Well, as you can all assume, my contractions did NOT continue and bring about the birth of my daughter. After 13hrs of contractions that got continually closer together (8min apart at the last) they suddenly stopped... That's the bad news-Here's the good:
I believe I have finally lost my mucus plug, otherwise known as "bloody show". I have a doctor's appointment Monday, which should confirm that. But if I'm right, this means that I will definitely be going into labor some time soon (soon in this instance meaning between now and a couple of weeks hopefully!). Everywhere I looked up seemed to indicate that the majority of women (if you can take a majority for anything in pregnancy. LOL) seem to have gone into labor appx. three days after losing their mucus plug. This would have me going into labor on Sunday!
Well, I've placed my bets on Monday. I just feel like my body is ripe and ready for delivery, but she is my daughter after all. I hope I'm right! I'm definitely ready! I can't wait to meet my little girl :-)
Lilypie Second Birthday tickers
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Week 36 is SO exciting!
We had a wonderful day yesterday! There were so many exciting things- where to begin...
At our doctor appointment, we did my group B strep test and the doctor checked my cervix. It turns out that I am 80% effaced and 2.5cm dilated! Woohoo! Easier labor for me, hopefully!!! The doctor was very confident that I would be delivering within three weeks and wouldn't be surprised if she came this week. When we left she said "See you next week, hopefully!". So we are making excellent progress!
We also had our pregnancy photo shoot with Jessie today! We spent a few hours up in the Broadripple area, snapping some seasonal shots. They are so sweet and there are so many that I am absolutely in love with. It's going to be hard to choose a few to frame. Here are some of my favorites:
And there are SO many more. I just don't want to overwhelm you with the beautiful artistry that is my cousin Jessie's psyche. Thanks Jess! These are just perfect and everything I wanted :-)
To end the evening, Dan and I picked up all the remaining necessities for the baby. We now have our carseat, mattress, etc. Yippee! If she comes soon, we'll at least be more ready... I'm not sure we'll ever be ready ready ;-)
Speaking of being ready- I've actually been having contractions since yesterday at 8pm. Majorly bad on the ride home, not steady and extremely painful. Once we were home, they settled out at about 10pm to being 15min or so apart and not painful at all. This morning. They are 10min apart, 48 sec long and can feel some mild discomfort with the obvious tensing of the belly. I guess we'll see...
As for the fun facts:
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010- but I think we can all agree that they got that wrong!
*What week are you in? 36 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? +22lbs
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? I can't wait to meet my little GIRL!
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle- Little fire on the rye hill. I hope she's spunky!
*Maternity clothes? I've got some nice dresses that work really well. I think I will keep them forever, even if I'm not pregnant.
*Stretch Marks? Some of them are starting to fade :-)
*How are you feeling right about now? Sick, crampy, and a little miffed that my contractions don't seem to want to commit to a basic time table anymore :(
*Have you felt the baby move? She doesn't stop much... but we did get it videotaped finally! It just took Dan. She won't work for me. DEFINITELY a Daddy's girl already!
*Sleep habits? *Cynical laughter*
*Any food cravings? I can't even think of food right now. I just don't feel well.
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Anything with grease
*Memorable Moment of the Week: Hearing that we'll be meeting our little girl any time! I can't wait!
At our doctor appointment, we did my group B strep test and the doctor checked my cervix. It turns out that I am 80% effaced and 2.5cm dilated! Woohoo! Easier labor for me, hopefully!!! The doctor was very confident that I would be delivering within three weeks and wouldn't be surprised if she came this week. When we left she said "See you next week, hopefully!". So we are making excellent progress!
We also had our pregnancy photo shoot with Jessie today! We spent a few hours up in the Broadripple area, snapping some seasonal shots. They are so sweet and there are so many that I am absolutely in love with. It's going to be hard to choose a few to frame. Here are some of my favorites:
And there are SO many more. I just don't want to overwhelm you with the beautiful artistry that is my cousin Jessie's psyche. Thanks Jess! These are just perfect and everything I wanted :-)To end the evening, Dan and I picked up all the remaining necessities for the baby. We now have our carseat, mattress, etc. Yippee! If she comes soon, we'll at least be more ready... I'm not sure we'll ever be ready ready ;-)
Speaking of being ready- I've actually been having contractions since yesterday at 8pm. Majorly bad on the ride home, not steady and extremely painful. Once we were home, they settled out at about 10pm to being 15min or so apart and not painful at all. This morning. They are 10min apart, 48 sec long and can feel some mild discomfort with the obvious tensing of the belly. I guess we'll see...
