My LO loves to show off her hobbies: karate, bicycling, hide and seek and wack-a-nerve. *LONG (but possibly interesting) POST*

Any other moms out there that have their LO's kicking and moving around so much that it's actually painful? There are times where Solaria will be moving around and kicking so much that I'm in actual PAIN. She loves to "bicycle" kick as well as move around like she's literally trying to Alien her way out (10+ minutes of constant rolling, kicking, elbows, knees, "break me out" movements). It will literally wake me from a dead sleep, and will make me stop dead in my tracks till the pain stops. I know I'm little (5'7" and a normal 105-115lb weight) even with weight gained I am still so stretched out yet she still seems to need more room, like my belly needs to be bigger. I'm 29 weeks today and her feet are already getting wedged under my ribs, and she absolutely LOVES to tuck her head into my right hip and stay there, making it feel like I have a rock wedged under my hip bone. The worst though? The sciatic nerve pain. I get it down both legs but the right it where it mainly happens. I had it horrendously with my second pregnancy (to my now 6 year old son Devlyn) but it's so much worse with this LO. Possibly because she is already measuring at over 17" and weighing in at over 3lbs. Now again I'm little yet I've had big kids (my first and heaviest at 8lbs 6oz, and my longest at 21 3/4" with my second). She also like to push forward, you know, where you see her little hands and feet through the skin on my stomach... but when she does that she hits two nerves that run along that area causing such pain i literally can not move. She's definitely the most active little one I've had (as far as I can remember) AND the ONLY thing that will calm her down is daddy rubbing on my belly. If I rub my belly she will stop for just a few moments then start up again. If daddy rubs my belly she stops and just relaxes and either drifts back to sleep or just enjoys it. And she will remain calm, with just small movements or no movement for awhile. She just KNOWS that it's daddy! Already a daddy's girl, lol. Unfortunately the absolute worse thing I've been dealing with, which started around 15 weeks or so with my first experience are the Braxton Hicks contractions, (which were very VERY sporadic, and far between one another in the beginning) and slowly have gotten more frequent and now more intense. I have them at least once a day, and by once a day I mean I will have them at least once a day where they are completely noticeable, (unquestionably contractions) and where I will have 8 or more in an hour (the way you can check it off in your log). I did have this happen with my son Devlyn. I was brought into the office at least once a week to monitor the contractions. I was eventually put on pelvic rest, which then turned into partial bed rest (I was able to be up and around for 3+ hours a day) which then turned into complete bedrest just due to the strength of the BH contractions. I wasn't dialating with those contractions more than what would be considered normal (1cm or so around the 35 week mark). Eventually I was allowed to go back to partial bed rest/complete pelvic rest after a trip to the ER. But I was unfortunate to find out that my fluid levels were not where they needed to be and i had to really monitor my fluid intake and what I ate (btw, I HATE water and I've never had to monitor anything in relation to food as I have always been in that 105-115 range with no history of eating disorders. Unless you count eating too much a disorder). This continued for about 3 weeks, watching my fluid intake and all of that until I was scheduled for an induction at 39 weeks. This was at the hospital I had my first two children at, which closed its maternity ward down and child wing down. My doctor found it medically necessary for me to get induced prior to my due date. Again this was with my second pregnancy. I was induced with my first 2 and with my last I labored at home not knowing how quickly I was progressing due to the fact that natural contractions compared to induced contractions are SO different. I believe my little Solaria will come without an induction just like her sister did. Luckily I know what regular contractions feel like now and will be able to time them, and get to the hospital in time. (I will share my birth stories in that group) Right now as I am typing this she is moving so much I'm getting stabbing nerve pain (sciatic and then the pain I spoke of with just skin stretching and the nerves close to the surface on my tummy) while I desperately need to get rest. She's also causing longer times and more frequent times of horrible heartburn bordering on what I would say is acid reflux. To top it all off (these pregnancy experiences I should know and not complain about; but I am complaining about because they're worse with each child, which is normal I've been told BECAUSE it's my 4th child and because I'm 10 Years older then I was with my first) I'm having horrible swelling in my ankles, calves, feet, hands/fingers and in my face slightly. My blood pressure is low so I don't know what is causing it..... and I've completely gone off topic and off track thanks to how my mind works.