{"id":7305,"date":"2013-01-19T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=7305"},"modified":"2013-01-19T17:20:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T17:20:45","slug":"accessorizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/accessorizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessorizing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

My left hip-joint is apparently not getting better. \u00a0The left leg can still mostly bear my weight if I stand still, but moving about is getting more challenging. \u00a0I also cannot lift my left leg up if I’m sitting.<\/p>\n

I did manage to (slowly and limpingly) accompany Bjarki to his\u00a0gymnastics\u00a0session this morning, and swam 600 m (500 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke) while he was busy practicing his moves. \u00a0(Finnur was off shuttling Anna about.) \u00a0But the swimming didn’t seem to help my hip, and only minutely lessened the foot-swelling.<\/p>\n

Around lunchtime, Finnur took the kids to his parents’ place, while I conked out on the sofa for a couple of hours. \u00a0He returned with his grandfather’s old walking cane, and two crutches! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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The kids modeling the walking cane and crutches. They’ve been walking around like old people ever since, with Anna also having a mysterious foot pain…<\/p><\/div>\n

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. \u00a0Today the week counter is up to 35, so there’s still a way to go if things stay otherwise calm.<\/p>\n

It’s not all bad though. \u00a0I 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. \u00a0So there’s that. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0They’re pretty gross, so I’m hiding them ‘below the fold’ and behind this link: <\/p>\n

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My rather grossly swollen right foot last night. My right foot appears more swollen than my left foot, and I think it may be because I keep lying on either my back or my right side to spare my left hip, thereby hindering proper drainage.<\/p><\/div>\n

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From today. Foot still pretty swollen, but perhaps slightly less than last night? Am keeping them as elevated as I can…<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

My left hip-joint is apparently not getting better. \u00a0The left leg can still mostly bear my weight if I stand still, but moving about is getting more challenging. \u00a0I also cannot lift my left leg up if I’m sitting.<\/p>\n

I did manage to (slowly and limpingly) accompany Bjarki to his\u00a0gymnastics\u00a0session this morning, and swam 600 m (500 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke) while he was busy practicing his moves. \u00a0(Finnur was off shuttling Anna about.) \u00a0But the swimming didn’t seem to help my hip, and only minutely lessened the foot-swelling.<\/p>\n

Around lunchtime, Finnur took the kids to his parents’ place, while I conked out on the sofa for a couple of hours. \u00a0He returned with his grandfather’s old walking cane, and two crutches! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The kids modeling the walking cane and crutches. They’ve been walking around like old people ever since, with Anna also having a mysterious foot pain…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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. \u00a0Today the week counter is up to 35, so there’s still a way to go if things stay otherwise calm.<\/p>\n

It’s not all bad though. \u00a0I 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. \u00a0So there’s that. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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. \u00a0They’re pretty gross, so I’m hiding them ‘below the fold’ and behind this link: <\/p>\n

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