As for the fun facts:
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010- but I think we can all agree that they got that wrong!
*What week are you in? 36 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? +22lbs
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? I can't wait to meet my little GIRL!
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle- Little fire on the rye hill. I hope she's spunky!
*Maternity clothes? I've got some nice dresses that work really well. I think I will keep them forever, even if I'm not pregnant.
*Stretch Marks? Some of them are starting to fade :-)
*How are you feeling right about now? Sick, crampy, and a little miffed that my contractions don't seem to want to commit to a basic time table anymore :(
*Have you felt the baby move? She doesn't stop much... but we did get it videotaped finally! It just took Dan. She won't work for me. DEFINITELY a Daddy's girl already!
*Sleep habits? *Cynical laughter*
*Any food cravings? I can't even think of food right now. I just don't feel well.
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Anything with grease
*Memorable Moment of the Week: Hearing that we'll be meeting our little girl any time! I can't wait!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
An evening of false labor...
Well, we can at least say that last night was... "eventful". I was at work until about 5:40 yesterday and had a couple of contractions in between 5- 5:30. I've had contractions at work before. So no big deal. I left a little early because we only had one kid and everything else was done. Brittany and I were joking around about how funny it would be if I went into labor tonight (this stemming from a conversation about the contractions).
I got into the car to go home, talked to my mom on the phone, picked up a salad, and went home to enjoy a nice healthy dinner, a glass of water, and some "feet up" time. All through this, I'm having the occasional contraction.
After this had continued for about two hours, I figured I should probably start timing them. They were coming every 10-20minutes and last about 30-50sec.
I called my parents to see what they thought. I just hate calling the doctor and seeming paranoid about everything. They suggested that I wait a little bit and see how things go. At about 9pm, I talked to the doctor who suggested that I take some Tylenol and have a warm bath and if the contractions started coming more frequently, to call. So I took the Tylenol and the bath for about an hour and felt better. About 15min. after I got out, they started again. This lasted until 12:30 when I decided that I should try to sleep, just in case this was real and I would be having a baby in the 24hours.
Well, I didn't wake up to any contractions and I haven't had any this morning. So apparently it was a false alarm. I did, however, finish packing the hospital bag and get the crib put together... as well as shave my legs. I figured... if I'm going to have a baby, I might as well shave my legs. I'm not going to get to for a while whenever Aiden does finally get here. So I might as well take advantage! Haha!
Anyway... So I guess we'll see what today holds. The doctor said to go ahead and go to work and see what happens. If it happens again, I'll go in a little early and get checked to see if I'm dilated.
In the mean time, I've kicked things to into high gear to make sure that everything is ready whether she makes an early debut or right on time. I guess we'll see!
I got into the car to go home, talked to my mom on the phone, picked up a salad, and went home to enjoy a nice healthy dinner, a glass of water, and some "feet up" time. All through this, I'm having the occasional contraction.
After this had continued for about two hours, I figured I should probably start timing them. They were coming every 10-20minutes and last about 30-50sec.
I called my parents to see what they thought. I just hate calling the doctor and seeming paranoid about everything. They suggested that I wait a little bit and see how things go. At about 9pm, I talked to the doctor who suggested that I take some Tylenol and have a warm bath and if the contractions started coming more frequently, to call. So I took the Tylenol and the bath for about an hour and felt better. About 15min. after I got out, they started again. This lasted until 12:30 when I decided that I should try to sleep, just in case this was real and I would be having a baby in the 24hours.
Well, I didn't wake up to any contractions and I haven't had any this morning. So apparently it was a false alarm. I did, however, finish packing the hospital bag and get the crib put together... as well as shave my legs. I figured... if I'm going to have a baby, I might as well shave my legs. I'm not going to get to for a while whenever Aiden does finally get here. So I might as well take advantage! Haha!
Anyway... So I guess we'll see what today holds. The doctor said to go ahead and go to work and see what happens. If it happens again, I'll go in a little early and get checked to see if I'm dilated.
