Third Trimester!!!

Today is the first official day of my third trimester, and while that is very exciting, if last night is any indication of how the next 11 weeks will go, I want no part of it! Last night was, by far, the worst night of this pregnancy so far. Due to the amount of estrogen my body is producing, I have these little bumps on my feet that cause my feet to turn red and itch like nothing you have ever felt before. When it first came up, I thought it might be athlete's foot or something along those lines. I remember reading in the pregnancy books about red, itchy hands and feet, but I assumed that wasn't the cause because my hands weren't itching. So I asked my doctor about it when I saw her on Wed. and she confirmed that this was due to my hormone levels!!! YEA! I had the hardest time falling asleep last night. When I finally did, I woke up about 45 minutes later due to the fact that I was scratching my feet so hard...ughhh....I have tried everything. Lotion to keep them moisterized, alcohol to dry them out, witch hazel to stop the itching, anti-fungal cream(back when I thought it was athlete's foot). Crazy thing, nothing works, and after showing my feet to my doctor and her confirming that it was the hormones, neither of us thought to ask or give advice on what to do!!! So I will be making a call today! I finally got back to sleep after wrapping my feet in witch hazel soaked gauze and then covering them with socks, only to wake up about an hour later because my jaw was hurting so badly! I have a problem with clenching my teeth and I haven't really dealt with it very much lately, but usually if I am not feeling well, or I am to the point of extreme stress I will clench my teeth together....aparently the stress of my feet and not getting any sleep caused this to happen which caused my entire mouth to hurt as well as my head to throb! Ughh....I got up and took some tylenol...couldn't sleep, played a game on my phone and finally fell back into slumber land ~ then woke up 45 minutes later due to the fact that my back was hurting so badly I felt like I had been hit by a truck! Now usually in pregnancy women complain about their lower back causing a lot of pain...this is definitely true although other than a few sciatica flare ups, my pain is always in the center and upper part of my back! I got up to get the heating pad....got it all set up, then laid there wondering how to make it work considering I needed to lay on my back in order for the heat to get to the area causing the pain, but I am not supposed to lay on my back...I decided to risk it, I laid there for 15 min. then turned to my side, then back on my back....meanwhile JR's alarm went off so I helped him wake up...He got up at 3:30 this morning to go to the Texans Training Camp. *** I finally fell back asleep (thank god my heating pad automatically turns off after a certain time!) then woke up at 6:00 because I had to pee! Getting back to sleep wasn't difficult this time around, and I went back to sleep until 9:30 when Logan woke up...Luckily he was in one of his cuddle moods and we just laid in my bed until 10:30 talking and cuddling and playing. My back still hurts, my feet still, itch, I have an aweful headache, and I have been having stupid contractions which range from not so bad, uncomfortable, major cramps, and the best one...oh my god! This hurts like crap! So again...if this is any indication as to how my thrid trimester will be...I dont want to do it! Bring back the smooth sailing! PLEASE! Ha!

***Texans Training Camp is going on today, tomorrow, Sunday, Monday, and Thursday. JR is determined to make it to every practice! Soon after Logan was born we bought him a little Andre Johnson onsie jersey, and thought we would get it autographed, but we always seem to miss Andre...Last year, we went to Training Camp and got a lot of autographs and JR got one of Steve Slaton's gloves, ehich we wants to get autographed this year. We also bought Logan a red Mario Williams jersey that he wears all the time, that we are going to try to get signed. The problem is, they dont tell you which days people are signing, so JR is wanting to go everyday. I am hoping that we get all the signatures we need by Sunday, and then we wont have to mess with it anymore! Ha! Today, the offensive lineman were the ones doing autographs...JR got all their autographs on a football...but none of those are the ones we truly want. But it is neat that we have then Texans 2007 team autographs, 2008 team autographs and now we will have 2009 team!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!