Maybe I'll go for a walk. SCREW THIS bedrest.

BBL!