great girl, bad pain

percy is fantastic. (der!) little wonderful things have prompted this effusion.

1.her telling paul to 'sing it properly', when he is singing her a song at bedtime and gets too enthusiastic. she means he's supposed to sing quiet, sleepy songs to put her to sleep,
2. her eating four, i kid you not, four helpings of dinner once this week,
3. her enthusiam for flowers and dogs,
4. her delight that pi cat now comes every evening to be patted and say good night to her,
5. her helping, kind and innovative nature. the teachers in her current day care room tell us all the time that she constantly helps the little kids; even replacing dummies by gently waiting for the babies to open their mouths and 'til they have gripped the dummy properly. plus she initiates new games and ways to interpret the spaces, toys and furniture to make play even more fun. we are told she will be missed when she goes to her new room at the end of the month.
6. her communication is changing. we've told her that we don't accept the whining any more. if she has a problem, request or opinion she must tell us about them in words. slowly progress is being made, and
7. she can jump properly now!

unrelated to percy, the dreaded SPD, or symphysis pubis disfunction, is making a come back for me. i've had some little twinges over the past couple of weeks but today it is with me constantly. rats! tho the odds apparently are if you had this problem/discomfort/debilitation during the first pregnancy it's likely to return for subsequent goes.
SPD is caused by the hormorne relaxin, which is released by a pregnant woman's body to do surprisingly what it sounds like- it relaxes muscles and ligaments to assist in the carrying and birthing of babies. for an unfortunate few the ligament that joins the front of the pubic bone, which generally has a give of 2-3mm, relaxes too much. a further 2-3mm is ok, when it gets up to 10 extra mm, which it can in extreme cases, the pain is unbearable. to get an idea of this pain, stand a little straddled and ask the biggest, muscliest person you know to take the best swing they can manage with a baseball bat at your pubic bone. (never mind the soft tissue damage!) just imagine that impact against your bone and ligament.

so far i'm just feeling a very light version, tho there is more than three months 'til birth date for the ligament to relax yet more, separating this nearly immovable joint...
only once or twice with percy was i actually incapacitated. climbing stairs, each foot on every step, is slow going, but better than not going at all.