2-21-10

If you are on facebook you probably know most everything but if not here is the lastest update.
I am being induced on Wednesday Feb 24th. My next doctor appt is monday, so as long as everything is still stable i will wait until wednesday. if there are issues on monday it may be earlier. its been a crazy last few days finding all this out and it is going so fast now. i have been on bedrest since 2-12 and strict bedrest since this past thursday.

Ira has been really great through all this even though i know he is getting tired of doing everything for me/us. yesterday ira had his mom and brother over and they rearranged our spare room and made it into a baby room! he even bought new pink curtains and a pink blanket for the rocking chair. it looks great in there and officially feels like we are ready for baby to move in. i will have to take pictures and post them.

friday i purchased a baby swing and bouncer online, they should hopefully be here this week sometime. otherwise just hugging the couch. excited for my doctor appt tomorrow because it means i get to shower and leave the house for a bit.

i have also been trying to get together a list of things that i will need to pack for the hospital. thankfully we live close by the hospital so if anything is forgot it can be easily retrieved by ira or family/friends.

Bedrest- at 36 weeks

It was official yesterday at my doctor's appt that i am now on bedrest for the rest of this pregnancy. my blood pressure has been a little elevated and more so when i work. I went to work yesterday and notified HR and my supervisor that i would not be back. Not sure what i'm going to do with myself for the next few weeks but i'm trying to just relax about it all. I have to go in to my doctors office twice a week now to have a nonstress test done. basically they just hook you up to the fetal and uterine monitors to make sure baby is okay and to see if i am contracting. i am not contracting at all yet and baby is doing fine as of yesterday's test. i go in again tomorrow to have it done again. depending on how my blood pressure goes over the next few weeks and my protein levels will decide if i need to go on a blood pressure med or if my doctor needs to induce labor early. honestly i hope we induce early or i go early so i don't have to sit on bedrest for the entire 4 weeks that i have left. the doctor told me yesterday that i could still be induced into labor with my blood pressure like this as long as baby is not in distress and labor doesn't stall or go on for to long a time, which made me feel better. i really want to avoid a c-section if possible.

as you can tell i'm a little anxious about it all. i have been saying for weeks that i'm ready! part of me is a little scared of the process that has to happen to get this baby out, but all in all i'm excited to meet her and see that she is okay. I told the doctor yesterday that i think my baby hates me already and thats why i'm having all these issues :)

i washed up all the baby clothes and blankets a couple days ago, so they are ready to go. i even bought a few toiletries and such before i went on bedrest since i knew it was probably coming so i can get a bag packed just in case.