Ouch!

For the last two weeks I've been waking up in pain. My back, neck and shoulders are so tight and tense, which leads to awful tension headaches! I think this stems from me trying to master sleeping on my side since I've reached the stage in my pregnancy where it is recommended. I'm a back and stomach sleeper, so this sleeping on my side thing has been a pain....both literally and figuratively. I notice that when I sleep on my side I sort of shrug my shoulders, so I think I'm all tensed up when I'm sleeping. I've tried new pillows. I officially have enough pillows sitting on my side of the room to create a pillow menu. I even purchased a $50 pillow on Monday night that ended up getting tossed on the floor around 4:45 am. Nothing is working, and I'm so tired of being in pain! Sunday, Trevor and I splurged on massages. I had my first prenatal massage, which was interesting. It is the first time I've had a massage lying solely on my back and side. I was worried that my massage therapist wouldn't be able to work out the kinks if I wasn't on my stomach, but she worked her magic. Afterward she commented on how tight I was. Good, so I wasn't imagining things. I felt better after leaving, but woke up all stiff and sore on Monday. Surely I can't get prenatal massages everyday for relief. We'll go broke!! Maybe I need a spinal adjustment??? I've never had one, but lately I feel like that may be the problem. Dunno???

I think I can handle the tension, but the headaches are a different story. After taking Tylenol five out of six days recently, I started to get concerned. I called Dr. S yesterday and her nurse called back today. Dr. S wants to see me in her office tomorrow morning. I'll be there. I hope she can help me figure out what's going on and give me some suggestions. This is getting really annoying! But if it takes a headache a day to bring a healthy Baby D into this world, bring it on!