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Warning: This posts continues discussing the downsides of late-stage pregnancy, aka my aches, pains, and swelling. Also has a couple of pictures of my swollen foot.

My left hip-joint is apparently not getting better.  The left leg can still mostly bear my weight if I stand still, but moving about is getting more challenging.  I also cannot lift my left leg up if I’m sitting.

I did manage to (slowly and limpingly) accompany Bjarki to his gymnastics session this morning, and swam 600 m (500 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke) while he was busy practicing his moves.  (Finnur was off shuttling Anna about.)  But the swimming didn’t seem to help my hip, and only minutely lessened the foot-swelling.

Around lunchtime, Finnur took the kids to his parents’ place, while I conked out on the sofa for a couple of hours.  He returned with his grandfather’s old walking cane, and two crutches! 🙂

So, yay, I can move about a little more easily now (and with less pain), but I think I’m going to see if I can’t make an appointment with ‘somebody’ on Monday.  Today the week counter is up to 35, so there’s still a way to go if things stay otherwise calm.

It’s not all bad though.  I can still lie flat on my back (without feeling uncomfortable, which I think means I’m not squashing some big important blood vessel) and my right hip seems happy as a clam.  So there’s that. 🙂

Just for kicks (and to remind me that this is almost certainly my last pregnancy because I’m getting ooooold), I took a couple of ‘swollen foot’ pictures.  They’re pretty gross, so I’m hiding them ‘below the fold’ and behind this link: