F***ING Door Latch!!!!

It bloody hurts to scrape my belly against the metal door latch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What Got Me Fitter as I Got Bigger

Lugging a huge belly around while managing a hyperactive toddler on my own and on a 24-7 basis, was rather a daunting task. Well that was my CNY, and after weighing myself this morning, it was quite worthwhile!

I haven't put on any weight after a week long of CNY feasting at my folks, but the most astounding thing I realise is the fact that I am now much fitter! Isn't that surprising considering my belly is getting bigger and I was constantly in pain for the last few months?

For 1 week, I was managing Eddie on my own from the moment he woke up till he went to bed. The walk up and down from my 3rd floor room was initially a breath taking task but by the end of the 1 week, I sometimes unconsciously jogged up the stairs to fetch an item. Putting him in and out of the car was another struggle and initially this hurt my back. I did not have much of a choice as even running into the chemist for 1 minute to enquire after an item required me to take him with me! Therefore on average I was strapping him into and out of his seat at least 10 times a day.

Eddie wouldn't let anyone else carry him, taking him out of the bath or put on his shoes for him which left me no choice as I was the sole candidate for the job. Don't forget these are the things everyone including the doctor told me not to do.

I was of course knackered by the end of the day but I also noticed that I slept better. In fact one night I slept ALL night without waking up! I even managed to turn in bed without waking myself to achieve the Herculean feat. My lower back no longer ache as much and my pelvis seems much more stable, though I have to remember not to rest Eddie's weight on my left hip (this is still a problematic area).

No wonder our moms and grandmothers did not complain much in the past despite being pregnant, with no help whatsoever, having to do the manual washing up, cooking, farming, and tending to the other 8 children. It was most common to be working up to the moment they had their babies, and they are up again running around after having their babies!

All-Round Workout for 31 wks Pregnant Woman with Twins

• Squats from putting on and off Eddie's shoes
• Carrying Eddie to 3rd floor for all-round stamina improvement
• Putting struggling Eddie into car seat strengtens lower back, but please remember to bend your knees
• Having a 10kg mound strapped to your belly of course increases your endurance and overall fitness! haha...

Pain Down Under

In any other situation, this is quite an alarming heading. No, no, we are not talking about STDs or anything like that. Remember, this is a pregnancy blog.

When I was first pregnant with Eddie, I had the same condition called Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction (SPD) which turned up only in the last month of my pregnancy. Perhaps this time round with twins and everything else in double doses, my pubic bone started clicking (bergesel) at 25 weeks.

In preparation for birth, your body has been releasing the relaxin hormones to relax the joints. In my case, my pelvis has become very unstable which resulted in the clicking. Why it only happens at night I have no idea. Apart from the clicking, I get pain in my pubic bone which wakes me up in the middle of the night.

I have no choice but to take it in my stride. But I still have got 3 more months to go!!! Sob sob...

Honeymoon Trimester?

The second trimester is supposed to be the honeymoon period which begins this week. Not surprisingly, my sickness has not waned. To make matter worse on top of my hip problem, my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) kicked in today.

For those unfamiliar with CTS, CTS in a nutshell is compressed median nerve in your wrist (pic above) which is connected to your fingers. The most common symptoms are numbness or pins and needles in your hand. I also experience weakness in my lower arm.

When I was pregnant with Eddie, the CTS came about only some time during my last trimester. The pins and needles in my right hand was 24/7. Imagine having numb hand ALL the time. However you do get used to it. It only went away about 1 month after I had Eddie.

I just cannot believe that this time around, I will have to put up with pins and needles for the next 150 days or so.

A Case of Pain in the Butt

I have seen 2 physios to try and fix the pain in my right bottom, to be precise. The general consensus seems to be that a fall over a year ago has destabilised my right pelvis, while pregnancy relaxin hormone has further weakened it. Therefore my butt muscles have been working overtime to hold everything together which then resulted in compressed nerve; hence the shooting pain from the butt down to the back of my thigh.

I have spent a total of 2 and a half hour this week experiencing various types of treatments and manipulation of my bones. Since my pelvis is weak anyway I had to do exercises to streghten them. One physio told me to do kegel exercise 100 times a day, while the other one told me to "tighten my anus" 400 times a day! Bloody hell which is which I wonder.

What tickled me the most was the latter. Perhaps my physio did not choose the most refined description of that exercise simply because his first language was not English . Could you could call it "clenching butt muscles"?

As my reader, you too must be trying it out to see whether tightening of your anus results in involuntary clenching of the butt muscles. Sig.Ot said no. I say a little bit.

Whatever it is, the pain has not gone away and dear Sig.Ot just said that he will buy me a wheelie walker. How sweet, my a**.


N.B. Regardless of the terms used, how could anyone do it for 400 times a day?