The backache

has gotten worse... I cannot walk or stand for long. There's this sharp pain near my lower spine.

Doctor said that there is no remedy except to endure the pain throughout the pregnancy. It seems that a fall when I was in Pri Sch has resulted in this intense pain during pregnancy. My Chinese sinseh had also experienced a similar pain as me during her pregnancy and told me that this pain will disappear after confinement. But I feel so helpless when I know that there is more than 5 months left to endure...

What I did during the March Holidays (or are they holidays at all?)

TfU and more TfU. Until I have no time for marking and setting of exam papers.

But thank God that I had a chance to R & R with Jane and Yingli on Tuesday when we went to Liang Court for Ktv.

The free time I had at home was spent nursing the backache...

Thank God

for many things in my life. My bro is attending alpha! Yay!

And... for a smooth day with little backache yesterday! Except when I reached home, it started acting up. But oh well... at least I was trouble free for the day at work.

Backache galore

Its getting worse by the day... I can't walk or stand for long. And work is not getting any easier for me because of the backache...

Climbing up the stairs is simply torturous, and I have to do that all the time, even when I go home...

My evenings are now spent lying down on the bed nursing a whole day's of pain... My work remains untouched. Sigh. Thank God for Dearie who has been easing my pain with regular massage and helping me with work... Pray that all these pain will go away as I move into the 2nd trimester next week.

Symptoms

3-5 week: Mild dull cramps in stomach and hot flushes. Appetite improves.
5-7 week: Backaches begin. Loss of appetite.
7-9 week: Backaches continue with fitful sleep at night. I do not eat rice anymore. This is weird. Coz there are no cravings, just that I do not want to eat rice. It is now replaced by spaghetti.
9-10 week: Backaches ease a little with massage by Dearie. Fitful sleep continues and Dearie told me that I started speaking gibberish in my sleep. Eating is a chore to me.
11 week (now): I am starting to get emotional and have weird thoughts/dreams.

Last night, Dearie brought me out for a walk at T1 and TM to scout for a new handphone for him. I started to have this tight pain above the left side of my waist. It's still there now and I have no idea how I got this pain. Did I pull some muscle while sleeping? I thought that I could sleep it off last night, but apparently, it did not disappear this morning. So I'm on MC today. When I got up to bathe, just standing for a mere ten minutes in the toilet was painful. Hmmm... weird. Will see doctor later when Dearie comes back from work to bring me. I don't think I can walk to the doctor or take a bus.