*sigh*

I went to the doctor earlier this week and during the course of my appointment, discussed the periodic back pain I've been experiencing lately. This is always located in the upper left quadrant of my back, near my shoulder blade, and feels like a cramp that I can't quite work out. I thought this might be some symptom of the extra weight I'm carrying, some slight strain or something, and the doctor might recommend something homeopathic and soothing, like massage, or acupuncture.

"Try eating less," she said.

Turns out my back pain is not muscle aches, it's my STOMACH. Apparently I am a hog, and when I eat too much at one sitting, with all my organs + plus Snoopette all smushed in there together, my stomach has nowhere go expand, and thus makes my back hurt.

No massage, no acupuncture?...

"You can still get those things if you want them, of course," she shrugged. "But try eating more frequently during the day, but less at a sitting. Grazing. I think you'll find that clears up your problem."

And thus the final deadly sin that I'm even vaguely interested in, that I was able to indulge in during pregnancy -- gluttony -- is snatched from my grasp.

*sigh*

Comments

[sueeeus]

Sorry to chuckle, but that sounds sort of funny to me! These babes, they squish us all kinds of crazy. :)

I like to eat all day long, myself!!

I hope your aches and pains diminish.

[carrie]

My coworker who is due about the same time as you are has said that she had similar problems and has to eat smaller meals more frequently through the day. I'm a grazer by nature so it sounds like a good plan to me. (And I'd get the massage just because even if it won't fix what ails you.) :)

[meggie]

These babies have ways & means of pushing us about!

[leslie]

damn! i've had a knot like pain in the upper/middle right side of my back for the past 10 weeks or so, please don't tell me...

[leslie]

damn! i've had a knot like pain in the upper/middle right side of my back for the past 10 weeks or so, please don't tell me...