what a week!  I always jokingly say, “never a dull moment”, but when it’s true, it’s true!  After my appointment on Monday, all day Tuesday and throughout the evening I had a lot of contractions that were very crampy.  Mostly throughout my lower back and low in my stomach.  I have vivid memories of my “real” contractions w/ Ashlyn feeling the same.  I actually started to wonder if this wasn’t the beginning of more.  Gradually they tapered off though.

I was also starting to feel a head cold coming on, and just couldn’t dodge it fast enough.. It hit, and hard.  Oye.. The last thing I can imagine is being sick when we meet our baby boy..   Knowing that there aren’t a lot of options for pregnant women, as well as not being a fan of medicinal ways anyhow, I was out to find what I could try.  I recently have been wondering about neti pots, and decided it couldn’t hurt to try.  I was pleasantly surprised that a) there wasn’t a risk of drowning and b) it actually gave me relief!  Double score!  So as of yesterday I had a lot of relief from the congestion, but completely lost my voice!  Com.plete.ly!  Both girls thought it was funny that mommy had to whisper all day.. Mmm Hmm.. of course they did!  So, in addition to trying to clear my nasal passageway a couple of times a day, I also had the humidifier going, and put vapor rub along the soles of my feet w/ socks slipped on last night.  (if you’re laughing, don’t knock it until you try it! lol)  I’m happy to say that I woke up yesterday morning feeling much better!  Still have a dry cough, but my voice came back, and the congestion isn’t too bad either.  I don’t sound so great, but my head doesn’t feel like it weighs 500lbs, and that’s a lot to ask when you have a head cold!

In other happenings, on Thursday I wiped out.  Yep, pregnant girl went down in our garage.  Ashlyn took a couple of steps away from the truck when we were leaving to pick up Kaylor from school, and I stepped to grab her hand, and tripped on a piece of carpet that lays where Erik parks.  Thank goodness it has a foam padding underneath as well, so the cement was plenty cushioned, AND I landed on my right knee and right hand.. It happened so fast.  Scared Ashlyn because I took her down too, but she is like a puffed up snowman in her winter coat, and it wasn’t too hard, so I know it just scared her more than anything.  Guess when they talk about losing your sense of balance during pregnancy, it’s true!  Well, either that or I’m just clumsy in general