Since last week (week 23), I have been dropping, tipping, and spilling things left and right. Because it started happening so suddenly, I am still not used to it, and it feels like my body just gives up on basic motor skills at key moments.
I decided to post about this after what happened last night. We were cleaning up after dinner, and I had just finished wiping down our glass table with windex and paper towels. As I came into the kitchen to put the windex away, the bottle shot out of my hand, across the countertop, and straight into our water glasses. Omar, who was standing right next to me, looked at me like I was crazy and said, "What are you trying to do?"
I started laughing because it was so ridiculous that I was trying to fling the windex across the room. He made me write a note on the refrigerator reminding myself to "be careful when picking things up, putting things down, or when moving."
When it first started, I was making dinner for another couple at our house, and I had to reach for something in our top cabinet above the stove, where Omar keeps his beer. Naturally, a bottle of Shiner Bock came crashing down onto the kitchen floor...somehow staying in one piece, but with the bottle top popped, spraying beer all over the counters and the floor.
Two days ago I had a crazy problem with my other motor skills as well. I was teaching a lesson sitting down. I just slightly reached with my right arm to show my student something in the music, and I completely lost my balance. I remember the bewildered look on her face as I started tumbling towards her and grabbing at the stand to catch my fall from my chair. She is extremely excited about the baby, but trying to explain my physical awkwardness was really embarrassing.
So what is the deal? Do 10 pounds around the middle really do so much damage to my sense of balance? Or is it the movable, squirmy 1 pound that upsets things? I looked up my problem online, worried I had some sort of unidentified neurological disorder, and pregnancy websites assure me it is just the combination of "relaxed joints and water retention."
Yesterday I told Omar that maybe I am experiencing this clumsiness so I will be sympathetic with the baby :)... like when he pees on me as I am changing his diaper...
"What are you trying to do?" LOL! Omar is funny, as is the note on the fridge. :-) I've read about other women having this problem too. I wonder if pregnant brains are too busy building the baby to help us stay coordinated. :-P I haven't started with the coordination problems yet, but at least I won't be surprised if they hit me in a few weeks. You just keep giving me a heads up so I'll be prepared for what comes next! This week I've started feeling moodier than usual and the exhaustion has been creeping back. But I am loving feeling her kick more often. :)
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