30 weeks along and trying not to be a big whiner

Last weekend I caught a stomach bug which caused my body to violently expel the toxins from it, in a couple of not very fun ways. I felt like roadkill and stayed home from work on Monday. Yesterday I did something to set off my back again and also had gastrointestinal discomfort at the same time, so I wasn't initially sure if it was the same thing as two weeks ago. I had gone up to the gym to walk on the treadmill, but was unable to do so. Thankfully my Mom was there; she came home with me and kept me company until just before my husband was expected home. I spent most of the night trying to sleep on the couch because I couldn't get sufficiently comfortable in bed.

As the title of this post says, I'm trying not to be a whiner. I figure every day that I can get dressed, drive to work, perform my job, and drive home again without a lot of discomfort is a good day. I'm ten weeks from my due date. . . maybe I should make a countdown chart to check off each night. :-)

I figure there's no reason not to report on the less fun aspects of this journey; I might as well be balanced about what I'm writing. But I'm posting at least as much for myself as for whomever may be visiting from the 'net. If I never have another child, I want to remember what this was like. If I am contemplating doing it again, I want to remember the bad with the good!