Good to hear about the interview! How long until you hear?
Back trouble is MISERABLE! I only had a sore back towards the end of my pregnancy (last month, or so) and it was not a whole lot of fun. I found that doing dishes was the worst, so hopefully your DH can pitch in there for you. Do you see a chiropractor? I found that helpful when I was pregnant, but not everyone likes them. They say that chirporactic care can also help you have a better delivery. I have no idea if that is true, it can't hurt, I guess.
I was just looking at the pregnancy journals, and I noticed that you had long and irregular cycles before you became pregnant - I'm in the same boat. About 30-50 days is what I usually have. Did you ever find out why that happens? I've been curious about that for a while. It seems like everyone else in the world goes by the book - 28 days to the day, but I never ever have been like that.
I'm thinking that if you want people to notice your bump more, then I'd say go out and get some HUGE maternity shirts, and wear them everywhere, and then see what people say. I'm sure they'll see it then. Don't go around freezing your A$$ off .
How's your DH these days with the baby issue? Do you think he's going to come around before the baby's born, or do you think that it'll really sink in when the he/she comes?
Over here, things are going fairly well. Our house is coming along nicely. DH is working there right now (it's 8:30pm), and I really hate that, but I know it's what has to be done, and that he would really rather not be there either. The kids are asleep, and the dishes are done, and so it's not so bad to have a little time to myself. I mostly hate when he comes home, wolfs down his supper and runs out the door again, leaving me with the mess and the kids to deal with. But as I said, he'd rather not, and hopefully it will all be worth it when the house is done. I''m afraid it will get worse before it gets better, though, because he is planning to do a lot of the finishing work himself. We are putting in wide pine plank floors ourselves, as well as doing all the painting and trim work, and Dh plans to build the kitchen cabinets too. He took an oak tree from a friend's woods and sent it to the mill for that. (He's done it before in our other house, so I know he can do it, and it will be beautiful, but it's SUCH a big job! He's going to have a breakdown at the end of this!) He's a little stressed right now too, because we have a friend working on the house who is charging us by the hour and is not doing a good job and is taking FOREVER. He is really frustrated about it, but doesn't want to make the other guy upset by firing him or complaining about the work, because we will see them every week at church. I've told him that it's not wrong to ask for things to be done properly at least, if not quickly, but he just doesn't want to go there right now, I guess. We'll have to see what happens when the bill comes!
Right now we are living in a little apartment, which is kind of cold, and certainly not beautiful, but really cheap, since it is owned by someone who goes to my parents' church, and so we are thankful to have it! I am really looking forward to the house being done though, and having our own space again. We can hear noise from downstairs all the time, and it makes me wonder how much they hear from us too.
Marieke has an ear infection and a bad cold right now, which is not too much fun, but the antibiotics are starting to help, and so that really improves things. She is sleeping a lot better, which means that I am sleeping better too!
So that's a quick run down of how things are over here - much better as far as our relationship goes. And I don't know exactly what made me feel better. Probably hormones. Generally, DH and I have an exceptionally good relationship, which is good, 'cause I sure am miserable when things are tense between us! It takes a little work, but it's worth it. I think it also had something to do with reading again from a book that I really liked about a woman who was sent away from her husband and baby, and it just made me so glad that I had a husband and babies right here! (the book is called "Sotah" by Naomi Ragen (sp?) by the way. It has a happy ending. )
Hope all is well! Have a great day.