Pregnancy Update and how we had a Saturday in the middle of the week...

Soooo, 37 days to go. I wish it was 3 or 7 but not 37. This week I apparently overdid it while "nesting" and my chronic pregnancy sciatic problem reared it's ugly head to a whole new degree of pain. Yesterday morning I awoke at 3:00 am for my middle of the night pee and could not get out of bed. Not only could I not get OUT of the bed, I could not roll over IN the bed. I was paralyzed by a lightning bolt of nerve pain down my left leg and try as I might to push through it, my body and/or brain would not allow it. Ian offered to help me but I knew even with his help it would hurt like a really bad word so I declined and lay the rest of the night on my back - a late pregnancy "no, no". At 6:00 am when his alarm went off, I was desperate to get up and made sure I caught him before his shower to help me up out of the bed. Once I was up a few minutes I was actually able to walk around and decided to call my Doc's office to see what I could take since I could not fathom taking care of Peyton all day in this "condition". They were very concerned and insisted I did not take care of my child but rather ask my husband to stay home and be Peyton's main care taker for the day. He graciously obliged and after I made all three of us a nice breakfast, we headed into town for an emergency Chiropractic appointment. The good Doc affirmed that indeed I should be in a lot of pain considering how "off" I was. He fixed me up and instructed me to restrict my activity (i.e. do no work) but not rest - soooo, wander my house aimlessly? We decided this was the perfect day to head to IKEA to pick out a dresser to accommodate the fourth person in our house. It was perfect because it was "light" activity and the shopping lifted my spirits greatly. We found a great new dresser for our bedroom, did some shifting and now each member has their very own dresser! I'll post a pic after it is fully assembled - the drawback of Ikea - we have to go back tonight to exchange some faulty parts. On the way home, we were going to stop off at Zach and Suzi's to borrow a car seat for Addison and since Zach was off too, Suzi invited us to stay for lunch. Short story long, my painful early awakening earned my hubby a middle of the week Saturday! It was fun getting to hang with him but I would prefer it be under different circumstances. Today I had a prenatal appt. and all is looking well. My Midwife is concerned about the back/leg problem and so she says she will not let me go but a few days past my due date - Hallelujah! We are down to two names for baby now, both start with an A so we have started calling her "baby A" instead of "#2". That sounds a little better doesn't it? We're planning to see if she comes out looking more like one name instead of the other - if she doesn't I guess we'll just go with our gut and finally find out which name we like best...