Worth it

     Pink Leonard has not felt so super during this pregnancy. If this had been my first one, I don't think I would have wanted to have more kids. I started out doing really well. I was walking about 2 miles every morning after I took Jax to school. I was feeling good, my back wasn't hurting as much anymore. I even did my first 5K. (Yes, I was pregnant. Yes, I knew I was. No, no one else knew.) Soon after the Glow Run, is when actual pregnancy symptoms set in. I was tired, I couldn't sleep, I was HUNGRY. Walking and having a healthy pregnancy slowly faded away. 
     If being tired was all that pregnancy symptoms included, I would have been happy. However, with pregnancy there is pregnancy hormones. And with these hormones, I had acne. BAD ACNE. I have NEVER had acne like I had in the beginning of this pregnancy. The pimples were big, they hurt, they wouldn't go away, they were embarrassing. I almost didn't want to be seen in public. No amount of make-up would completely cover them. I can't be certain if it was because I switched face washes, or if it was just the timing that I did, but they have since subsided. Now I am just left with some nice scarring, that CAN be covered with make-up. :) 
     Pimples were just the beginning of my pregnancy misery. If pimples and being tired were the worst of it, I would have been happy. The second trimester wasn't too bad. It was sort of the calm before the storm. My back did start hurting again, but that's pretty normal. Then by the end of the second trimester, it hit me. MY CROTCH HURT. (Pardon my terminology.) I actually first noticed it when we were in Florida. I thought it was because we were walking a lot more during the day than I was used to, and at that time it was only hurting at night. But it has gotten worse since. 
     This pain in that area, isn't just pain from the pressure of having a living being inside you. This is separation of bone. It has a name - Symphysis pubis dysfunction. Yes, I am dysfunctional :/ It hurts to stand, to stand up, to sit for too long, or walk. Oddly, it hurts the most to turn over in bed. It takes a concentrated effort, and I have to use the headboard for support. I didn't have this problem with my other two. 
     Now, to top it all off I already seem to have a clogged milk duct. In my armpit, nonetheless. If anyone else has had them there, you'll know that they hurt! This has happened with both babies before, but only after I had actually started breastfeeding. To have this problem before I have even given birth baffles me. I guess that it's just a sign that delivery is near! 
     Although I have been in a lot of pain, and misery, and discomfort this time around, there have been a few upsides. I was one of the "lucky" ones, as my doctor called it, that didn't get sick. There was some slight queasiness and nausea in the beginning, but never any vomiting. And my blood pressure has been normal, even low at some points (until the last few weeks anyway.) 
     There hasn't been any health concerns for the baby. To be able to have a healthy baby enter this world, this family, it will all be worth it!