This week there were some definite joys and issues. The first was the amazing joy of feeling our baby move! Baby us was pretty active this week. I first felt it after a huge sneeze. He or she started kicking like crazy as if to say, "Hey, Mama, I don't like that!!" Then again in yoga class and one night while watching a documentary on climate change. The movie was making me so sad, seeing how global warming is affecting polar bears and their babies. That's when our little baby starting moving around. I took this as proof that baby us is as passionate about environmental issues as we are :) Already upset about climate change and not even born yet?!- I can't wait to see the amazing ways our child is going to change the world!!
The biggest negative this week is pictured below. Pregnancy-induced carpal tunnel syndrome.
See how nasty and swollen my hand/arm is?! UGGH! My plan for this weekend was to finish my last two papers for my class. This is the LAST CLASS for my Education Specialist degree. Unfortunately this craziness started Thursday. It probably didn't help that I lifted weights in my workout and then went to yoga that night. This picture was taken yesterday. This was after 2 nights of barely sleeping from being so uncomfortable. I never took carpal tunnel seriously, but this mess hurts!!! My hand and arm throbbed for two days straight! It was worse at night and in the morning (something about the blood flow makes this the case). After resting, icing, heating, and elevating for two days I'm finally able to type this in short spurts throughout the day. (And cook, brush my teeth well, dress myself, open doors, and all the other junk I couldn't really do for two days). I'm glad it's easing off, but I read in my baby books and on the Mayo clinic site that this will be ongoing until after the baby is born. So the work I was hoping to finish up in a few days is now going to have to be spread out over the course of quite a few days. C'est la vie.
I suppose the biggest thing for me this week (and most weeks) is determining God's lessons for me through pregnancy. I get so frustrated at times because I feel like I'm supposed to say that pregnancy is beautiful and I love every minute of it (like most women I know do) or frustrated that I can't do the normal everyday things I did before (like, I dunno, wear my jeans, have the energy to work 2 jobs, keep the house clean and get in a good 3 mile run, or sleep without a throbbing swollen ugly hand). The truth... is pregnancy kinda sucks. Why doesn't anyone tell you that?
But, enough whining and back to the point. God's lessons. I know that Hebrews 12:11 tells us, "No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." I know that God is using every little bit of this 9-10 months to prepare me for the most important job there is. I know that, and I am grateful for the honor. So, I'm trying to find the purpose in each frustration. And, I'm working on thanking God for the discipline!
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