Suddenly Miserable

Let me just preface this vent of a blog entry by saying I'm so thankful that God enabled me to get pregnant and that I have the joy and privilege of being this little girl's momma! I wouldn't trade this pregnancy for anything in the world and if I wasn't pregnant right now, I'd still be praying everyday that I would get pregnant. So.. thank you, Jesus, for this baby!!
Now, let's get on with the venting. Can I just tell you how miserable I suddenly am?! If you would have asked me two weeks ago how I was doing, I would have told you that I'm doing great, I love being pregnant, and that life is GOOD! Well, that was all before the swollen ankles set in. Just over a week ago, my sweet and compassionate husband pointed out to me that I had cankles! I laughed, but then looked down at my ankles and the laughing quickly turned to crying. He was right! Since then, the swelling has continued to get worse. It usually goes down a little while I sleep, but the moment I get up and start my day, the swelling starts up again and gets worse as the day goes on. It has gotten to the point of being very painful by the evening.
I had a doctor's appointment this morning and both the nurse and doctor gave me very sympathetic looks after checking out the ankles. I could tell they felt bad for me, considering I still have 6 WEEKS LEFT!! My doctor said I need to start wearing support hose to help with the swelling and said she would write me a prescription for some special hose, but that there was 'no way' I would be able to get those hose over my ankles!!! So she told me to just get some from Walgreens because those aren't quite as tight. She also said I have to keep my feet up as often as possible. I'm trying to do that right now but the problem is laying in that position puts strain on my back, so then my back hurts. And then, with all this water my body is retaining, you can imagine that my weight gain has skyrocketed. I had been doing really well up to this point but today I almost cried when I read the scale. The doctor said that is all due to the water, though, and again gave me a sympathetic look. So.. yay for pregnancy!!! :)
I already love this little girl so very much and it's totally worth it but this blog wouldn't be accurately portraying my pregnancy if I didn't include this little rant. Justin wanted to take a pic of the ankles but there is no way I'm documenting these babies for future reference. I plan to forget all about this the minute I hold this baby in my arms.