The Craziness that is The Eby Family: Baby News

It has been a few weeks since I've done any baby updates so I thought maybe I should do that. I mentioned in an earlier post that I had started getting the babies room ready. This is one of many things that have been happening as a result of my crazy nesitng instincts. I can't explain why nesting happens, but it does and it hits me earlier with each kid and it always hits hard. I've been going nuts around the house moving things, rearranging rooms, cooking, cleaning, etc. And if the other pregnancies have been any sort of indicator, its only going to get worse....At least I'll have a clean house! :)

I'm not the only one busy, #4 has been kicking up quite a storm. He's rivaling Jake right now for the most active baby I've had to date. And there's no rhyme or reason, he moves morning, noon, and night. I've been able to see him move plenty and Chris has had lot of opportunities to feel him squirm as well. Sometimes I do get a little nervous though when I haven't felt him in a while, but its usually just moments after I have this that he starts kicking up again. Little boy seems to want to keep his mom at ease when anxiety strikes :)

I have had some problems over the past few weeks. About 2 weeks ago my Sciatica was off the charts. The smallest move would send awful, sharp, stabbing pains through my back, hip, and legs. I actually had to use a cane off and on for a few days to be able to walk. I had had problems in other pregnancies, but never this bad and never this early. It seems the little guy was just situated in a bad spot because I couldn't find relief anywhere and then one day it was just gone. I'm still having a lot of pain and aches, but the debilitating sharp pains are gone. Unfortunately the aches and pains that are still around are keeping me from sleeping, I actually feel myself turn over all night to get comfortable - which I never really am. I'm going to try asking/pleading with my doctors again next week to see if there is anything they can prescribe to help, I need sleep!

I've also noticed that this guy is hanging out quite low. Jake, Brenden, and Rylan were all low riders too, but I'm noticing discomfort and pressure low much earlier. I'm sure this is just because its #4, but I swear the pressure I feel now I never felt before at least 30 weeks with the others. Sometimes I feel like he's pressing straight down on my crotch! (Sorry if TMI) I also feel kicks BELOW my waist line and often lower than my underpants line as well. He's really down there and I'm thinking he has no intentions of going anywhere near his due date....only time will tell! (Don't forget you can make a pick over to the right of when you think he'll come)

You may have noticed that I keep referring to him as #4, that's because we don't have a name yet. We've had a lot of names that we like a lot, but we just aren't sure they fit him. I'd like to use a not too common name, but I find that boys names are a little harder to come up with than girls. Chris says he can't get a feel for his personality yet and might want to wait until he arrives, but I'm not sure I can wait that long. I really liked having a name early with the others. We keep looking everywhere and throwing out just about anything we can think of, but nothing has stuck so far. If you have any suggestions I'll gladly hear them!

And of course some lovely belly pictures. I don't feel like I've gotten much bigger in front, it feels/looks like to me that my bump has started to widen, you can be the judge for yourself:

22w, 2d