What is it with the weeks that end in 3? Week 23 was a "rough" one and week 33 came in like a lion. Okay, I'm exaggerating a tad bit, but when everything has been so easy any deviation from that seems like a big deal. The minor aches and pains came in right on cue when week 33 began, along with the extreme exhaustion. My goodness, I'm tired, and just like the books have said, it's a different kind of exhaustion than it was in the first trimester. The first trimester was all hormonal, and this exhaustion is purely physical. Clearly my body is working hard. Sleep is also starting to become less and less easy - getting comfortable is actually truly tough for the first time, and also for the first time, I'm waking up at least twice every night like clockwork to go to the bathroom. I think my days of sleeping through the night are long gone and they have no intention of returning anytime soon.
I'm still working, which I still think is helping keep swelling down and the serious aches and pains away, but I think I've only got a couple of weeks left in me. We'll see how I feel come week 35 (the magic point when the doc would no longer try to stop it if I went into labor).
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