In the mean time, I've kicked things to into high gear to make sure that everything is ready whether she makes an early debut or right on time. I guess we'll see!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Week 35 (Sorry week 34, but we've got pictures!)
Week 34 was so busy that I never got around to blogging! I'm sure I will kick myself for it later, but sleeping just seemed so much more important at the time :-)
This past week has been full of excitements and disappointments.
Disappointments:
We were supposed to be signing with a subleaser this past Monday. However, she had some unexpected family problems arise and had to cancel- permanently. We had another interested girl, but by the time we called her, she had already signed a lease with our complex. We went in to talk to our leasing office about everything and as sympathetic as they were, they claimed that there was nothing they could do- due to the equal housing act or some such. So once again we are on the look out for a subleaser. I was really hoping we could get moved in to our new place before Aiden's arrival, but at this rate, I'm not sure that's going to happen :-( Oh well. I just crunched the numbers and it doesn't look like it's going to set us back much more than moving now would. All I can say is thank God for tax refunds and vacation pay!
Excitements:
Onto a happier note- we have had such a nice week. I'm so happy for all of the warm weather! Caina and I can finally go for walks again and we can take the kids outside at work! Speaking of which, next week is my last week of work. I'm having so much trouble getting around, it's laughable. My boss told me that if I need to cut back my hours some days or call in, just to let them know. It's so great that they are going to work with me. If I had a desk job, I think I could stay until delivery, but toting babies around all day is a little too much in my state.
We also had an AWESOME baby shower! Thank you to my mom and Kathy for putting it all together. We had 30+ people and even more who couldn't make it that sent gifts and good wishes! It was so nice to get together and celebrate with everyone. I just hope I get a chance to talk more with everyone when Aiden gets here. So many people, means not enough time to talk. It took me nearly two hours to open gifts. So once I was done, most people were ready to go, I think! Haha! After the party, we had friends over until about 1:30. It was definitely a busy day!
My aunt Terry made hats! This one ended up a little big. So Aiden and I can have matching ones if we like, at least until she can fit into this one :-)
The grandmothers posing with the belly
Kaitlyn brought me an after delivery gift. How she loves me!
Oh how this dress shows off the bump!
The beautiful cake by Kathy, specially decorated with scrapbooking fun!
Sunday was very fun. We got to participate in the Wisley family maple syrup making tradition. It was my first experience and Dan's first since he was a kid. It was really interesting to go out and collect maple water from the sugar maple trees and boil it down to that yummy pancake companion. We didn't have a chance to finish, since it was getting so late, but Mark said he was going to finish it up on the stove. Hopefully, we'll have a finished product to taste this next Sunday!
Even Aiden joined in on the fun- being toted around by me is her favorite :P
Loading up the supplies
My first taste of sugar maple water. Mmmm...
Matt drinking the soon to be syrup!
Dan showing tree taps to Lilly and Jim (who graciously joined us for the fun!)
As for the belly news:
Aiden is definitely growing. I'm pretty sure she has gained a lot more since our last doctor
appointment. Everyone keeps looking at my belly in shock. I'm pretty sure I'm gaining three inches a week! I haven't been measuring, but that's what
it feels like. When we measured my waist at the baby shower it was a whopping 47 INCHES!!! I think she is definitely up from the 4 1/2 lbs that they last estimated. In fact, my belly button is about to pop! It's already bumped up at the edges. Dan actually got it to pop completely out just by pushing on my stomach. Yikes! As big as I think she is, she is still finding the room to move around. Although she seems to keep it to a minimum until late in the evening. I think we are definitely going to have a night owl on our hands! I'm also starting to have some regular sciatic pain, which is no fun. Dan has been so good. I get a massage whenever I need one. I don't know what I would do without him.
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010, but whenever she's ready, I'm ready!
*What week are you in? 35 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? Up 21lbs at the last appointment, I guess we'll see how much more I've gained this next Monday
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? A GIRL!!!
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle
*Maternity clothes? I can't believe I'm in large maternity clothes
*Stretch Marks? The only place I don't have stretch marks is right around my belly button where it used to be in instead of out :P
*How are you feeling right about now? Kind of sick- I need to kick this head cold
*Have you felt the baby move? All night!
*Sleep habits? Ugh! If I could sleep, I would tell you...
