Category: Pregnancy (Ryan)

I feel like my belly has gone from size 2 to 10 in the past few days. I’m really starting look pregnant and the scary reality of becoming a mommy has finally kicked in. Obaki’s kicks have been getting very strong and he’s been moving around quite a bit. Jasper and I felt his feet the other day and of course I freaked out. I don’t know why, but it really freaked me out. We can’t wait to meet Obaki. We’re a bit scared that he’ll be the sexiest baby ever!!!

Yeah!! I’m finally in my 30 weeks of pregnancy.

I feel like the time has been going by very very slowly.

Yeah!!

So, we drove down to Bellingham on Sunday to pick up Obaki’s crib and dresser. The moron at Walmart couldn’t find our crib for the longest time and was basically asking us to give up on it. Heck no!! I didn’t cross the border and drove 50 miles just to be told to go back home without a crib. I insisted on them checking again, and voila, there it was!!! We’re so excited to put everything together. Actually, it will be mostly be Jasper working on it. I’m 30 weeks pregnant and starting to feel some difficulties in breathing. Yeah, I feel like a whale. Hopefully, I don’t look like a whale.

I have the worst cold ever. I’m so miserable. Coughing, sneezing, constant runny nose, headache….you name it. I usually don’t get sick very easily, but apparently your immune system is weaker when you’re pregnant. Oh well, I have PUPPs and I have a cold.. what could possibly be worse? I didn’t get to sleep much at all last night. I was up every hour trying to deal with my cold and itchiness. I never thought being pregnant would be so difficult.

I don’t know what to say here other than I am itchier than you can ever imagine. If you’ve never heard of pupps you probably have no idea how much I am suffering. To top it all off – I had the worst sunburn you could ever imagine (which was also very itchy). When Jasper and I were in Hawaii I lathered as much sunblock as his pale white body could take, and then without thinking I put my hands on my stomach and legs. Needless to say after spending a short time in the sun I was burnt (this was before I realized that pregnant women burn much easier, as I’ve never burnt before in such a short time). But it wasn’t just an ordinary burn – it was an uneven burn with hand-prints!!

In order to beat this pupps you need to take away the itch (which is impossible, by the way). So, now that I know you can’t beat this PUPPS I need to try and mask the problem. This involves covering myself in calomine lotion or covering myself in hydrocortisone cream. Needless to say that running around my house covered in pink goo while trying to itch every inch of my body isn’t fun.

HELP! I need some suggestions or something.