Progress!

First of all, I want to apologize to all of you that faithfully read our blog- I realize this post is way overdue! I've been sick for about a week and a half now and I've been slacking. Secondly- I want to give fair warning- this will probably be a long post. I'm gonna start where I left off last time. The last post I made was Oct. 27th. The next day started pretty normally. I got up to go to work on Tuesday and while I was getting ready, felt nauseous. I didn't think much about it, but it continued throughout the day. Later in the morning while I was at work, I felt like my face was swelling. I had one of the nurses take my temperature and blood pressure. My bp was 162/92! I immediately called the doctor and they said I had to come in. I was really nervous and didn't know what to expect. When I arrived, they took my blood pressure and it was still high- that is when they sent me to the hospital for monitoring and labs. I was told that I might have to be induced. Jeremy arrived shortly after and we stayed for about 4 hours. We had a wonderful nurse and she explained that the baby's heartrate was staying strong throughout my contractions (I didn't even know that I was having any) My blood pressure started coming down and all of my blood and urine tests came back looking great. Dr. Moon was thinking of putting me on bedrest, but decided to let me try to go back if I could sit and take things easy. Thankfully, we were released to go home that afternoon! That following Wednesday Jeremy and I had our 3rd and final baby shower. It was so sweet. Two of the women he works with regularly decided to throw a shower for us and invited everyone who works with Jeremy in the clinic. The turnout was really great, and we were surprised to see that there were 3 other men besides Jeremy. Lynn and Candice went all out- we had a great spread of food and a beautiful cake from Taylors Bakery. We sat and opened gifts for about 40 minutes. It was so nice that everyone was willing to stay late after work to celebrate with us. Here is a pic of our cake and one of us opening gifts.


The next Friday I had my 36 week appointment with Dr. Moon. This time my blood pressure was great- 118/72. We're not really sure what caused the spike, but luckily the baby was safe and sound. This appointment was really good, I found out that my contractions had been doing their job- I was 1 cm dialated and 75% effaced (thinned out). Peanut's heartbeat was 152 beats per minute and he/she had continued to get even bigger. Here is another belly photo taken of me at 36 weeks and 3 days.

Last weekend Andy and Mandy decided to come down to Indy. The boys thought it would be a good idea to have a guys night out to commemorate their last night out before the babies came. Danielle, Mandy and I had planned on having a girls day in and thought we would make out belly casts. The boys had a great time, as did the girls, but boy were we ever a boring bunch! I didn't feel well, and pregnancy had caught up with all of us, so instead of doing our casts, we all sat on the sofa and watched tv. It was really nice to get to visit with the two of them though!!

Finally, that brings us to this week. It had actually been fairly uneventful. I started getting a cold last Thursday, and unfortunately it still hasn't gone away. Jeremy helped me make my belly cast on Tuesday night- I think it turned out pretty good- I'll post pictures when it's completely finished (Heath is going to be painting if for me so we can hang it in the nursery) I went back in to see Dr. Moon on Friday and once again... my blood pressure was high. I wasn't feeling bad but they recorded it at 154/100. Dr. Moon said it was way too high to not get it checked out. So, back to the hospital I went! On a side note, she did tell me that I am now 2 cm dilated and 75% effaced- she kept commenting on how our baby's head was "soooo low" in my pelvis. Also, she said "this baby is certainly getting bigger" when doing my belly measurements. I thought about asking her how big, but then I realized that I probably didn't really want to know! I really thought they were going to make me get induced this week, but my labs came back and were even better than they had been the week before. Everything seems to be fine, my blood pressure is just very sporadic. I was sent home to rest again. I have my next appointment next Thursday and I was told that I will probably end up going back to the hospital for labs next week as well. It seems like it's gonna be a routine for me until our baby comes. It's perfectly fine with me- it gives me reassurance that he/she is doing fine. We're very hopeful that the little one will be able to come on it's own terms and that I won't have to be induced. I guess only time will tell. I'll end with another belly pic- taken at 37 weeks and 1 day. The baby has really dropped in the last 2 weeks! I'll try to do better about posting this week! Thanks for reading!