Monday, August 12, 2013

What it's like living with elephantitis



So this whole thing with my feet swelling? It's not that great. They aren't even that swollen, but they hurt. I wake up in the middle of the night and they are tingly and itchy and hot, almost like an allergic reaction. Last week, my dumb feet caused quite the bit of drama between Conrad and me. We had a whole huge fight about it and the poor man didn't even know it.

I woke up with "hot-feet" and really sore legs at about 3 in the morning one night. I considered asking Conrad to massage them for me, but I knew he would say no because he had work. Also he hates giving massages. Pulling teeth, I swear. So I got up and went into the bathroom to soak my legs in the tub, all the while getting more and more mad that Conrad was peacefully asleep with his non-tingly feet.

After the soak, I tried rubbing them myself, but it's just not the same. If you're a massage lover, you know what I'm saying. So I decided rather than lay there next to my sleeping husband (who I wanted to punch in the face at this point), I'd get up and try to do something productive.

Naturally, at 3:30 am, I chose to give our whole house a deep clean. I did the dishes as loudly as I possibly could. I slammed dishes around and turned on all the lights and brooded some more about my horrible-wonderful husband (now starting to stir from all my clamoring). He came out and was irritated that I was being so loud, and I was mad that he was so oblivious to my discomfort, and then I stopped cleaning, he went back to bed, and I tried to cool my stupid feet down on the couch while I cried. I cried about Ninners and my cankles. I cried about how our kitchen remodel hasn't even started yet. I cried that I was still pregnant.

People aren't kidding when they say it's really only the last few weeks that are hard. Really freaking hard, made worse by utter lack of sleep and full-body discomfort.

I love pregnancy stillllllll??

7 comments:

  1. I'm 39 weeks too and totally know. It helps if you stay off your feet more and elevate them. I cried the other day that nothing fit and that I'm incapable of doing things that used to be so easy. I'm super lucky my hubby rubs me nightly for like hours. I feel guilty because I never want to rub his! But he doesn't help with house stuff much and so there's the trade off. Hang in there the baby will be here soon!

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  2. I'm 39 weeks too and totally know. It helps if you stay off your feet more and elevate them. I cried the other day that nothing fit and that I'm incapable of doing things that used to be so easy. I'm super lucky my hubby rubs me nightly for like hours. I feel guilty because I never want to rub his! But he doesn't help with house stuff much and so there's the trade off. Hang in there the baby will be here soon!

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  3. Hang in there girl, it will be over soon! I remember being the exact same way in my last couple of weeks. Just try to rest as much as possible and find ways to distract yourself. Before you know it you'll have a sweet baby in your arms and you'll laugh about how crazy you were.

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  4. I did the same thing to my husban with my daughter... I was so upset that he was sleeping peacefully and I couldn't get slightly comfortable! Hang in there. You look great and you are almost done!

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  5. Oh goodness, I'm pretty sure every 39-week pregnant lady has had the same "fight" with their husband. Hang in there! It's totally worth every second of discomfort. :-)

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  6. sounds like you're nesting as well! getting close there now!

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  7. I'm not pregnant and I've had a few episodes like that in the past! haha

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