What's this feeling in my intestine?

I thought I’d write another post on my symptoms, since that’s really all I have to go on these days. I haven’t had an u/s since 8w3d (I’m now 12 weeks, give or take a day), and I can’t seem to get out of my mind that both of my u/s so far have been about 3 days behind what they should have been. But the docs didn’t seem worried, so why should I, right? (Right!) I go in to see my OB again next Monday, so I’m crossing my fingers she’ll do an u/s.

I would be more paranoid, except that I am feeling decidedly different than I was three or four weeks ago. Have you heard about that “round ligament pain?” Well, I’ve got it. The first time I majorly noticed it was about a week ago, when we were on our way home from a road trip. The pain in my abdomen was enough to make me gasp, and of course I thought the worst, but fortunately I was sensible enough to realize that pain that goes away in one or two minutes doesn’t mean much.

The other big, big thing I’m noticing is that I have to pee—all the time. Especially at night. It is now the norm for me to get up three times during the night. And every time, I feel this incredible, uncomfortable pressure (almost painful) that makes me feel like my body is going to explode if I don’t use the bathroom. The weird thing is, sometimes the pressure doesn’t go away after I pee. That used to worry me until I realized my bowels were just pre-warning me that I was going to, um, poo, soon. (This is getting into the TMI category, but hey, pregnancy is gross a lot of the time, isn’t it?) You would not believe how much better I feel these days after doing the ol’ No. 2.

And then, of course, there’s the general feeling of fullness I have in my abdomen/stomach. Not kicking, not movement—just fullness. Some women say they “feel pregnant” even before they miss their period. I tend to dismiss that as wishful thinking. Sort of like “love at first sight.” Now, however, I can definitely say that I “feel pregnant.” If I had somehow lost track of my cycles (ha! like there’s anything to lose track of) and had no idea I was pregnant, I would wonder what exactly was happening to my body. I feel like I just did a bunch of sit-ups yesterday, except I haven’t exercised in weeks (hey—I’ve been tired; don’t yell at me!).

So, that’s where I’m at right now. Nothing really exciting; just mildly interesting little tidbits for those of you who like hearing about this sort of thing. I have to assume that all these “symptoms” aren’t a fluke, and that there really is something (hopefully healthy) growing inside of me.