Appointment

Four Months Later

Jolene is now five months pregnant and the pregnancy has been stressful to say the least. She has had difficulty sleeping, she always tosses and turns and I always hold her until she finally calms down, she also experiences bouts of dizziness and lower back pain. I have been giving her back massages every night to help with the pain.

She had swollen feet for a while so we do not walk as much as we used to do. Although I make sure we walk at least once a week for exercise, doctor’s orders. She also has pregnancy brain. One day while we were eating, she carried her fork and started using it to comb her hair, and using her soup to wash her hands. I had to gently remind her that it was not water but soup.

We have an appointment with doctor May, tomorrow to find out the sex of our baby. We have been going to prenatal classes and she has been taking medication to help her with the pregnancy. I know it is taking its toll on her, physically and mentally, but she has been so