Oh- the joys of being huge

My doctor always tells me that with each baby there are more aches and pains. In my case it is so true. On top of the contractions, pressure, skin issues and underbelly stretching ligament pain that I always get, now I have swelling and terrible sciatic nerve pain. With previous pregnancies, I got swelling and sciatic nerve pain a few isolated times, but lately it has been pretty constant. I am spilling some protein and my blood pressure is up (both signs of preeclampsia I need to be careful of). I have spent a lot of time on the couch the last couple of days because I can not walk much with the sciatic nerve pain and I am trying not to carry the boys around as much for fear I will drop them when I have an episode. On top of all of this I am having deep, painful coughing bouts, especially at night, so I am not sleeping well. I really have been dealing with respiratory/cold/sore throat stuff since leaving Ethiopia. I am now on antibiotics which I am hoping will help. To top it off, the doctor said that I really didn't change any this week - not even a cm :(. The good news is that both weeks they said, "Whoa, the head is right there", which is always the case for me, but it is something I am very thankful to hear each and every time. I am trying to be thankful for the rest and extra days to get well, but I REALLY can't wait to not be pregnant any more and to hold and smell my sweet little boy.