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Crampy Cramps

4/21/17

I was able to add in freestyle strokes to my swim the other day and while I was not blazing fast (keep your surprise to yourself, please), I completed my mile in 54 minutes, instead of 58. I'll take the improvement!  It felt good to move like that again.

Yesterday I woke up exhausted and instead of biking/swimming, I went for a long walk at lunch time and did some yoga.

In the evening I was loading the dishwasher and had an uncomfortable sensation in my low abdomen and lower back. Not necessarily pain, but dull and achy. This happened on and off until the time I went to sleep. I texted the midwife about it and she encouraged me to drink more water and said we would test for a UTI, just in case.

Slept great through the night, but started having the same crampy pains after being awake for an hour or so. I had planned on going swimming but the midwife encouraged me to take it easy until our appointment later today, just to make sure everything was 'normal'.

Naturally, I'm at a loss as to what to do now. I want to go poke around town, but we have the prenatal apt early this afternoon and we're having date night afterwards, so I want to conserve my energy! *how crazy*

I could go paint furniture in the garage, but I'm not sure if that counts as taking it easy or not... Hmmm

The stain came out great!
This will be pink and white and hold my art supplies!























Wish us luck and I'll give an update on how things go later!

Look who decided to show up!

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