Physical therapy is from the devil.



I've decided.



That's not fair, I know, but I am in much MUCH more pain after doing the "stretches" and "pelvic tilts" he prescribed than I was before I went in. I am channeling Donald Duck as I walk. Not good.



I had my first Braxton Hicks contraction today (which I'm told is normal from here on out). For those of you reading who don't know what Braxton Hicks contractions are (and I was one of you until last week when I read about them), they are a "practice" contraction of the uterus to excercise it for the real deal (in just two and one half months. Crazy, man, crazy). The book said it would feel like my uterus got real tight and small for a moment....and that's exactly what happened. I could have bounced a quarter off of it!



Do you know what else is from the devil?



Pillow shopping.

Seriously, have you ever gone out and bought yourself a new pillow? NIGHTMARE!!!!



Either they're too thick/fluffy or way too squishy or they feel like a boulder or they're 75 dollars. So bored. I'm normally a stomach sleeper, in my non-pregnant state. But that's not really the best way to sleep since it's hard on your neck, so I've tried over the years to adopt a different, more "back-friendly" sleeping position. Here's how that works for me: NOT AT ALL.

10:30pm: Krista lays down on her back, pulls up the comforter and closes her eyes.
10:32pm: Krista opens her eyes and a continuous stream of thoughts, beginning with what I'm going to wear tomorrow all the way through me solving world hunger, ensues.
10:45pm: Krista then tries an endless variety of other positions ranging from sleeping on both her left and her right side, to pillows between the knees, to pillows under the knees, to pillows over my head...to end my suffering.
11:00pm: Krista flips over onto her stomach and is asleep instantly.


But, now that I can't sleep on my stomach (well I can, but the baby kicks like mad and I'm sure I would too if there were a hundred pounds smashing me when I'm relaxing in a hot tub), I have semi-adopted the side position since sleeping on your back isn't allowed in pregnancy. But I've learned to sleep on one's side, one needs a very particular sort of pillow...

...and I can't find it. But I will gosh darn it! If it's the last thing I do...I will find it! And a chorus of angels will sing and the pillow will suddenly become a blinding radiance of light and fluff and we will embrace...and I will sleep. Well.