*Any food cravings? I just want salad, salad, salad!
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Nothing new
*Memorable Moment of the Week: An amazing baby shower!
This past week has been full of excitements and disappointments.
Disappointments:
We were supposed to be signing with a subleaser this past Monday. However, she had some unexpected family problems arise and had to cancel- permanently. We had another interested girl, but by the time we called her, she had already signed a lease with our complex. We went in to talk to our leasing office about everything and as sympathetic as they were, they claimed that there was nothing they could do- due to the equal housing act or some such. So once again we are on the look out for a subleaser. I was really hoping we could get moved in to our new place before Aiden's arrival, but at this rate, I'm not sure that's going to happen :-( Oh well. I just crunched the numbers and it doesn't look like it's going to set us back much more than moving now would. All I can say is thank God for tax refunds and vacation pay!
Excitements:
Onto a happier note- we have had such a nice week. I'm so happy for all of the warm weather! Caina and I can finally go for walks again and we can take the kids outside at work! Speaking of which, next week is my last week of work. I'm having so much trouble getting around, it's laughable. My boss told me that if I need to cut back my hours some days or call in, just to let them know. It's so great that they are going to work with me. If I had a desk job, I think I could stay until delivery, but toting babies around all day is a little too much in my state.
We also had an AWESOME baby shower! Thank you to my mom and Kathy for putting it all together. We had 30+ people and even more who couldn't make it that sent gifts and good wishes! It was so nice to get together and celebrate with everyone. I just hope I get a chance to talk more with everyone when Aiden gets here. So many people, means not enough time to talk. It took me nearly two hours to open gifts. So once I was done, most people were ready to go, I think! Haha! After the party, we had friends over until about 1:30. It was definitely a busy day!
My aunt Terry made hats! This one ended up a little big. So Aiden and I can have matching ones if we like, at least until she can fit into this one :-)
The grandmothers posing with the belly
Kaitlyn brought me an after delivery gift. How she loves me!
Oh how this dress shows off the bump!
The beautiful cake by Kathy, specially decorated with scrapbooking fun!
Sunday was very fun. We got to participate in the Wisley family maple syrup making tradition. It was my first experience and Dan's first since he was a kid. It was really interesting to go out and collect maple water from the sugar maple trees and boil it down to that yummy pancake companion. We didn't have a chance to finish, since it was getting so late, but Mark said he was going to finish it up on the stove. Hopefully, we'll have a finished product to taste this next Sunday!
Even Aiden joined in on the fun- being toted around by me is her favorite :P
Loading up the supplies
My first taste of sugar maple water. Mmmm...
Matt drinking the soon to be syrup!
Dan showing tree taps to Lilly and Jim (who graciously joined us for the fun!)
As for the belly news:
Aiden is definitely growing. I'm pretty sure she has gained a lot more since our last doctor
appointment. Everyone keeps looking at my belly in shock. I'm pretty sure I'm gaining three inches a week! I haven't been measuring, but that's what
it feels like. When we measured my waist at the baby shower it was a whopping 47 INCHES!!! I think she is definitely up from the 4 1/2 lbs that they last estimated. In fact, my belly button is about to pop! It's already bumped up at the edges. Dan actually got it to pop completely out just by pushing on my stomach. Yikes! As big as I think she is, she is still finding the room to move around. Although she seems to keep it to a minimum until late in the evening. I think we are definitely going to have a night owl on our hands! I'm also starting to have some regular sciatic pain, which is no fun. Dan has been so good. I get a massage whenever I need one. I don't know what I would do without him.
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010, but whenever she's ready, I'm ready!
*What week are you in? 35 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? Up 21lbs at the last appointment, I guess we'll see how much more I've gained this next Monday
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? A GIRL!!!
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle
*Maternity clothes? I can't believe I'm in large maternity clothes
*Stretch Marks? The only place I don't have stretch marks is right around my belly button where it used to be in instead of out :P
*How are you feeling right about now? Kind of sick- I need to kick this head cold
*Have you felt the baby move? All night!
*Sleep habits? Ugh! If I could sleep, I would tell you...
*Any food cravings? I just want salad, salad, salad!
