i have sciatica (sp?) and it makes my one hip and one side of my butt and my one thigh hurt when i move them at all

*edited for spelling

i feel ya girl. my hips are like cramping and i can just feel my body moving around getting ready for the baby to come out

i've been having some lower back pain, almost a pain in the butt. i got my guy to massage it the other evening and then put some heat on it and i slept like a baby. i only got up one time that night to go to the washroom, it was amazing. if you can get someone to give you a little back rub go for it. i think you can also try using a tennis ball or two if there is no one to rub your back. just put them on your lower back and stand up against a wall so they are pressing into your back then just move them around a little. it beats getting a sore shoulder trying to massage yourself. hope you feel better.

I have sciatica too. Thats been going on now for about a week. Driving me insaine. If all this means that Chandler is getting ready to arrive.. then bring it on lol

Thanks Kaerbear! I usually get my hubby to massage my back before I go to sleep. That is if he hasn't already gone to bed. He has been working long hours to make ends meet while I wait for my sick benifits to kick in, and then Maternity. I feel like I should be the one giving him the massage!! He worked 85.5 hours this week and is exhausted. Poor guy!!

I will have to get a tennis ball and give that a try.

Mary

i totally know what you mean. my guy is working so hard these days. well, he always works hard. so i don't ask him for back rubs often. the good thing is i aaaalways give him back rubs, and foot rubs and i'm just always rubbing him all over lol. so when i want one he doesn't mind.

Thats good then. I haven't had much energy to do much of anything lately. My hubby always works hard too, it just seems like he is always working and never home. Working 7 days a week is really wearing him down. He was supposed to take today off, and since he only worked 12 hours yesterday instead of his usual 14 lately, he decided that he was going to work today too. Ugh....

I wish I could .S.L.E.E.P. I have now been up since 4 am, and its 5:20. Yuck. Since our alarm will be going off shortly I figured I may as well just get up as laying on my back any longer and not being asleep is killing me. So here I sit, doing laundry. What fun!!!

Where at in Canada are you Kaerbear?

Mary

manitoba. that's funny. i guess you must be out east, ontario? i just got up too and it's 3:50 here (i guess about 5:50 your time). i hear you on the sleeplessness too. although it is nice and cool right now so i'm going to keep trying. we had a wicked storm with hail and possibly a tornado nearby tonight. the thunder was really shaking the house up quite a bit. we are in the middle of renovating our house right now and my guy is doing most of the work himself during his holiday so it's been a crazy day. i guess i'm lucky that, with all the work hours he puts in he gives me pretty much all of his spare time so i don't have to miss him too much. i know that's rough when they are away all the time. i can't believe you're doing laundry in the middle of the night lol. i hope you get some rest soon.

Haha.. I figured that since I was up and couldn't sleep I may as well utilize my time up. I even frosted the cake I made last night, made hubby's lunch for work, and breakfast. Gooooo Me!!!

Nova Scotia here. We had a big thunder and lightening storm here on Friday. Didn't directly hit us, but it was all around us, caused flooding and such. Wild weather these days thats for sure.

My hubby used to work away for up to 14 wks at a time. Thank goodness he was laid off from that job and he found one that is in town here, and he is home at nights. We both always said that when we finally had a baby, that we didn't want him to be away working. It worked out well.

I will definitly be going back to bed when I get home from driving the hubby to work. I am soooo tired.

Hope you get some sleep too.

Cheers!

Oh yes yes yes! My hips ache ache ache! Wow i have way too much energy considering i'm technically overdue I'm alot more achy now but i have a feeling that's to do with someone making thier entrance very soon

are you nesting? not long now. seems like we've all been waiting for her for so long lol. don't forget to get your rest even if you have lots of energy. you're gonna need that energy soon enough.

well my version of nesting is thinking about it and perhaps doing it if i can be bothered i'm not a big fan of cleaning lol i do keep rearranging and re making her moses basket though jus to make sure it's clean and made properly