Over the 4th of July 2003, we made our 6th trip (as a family). I was nearly 7 months pregnant!!! Even though I couldn't ride some of my favorite "wild" rides, it was one of our best trips. DH and I kept thinking/dreaming of bringing our little princess later on at some point and how she would react for the first time, blah, blah, blah (we knew she was a girl).
I felt just fine--in fact better than I had expected, despite the heat in July, but I did have a problem with swelling. The first day I wore gym shoes with socks and by the end of the night I felt the skin on my calves feeling "tight." When I bent down to rest, while waiting for the parade, I felt this weird tingling sensation throughout both legs. Later on, I saw I had red squiggly marks all up and down my legs--I looked diseased! I slept with my feet up on pillows each night, whiched help bring down the swelling each day, but I never fully recovered from that until I came home. The doctor said the red marks were broken blood vessels--the tingling I felt was them popping--EWWWW! Anyway, I did the best thing I could, she said, short of sitting down out of the heat.
And guess what? In just under 2 weeks, we will be bringing that little bundle to WDW for her 1st visit!!!!! She will be 3 on Sept. 25th. Enjoy this time while you are pregnant--make those memories. Time goes by WAY too fast!
Congratulations and have a GREAT time!!!!
