Yes, I'm a slacker. But I have a good reason...

I haven't yet posted the 22 weex pictures (I'll post them with the 24 weex stuff). It's been a rough couple of weeks for me. You all had the pleasure of reading about week 22...and week 23 didn't turn out much better.

I awoke last Monday night (5/5) with a toothache that kept me awake ALL night. I got maybe 2 hours of sleep. I promptly called the dentist on Tuesday morning and had an appointment for Wednesday at 1:45pm. I ended up with a small cavity in one of my molars that needed a filling...but the decay "went straight to the root of my tooth," so I could possibly need a root canal. The dentist attempted to fill the cavity, but to no avail. I had a root canal scheduled for Thursday at 2pm.

The 24 hours from Wednesday's appointment to Thursday's appointment may have been the worst 24 hours of my life. I can only think of maybe 2 times in my life that I've just broken down and sobbed uncontrollably because of pain. I can now think of a third. When the anesthesia wore off on Wednesday, I was in excruciating pain. I cried and cried and cried. I could only take Tylenol. It didn't help. And this pain lasted until almost up to my appointment on Thursday.

I am not afraid of dentists. I am not afraid of needles. I am not afraid of doctors in general. I was scared to death over what all of the x-rays, anesthesia and, most of all, stress was doing to little Jayna. She moved maybe one time between Wednesday and Thursday. I'm sure it was a coincidence because she's gone longer than that without moving much before. But in my "mom" mind, it was because I wasn't properly taking care of her. In my mind, she was in some sort of distress.

After the root canal was over and all of the pain was gone (which, THANKFULLY, was right after the root canal), I reevaluated things and came to the conclusion that she was okay. And I'm okay. Everything's okay now. But what a horrible experience...especially when you have to think of someone other than yourself.

My question to myself is this...if I can't even endure a toothache for 24 hours, how in the hell do I plan on having a natural birth? I guess we'll see...