38 weeks

What a wild week here at the Sev house! As you know this pregnancy has not brought me the best of luck and now I have some more unfortunate things happening to my body! I have a history of throwing out my back but thanks to my chiropractor, I have been doing pretty well. I was doing great up until last Monday when I was holding Mason during one of his tantrums. He was having a tantrum at my neighbors house so I decided to take him home. As i'm holding him he was throwing all his weight back and I felt a "pop" in my back! I knew right away that my disk had slipped. 

I scheduled a chiropractor appointment right away and instead of getting relief I ended up in even more pain. My right hip is about 2 in higher than the left right now and I can't go from sitting to standing without help from someone. Last week was extremely rough because Brandon was putting in a lot of hours at UPS because of Christmas season and I was home with Mason trying my best to take care of the two of us! Changing diapers, getting him to nap, and little tasks were so tricky. I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown Friday because every time I did any sort of bending I would be in SO much pain. 

I am now going to physical therapy and tried a therapeutic massage yesterday. The massage allowed my muscles to relax a little so I am a tiny bit better today. I am praying that I am fixed by the time baby comes!

The last week we have been pretty busy. I had my "sprinkle" for baby thrown by Mandi and it was so fun. I was able to see some friends I hadn't seen in awhile and received some adorable baby girl clothes. I now have PLENTY of 3 month clothes for her! I may actually need to exchange some if she comes out a tubbo like Mason did! ha. We were also able to take Mason to do some fun activities. We took him on a hayride with Santa, had a library visit with santa, and we snuck in a couple playdates before my back went out!

Last week during my 37 week appt. I had made no changes! I was still 2cm, measuring a week behind, and it didn't seem to my doctor that anything was really going on. I am curious to see how my appt. goes tomorrow! I have been having stronger contractions and major back pains (because of my disk AND contractions) so I'm curious to see if I made any progress. My guess is baby will come Dec. 28th (my brother's birthday!) I'm not sure why I feel like that could be the day but it just feels right!

I'm hoping to keep you all updated more I just need my health to get a little better! I feel so frustrated that my nesting instinct is kicking in and I care barely move! Her room still needs a lot of work and my house is somewhat of a disaster. I am going to try and not be a control freak and just let it go! ha :) Hope all is well with everyone. I will post this week any information I find out about baby! :)