Lectures

Lately I feel like I have been getting lots of lectures.  Maybe it is the belly that just attracts people's advice.  I have people who will poked my feet and legs out of the blue and tell me how swollen I am. (No there is nothing the doctor can give me) Yup I have edema, I have it with every pregnancy.  The heat this summer is making it worse every bit of me swells.  It is actually quite painfully so people poking it doesn't help.  Yet they keep poking me even after I tell them it hurts. Then the same wonderful people tell me how my skin on my hands looks terrible.  I become allergic to my jewelry when pregnant.  I know it sounds weird but it is true.  I can't wear earrings for very long and I break out around my rings.  If I don't wear my rings I get comments about that.  Right now I don't have a choice.  My fingers are so swollen I can't get them on. 
  Today's lecture came from my doctor.  I was reminded how much pain I am in for.  Then he told me how I need to not sit up for any length of time and laying down is what I am suppose to do. How I need to try to get more sleep.  (this is difficult since I am so uncomfortable)  I guess I lost some weight which resulted in a lecture.  I love my doctor he is wonderful.  He understands how hard my pregnancies are.  He just tells me how it is plain and simple.  He doesn't dance around the issue like some doctors.  He understands my PCOS.  I am even more happy when he told me that I will have this baby by August 27th or the 20th.  (His due date is Sept 5.  Which is the same as two of Matt's cousins and the 6th is two of my nephews birthdays) Depending on my stress tests.  Basically for the last six weeks I get to be a hermit.  It so much fun being high risk.  Tons of appointments and lectures.  But at the end I get to hold our cute little son.  I think a sonic slushy is calling my name