Over the past few weeks I've been starting to have some back pains. They occur only sometimes and are pretty painful. I've noticed they happen at odd times, so I've been trying to figure if when they occur has anything to do with why they occur. Today, I think I finally put the pieces together...they are caused by sitting...I'm serious. Laying down is okay, standing is okay, walking around is okay, but sitting is no good. It takes about 15 minutes of sitting for them to kick in. Here's my evidence:
1. They always kick in at 2:00 on work days. Why? I finish teaching at 1:45 and sit down at my desk.
2. I'm usually okay on the car ride to and from work. Why? My commute is 10 mintues (YES!!)
3. On Monday I had to drive to a different school for a meeting. The ride was 25 min. & I had to pull over and lay down for a few minutes both on the way over and back to get the pain to go away!
This may seem odd for a pregnant woman to say, but I'm glad that my job requires me to be on my feet for most of the day...we'll see how I feel about that at month 9 - yikes!
Okay, it's 2:00, time for a walk around the classroom...
Consider yourself lucky! I was the opposite while preggos and teaching...couldn't stand to stand but how does a teacher teach from a sitting position? Impossible with sneaky middle schoolers. So, I compromised, I would sit on an (empty) student desk in the middle of the room so I could see everything!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited you and Matt are feeling the baby a lot! So fun!