tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post5761528931443858562..comments2023-05-20T06:07:03.632-04:00Comments on The education of the educator: Telling it like it isLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14865823168822218228noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post-5170412309933420262008-04-27T19:07:00.000-04:002008-04-27T19:07:00.000-04:00We do tell you how uncomfortable we are... but unt...We do tell you how uncomfortable we are... but until you are going through it yourself you just can't understand. <BR/><BR/>I second Becky as far as the breathe right strips. I bought them at Costco and wore them every night.<BR/><BR/>And, when you get one of those leg cramps, cry out as loud as you need to. Anything that helps! It was months before I wasn't afraid to stretch again... and that is another one of those things that if you tell someone "I get leg cramps" they just can't appreciate that those are Leg Cramps... or LEG CRAMPS. Or really., S**T S**T S**T S**T S**T ANOTHER F***ING LEG CRAMP.<BR/><BR/>And yes... you don't forget it all once your baby is born, but it just isn't that important anymore...Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269459040611070827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post-13837726140868835432008-04-24T19:25:00.000-04:002008-04-24T19:25:00.000-04:00Its one of those books I've been meaning to read a...Its one of those books I've been meaning to read and now I just might have to! Yes all those discomforts will soon be a thing of the past! Hang in there her b-day is fast approaching!:)Diannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314585309889907913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post-26155804245695532982008-04-24T10:05:00.000-04:002008-04-24T10:05:00.000-04:00I had a lot of the same problems when I was pregna...I had a lot of the same problems when I was pregnant. Here are some things to try that you might not have already:<BR/>1. buy a tempurpedic mattress pad for your bed...makes it a lot more comfortable and helps to alleviate the pressure sores from the side sleeping.<BR/>2. you can sleep partly on your back...use your body pillow or a bed pillow to wedge behind your back so that are sleeping on your side, but leaning towards your back. I didn't know about this until the physical therapist told me and it made a world of difference.<BR/>3. Forget about the Puffs, use breathe right strips at night to help you breathe.<BR/>4. Drink more water to keep your sinuses more moist (and therefore less stuffy and nose bleeding).<BR/>5. Take a tylenol PM (completely safe for the baby now, cannot be taken once you are nursing). It will allow you to get sleep, which is really important in the last trimester.<BR/>6. Although the side sleeping sucks, try and sleep on your left side, since this makes the baby position correctly for birth and makes the labor much easier.<BR/>7. The only thing I found to help with the heartburn was to do some cat/cow stretches before I went to bed (also helps with baby positioning for labor). That and sleeping upright for awhile...it goes away once the baby drops (unless your baby was long like mine). Then it goes away after birth.<BR/><BR/>You're almost finished!Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07836313217783642635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post-89611867705839043082008-04-24T09:44:00.000-04:002008-04-24T09:44:00.000-04:00Oh Lisa, I wish I could just give you a big ol' hu...Oh Lisa, I wish I could just give you a big ol' hug right now! You are so funny!<BR/><BR/>And men say they're the stronger sex. Puh-lease.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532933775674837099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22978476.post-11847269757928174762008-04-24T09:08:00.000-04:002008-04-24T09:08:00.000-04:00Sooooooo funny!Great post.Sooooooo funny!<BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com