March 29th-30th

Daniel being the supportive husband he is! haha

I took this before I went crazy...

Oh my word... It's been madness! A true roller coaster!

So I had a doctors appointment at 8:50am Thursday the 29th. It was just supposed to be one of those 10 minute ones. In and out right? No. My blood Pressure was 168/111!!!! They took it 12 times, shuffled me from room to room, trying to get me to calm down (like that will work!) and get my pressure down. Then they ultrasounded Noah, and then monitored his heart rate and etc. for another half hour. Needless to day 10 minutes turned into a frazzled 7 hours. For 2 of those I was at home, but I had to come back.

When I came back and spent another 2 hours there with no progress they sent me right over to the hospital. Just like that! Daniel was at work, so after I got myself checked in laying in that bed half naked hooked up to all these machines I was finally able to get him to call me and he left work and made it to the hospital at about 6:30pm.

They were worried about pre-eclampsia, and so along with baby's heart rate they were watching my swelling, head aches, swelling and other symptoms. One was a 24 hour pee collection. To check for protein. They gave me a shot to develop Noah's lungs in case they need to deliver him asap.

So I was ordered to lay down (no sitting up) mostly on my left side, and only move if I need to pee. Needless to say that night I dozed for 20 minutes at a time, but mostly I counted tiles on the ceiling, and worried about what I was going to do if they wanted to deliver Noah next week! Probably not good for my BP, but when you are a along all night, awake, there's not much else you can do.

I was finally released today at about 5:30pm. Both hips bruised from the shot (there was 2 doses) and from not being able to sit up for 24 whole hours! But the urine test will come back probably tomorrow telling me if I have pre-eclampsia. But my doctor is sure it is just chronic hypertension. So I'm on BP meds, and strict orders to continue my bed rest. Because 24 wasn't enough to drive me NUTS! I know I got off easy, as some women have weeks of that. Poor dears.

So that's what's been going on in the last days... crazy crazy crazy. As from now Noah is healthy, just a little under weight :-( And I'm ok, just stir crazy and tired. I will be going to bed now for the next 14 hours! haha My house is a disgusting, embarrassing disaster, but It's just going to have to wait.

So glad this happened the weekend before FINALS WEEK! Doing finals from my bed should be interesting.... haha

30 Weeks

So I've hit 30 weeks! I can hardly believe that I'm 10 weeks away. Crazy. But I am also getting closer and closer to being totally ready to have Noah. I am STILL SICK! What luck hu? I'm just trying to deal with it as best I can, but it's no fun trying to finish the semester and be having all of these other issues. Stress may be playing a part in all of this, which is no good. I really try to not get so stressed out, but it's really hard not to.

To tell you the truth I'm actually kind of excited for next semester because I'm just taking 2 online classes and they should actually be pretty cool. I'm sure my teachers will be ok with working with me during mid-terms (exactly when the baby is due). Most teachers are pretty cool with babies and such like that! haha

I will be having my baby shower on April 7th. I'm doing my best to get the invites done, but because of school and being sick, and my general lack of a brain most of the time if I forget to send you an invite, or you'd like to come or whatever, just let me know! My mom is helping me with it. It's going to be small, but we've got some games planned and we'll have a little food. :-)

Hopefully by April it will STOP SNOWING! The weather has been pretty stupid lately. It was warm for a little while, and then snowed again yesterday and today... more like blizzard! And I found out on saturday that my coat (that has fit me perfectly before my pregnancy and all throughout...) is now very snug on my belly. So I'm going to need to be leaving it unzipped here pretty soon. So I need it to start warming up so momma doesn't freeze!

28 Weeks: Third Trimester!

So I've officially made it to the third trimester. It's crazy, because sometimes it seems like I've been pregnant forever, and in another way the time is flying by. Which the latter is a good thing because I'm kind of tired of being pregnant. Haha Daniel and I are both so excited for Noah to get here.

So it seems like I'm not growing! The doctor is obviously not worried about my belly being small. I've just got extra room in my long torso, apparently. It's funny, because I'm still mistaken for being about 5 months. Oh well. I guess I should just take this as a blessing!

Another good thing about being so far along now is that school is almost over! Well... this semester. And then I will just have one last one. Which Noah has conveniently decided that midterms was a perfect times to make his entrance into this world. Haha That's ok, lets just hope I have more understanding teachers next semester than I have this one!