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Nothing new
*Memorable Moment of the Week: An amazing baby shower!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Test Results are IN
The results of my culture FINALLY came back. Although it was abnormal, they believed there was contamination as I'm not showing consistently negative symptoms of either UTI or Preeclampsia. In fact the culture came back with traces of yeast, which doesn't normally indicate either of those. I'm not really sure how I feel about this prognosis. While I'm glad that I'm not showing severe enough signs to worry my doctors, I really don't like not having definite answers. They keep telling me to call if my symptoms get worse. But they aren't concerned enough at this time to make any definite pronouncements or make clear cut decisions, other than to wait and see. If anything, this just makes me more of a nervous ninny! I think I would be much happier doing extensive testing and know for certain that nothing is wrong, than to simply assume nothing is wrong because my symptoms don't seem consistent or extreme enough for typical concern. I'll try to look at this in a positive light. At least it's not so bad that they are rushing me in for an emergency delivery! Things could definitely be worse, rather than mildly agitating...
Monday, March 1, 2010
Week 33
I'm writing this at the VERY end of my 33rd week for a couple of reasons: One, I'm having to adjust to being so huge that I can hardly moved. It's making me super tired. So I haven't done much of anything but go to work, sleep, and eat. Two, the doctor's office STILL hasn't given me my test results! It is so frustrating! I had another appointment this morning and Dr. Cook told me I should probably hear something by tomorrow, but not to think anything of it if it's later. REALLY!?! They should have sent out the culture last Tuesday, but there was a mix up in the lab and they threw out my sample. So then they decided that if I was feeling better on the antibiotics they put me on, I didn't need to send in a culture. The issue is that I wasn't. So I went in and gave another that they sent out on Friday. I'm just so frustrated with this whole thing...
So at my appointment today, I found out that since Friday, I've gained another two pounds, which means that I've gained four pounds in one week! And my blood pressure went up 14points (still in the normal area, but still). Dr. Cook didn't think there was anything abnormal about it at all. "Oh, you're just retaining some water. Try to drink more water, eat less salt and put your feet up." I'm sorry, but if I've had a sample sent in because I have symptoms suggesting preeclampsia, and now I am showing even more symptoms of that condition--- I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE A BIT MORE CONCERNED, or at least not treat me like I'm overreacting. ARGH!!!
Onto other things than my rant:
I'm pretty sure this is going to be my last week of work. It takes me way too long to get up and down and I have to take way too many breaks for my own peace of mind. Nobody asks me to do anything because they feel bad for me and I feel bad that I can't do more than I'm doing. Therefore, I think it's time...
One good thing about the doctor appointment is that we heard Aiden's heartbeat and it's still sounding good. She is still head down, and is weighing in at about 4 1/2 lbs.
I'll be having my strep B testing done in a couple of weeks. Hopefully all of that will come back normal and I won't have to have any antibiotics during labor/delivery.
We have set a date to have our pregnancy pictures taken. Hopefully it will warm up a bit by March 15th! The baby shower is also coming up this Saturday. Yay! It'll be nice to have everyone together for the party.
We also potentially have a subleaser for our apartment. Hopefully we'll hear something soon. Then we can get moved into our new place and be settled before Aiden gets here. We've started on the packing. I'm definitely looking forward to being done with this whole thing!
Onto belly pictures:
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010, but please God sooner!
*What week are you in? 33 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? Up 21lbs- 4lbs in one week!!! AHHH!!!
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? A little girl
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle
*Maternity clothes? I can't believe some of them are getting SMALL!
*Stretch Marks?
Hahaha
*How are you feeling right about now? VERY FRUSTRATED
*Have you felt the baby move? She's using my ribs as playground equipments
*Sleep habits? Look out Benadryl! Here I come!
*Any food cravings? I really love salad and raw fruit
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Nothing new
*Memorable Moment of the Week: Not killing my doctor is a pretty memorable moment in my opinion, considering...
So at my appointment today, I found out that since Friday, I've gained another two pounds, which means that I've gained four pounds in one week! And my blood pressure went up 14points (still in the normal area, but still). Dr. Cook didn't think there was anything abnormal about it at all. "Oh, you're just retaining some water. Try to drink more water, eat less salt and put your feet up." I'm sorry, but if I've had a sample sent in because I have symptoms suggesting preeclampsia, and now I am showing even more symptoms of that condition--- I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE A BIT MORE CONCERNED, or at least not treat me like I'm overreacting. ARGH!!!
