I Will Survive? Yes. . .

Well here I am, sitting, here. Sitting and laying here I must stay. I have been put on restricted bed-rest! Oh joy!

So here is the lowdown. This whole pregnancy I have had the epitome of perfect blood pressure and health. Seriously my blood pressure was always down in the 120's. Then the past week and a half my blood pressure decided to start being not so nice. No worries, nothing above 160. But in the high 140's. Since I have an amazing doctor he discussed some concern of preeclampsia. He knows my body and health so the increase in blood pressure had him slightly concerned. Hours at work were reduced, instead of 40 hours a week I was going to work 30 hours. No big deal, I actually enjoyed it. However I noticed this past week I was feeling dizzy and lightheaded, nothing abnormal for pregnancy, but slightly annoying. Kept track of my blood pressure and noted it to be in the 140's. On Saturday I saw nice little floating spots in front of my eyes, oh great.

On Monday I saw my doctor and told him what was going on and of course my blood pressure at the office was not good. So he sent me to the hospital to do some tests for preeclampsia. Well my blood pressure wouldn't stabilize so they decided to admit me. The plan was to continue testing and if I came back as preeclamptic they would induce me. I of course was nervous, but John of course was excited. He is definitely ready to meet our son.

Well after a long day and night of peeing into a large container, that's right they collected all my accumulated pee from 12 hours, it came back that I am not preeclamptic. But I am walking the line, got diagnosed with gestational hypertension. So they sent me home where I have to stay on bed-rest until my 39th week. If I have not gone into labor on my own by the 39th week they will induce.

So even though the situation is not ideal it's just a short amount of time until we get to meet Baby Carl. To give you a quick update on Baby Carl; he is doing great. He is weighing in at 6 lbs. 9 oz. and he is in the position he needs to be to come out. I am dilated at 2 and there is effacement going on (don't remember the number). So maybe he will come on his own!!

In the meantime what will I do to survive the next week and a half in bed? Here is the list I have compiled:

Finish Thank You Notes
Do as much homework as possible
Go through a stack of paperwork that has been waiting for me
Watch The Office series consecutively
And try not to lose my mind.

If anyone has other ideas, just shoot them my way!

Feeling Accomplished

Over the last few days I have been a purchasing and cleaning machine!! My bathroom is probably the cleanest it has ever been, out of all the bathrooms that I have owned or rented, this by far is the cleanest. And I have been turning my hubby into a cleaning machine too. He was even sweet enough to go and take Lola to get detailed. After I saw it I said, "Yep I can bring a baby home in this." Haha, what is wrong with me? LOL! Over the last few days we have bought a lot too, but leave it to me to go and find the deals. I must say I am impressed with our savvy shopping.

But as the time is approaching I feel accomplished. There are still a few things that I want done before Baby Carl gets here, but at this moment if he decided to make a surprise appearance I would be okay with that. (Don't get any ideas Carl!)

I had my weekly check up today. As usual Carl is bouncing all over the place when they are trying to do the NST. I find it rather amusing. I love getting a glimpse of his personality. They told me my weight is good and healthy. I find it rather funny everyone says I look good but at this moment I feel huge. I tried to convince the doctor there was something wrong with my cankle situation and there had to be something they could do. Nope, nothing. The elevation and water is all they can recommend but the Doc said those methods don't necessarily work for every woman. I guess I am not an every woman. But by the end of this appointment I still felt an overwhelming feeling of accomplishment. I am at 1 cm!! I know that is nothing, but to me that tells me my "girl stuff" and Carl are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

This is all for now. To tide you over to next time below is a pic of my hugeness. :)

Is it time yet?

Is it time yet? LOL! No, not yet. But I have come to the conclusion I cannot get any bigger! And the swelling is horrendous. I drink massive amounts of water, I ice, I elevate, but nothing works!! I hope after I have the baby the swelling will go away. And I have decided there are not enough hours in the day. I feel like there is so much I need to do before he gets here. The scary part is I have an intuition that he is going to get here sooner than I think. We’ll see how my appointment goes on Monday.
Speaking of appointments we met with Dr. Wehby back on Wednesday (the pediatric neurosurgeon). John and I absolutely love her. She has a presence about her that is very relaxing and calming. And she has an accent that originates from Texas. So her personality and how she talked to us just set us at ease. She is not concerned about Baby Carl. Matter of fact she doesn’t really pay attention to mm measurements because she says everyone’s brains are different. This is something John pointed out at the beginning back in November with the first initial visit. Dr. Wehby talked to us about what she will do. After Baby Carl is born she will come to the hospital and check him out. He will need to get a cat scan. My initial worry was right after his birth they would whisk him away to run tests. She said the tests would most likely be conducted the next day or later that day. The only reason he would be whisked away is if there was something wrong. She said at this time it does not sound like he needs a shunt. She still discussed what that would entail if he did though. I was rather shocked to find out that it’s not that invasive and if he did need a shunt he would have it for the rest of his life but there would be no hindrances. He would still carry out a normal healthy life. So at this time it definitely seems like Baby Carl is going to be okay. He is in the care of some amazing people, (Dr. Martinez-Poyer, Dr. Wehby, and of course me and John, lol).
So I am now 36 weeks!! Baby Carl will be joining us soon!! I will have a post shortly after this to show you my belly!!