Onto other things than my rant:
I'm pretty sure this is going to be my last week of work. It takes me way too long to get up and down and I have to take way too many breaks for my own peace of mind. Nobody asks me to do anything because they feel bad for me and I feel bad that I can't do more than I'm doing. Therefore, I think it's time...
One good thing about the doctor appointment is that we heard Aiden's heartbeat and it's still sounding good. She is still head down, and is weighing in at about 4 1/2 lbs.
I'll be having my strep B testing done in a couple of weeks. Hopefully all of that will come back normal and I won't have to have any antibiotics during labor/delivery.
We have set a date to have our pregnancy pictures taken. Hopefully it will warm up a bit by March 15th! The baby shower is also coming up this Saturday. Yay! It'll be nice to have everyone together for the party.
We also potentially have a subleaser for our apartment. Hopefully we'll hear something soon. Then we can get moved into our new place and be settled before Aiden gets here. We've started on the packing. I'm definitely looking forward to being done with this whole thing!
Onto belly pictures:
*When is your due date? April 12, 2010, but please God sooner!
*What week are you in? 33 weeks
*How much weight have you gained? Up 21lbs- 4lbs in one week!!! AHHH!!!
*Do you know the gender of your baby? If so, what? A little girl
*Do you have a name picked out? What? Aiden Ryelle
*Maternity clothes? I can't believe some of them are getting SMALL!
*Stretch Marks?
Hahaha*How are you feeling right about now? VERY FRUSTRATED
*Have you felt the baby move? She's using my ribs as playground equipments
*Sleep habits? Look out Benadryl! Here I come!
*Any food cravings? I really love salad and raw fruit
*Anything you loved before that you absolutely cannot eat anymore? Nothing new
*Memorable Moment of the Week: Not killing my doctor is a pretty memorable moment in my opinion, considering...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Today's Doctors Appointment
Let's start with the good news:
1. Aiden's heartbeat sounded really good
2. I'm still at +17lbs
3. My uterus is measuring up well
4. Aiden is still head down
The possibly not so good news:
All the pressure/cramping/somewhat elevated blood pressure (higher than normal for me)/trace protein in urine/headaches that I convinced myself were just a normal part of pregnancy may actually be signs of preeclampsia! Lucky me! I've had a urine sample sent off for testing. So we should hear back by Thursday morning. Until then, they have me on an antibiotic that should clear up any UTI that could be causing some of these symptoms. But because I have so many issues that are connected with preeclampsia, they are a little concerned. So my doctor appointments have been bumped up to once a week a little bit early. Hopefully it's nothing and this medicine will clear up whatever is causing me all of this discomfort. If not, we just have to do some twice a week monitoring (and testing and treatments) until Aiden makes her debut. Again, hopefully it's nothing, but I'm a little worried. Everything has been super peachy so far (excluding the initial four months of puking). I'm just afraid that it's been going too smoothly and our time has now come for some difficulties. Please pray for my nerves and Aiden's health (as each is affecting the other).
I will do my weekly update once I have the results. But until then please pray for us!
1. Aiden's heartbeat sounded really good
2. I'm still at +17lbs
3. My uterus is measuring up well
4. Aiden is still head down
The possibly not so good news:
All the pressure/cramping/somewhat elevated blood pressure (higher than normal for me)/trace protein in urine/headaches that I convinced myself were just a normal part of pregnancy may actually be signs of preeclampsia! Lucky me! I've had a urine sample sent off for testing. So we should hear back by Thursday morning. Until then, they have me on an antibiotic that should clear up any UTI that could be causing some of these symptoms. But because I have so many issues that are connected with preeclampsia, they are a little concerned. So my doctor appointments have been bumped up to once a week a little bit early. Hopefully it's nothing and this medicine will clear up whatever is causing me all of this discomfort. If not, we just have to do some twice a week monitoring (and testing and treatments) until Aiden makes her debut. Again, hopefully it's nothing, but I'm a little worried. Everything has been super peachy so far (excluding the initial four months of puking). I'm just afraid that it's been going too smoothly and our time has now come for some difficulties. Please pray for my nerves and Aiden's health (as each is affecting the other).
I will do my weekly update once I have the results. But until then please pray for us!
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