I waited a day to post because I had a doctor's appointment this afternoon and figured that I'd want to include that information on my weekly post. Little did I know....
The past week seemed to be going pretty well. I survived the end of the week with my crazy middle schoolers and was looking forward to taking it easy this week with the 8th grade gone. My mom, both sisters, and Al's boyfriend came in town Friday and we enjoyed hanging out for a bit until they had to leave for Winston-Salem. Later in the evening, Jay arrived home from his business trip and my Dad flew in from Philly. We enjoyed a lovely meal of KFC and my dad was kind enough to go on an ICEE run for me Friday night.
Saturday morning my aunt Barbara flew in from Chicago and we all headed up to Winston-Salem for the graduation festivities. We enjoyed a nice weekend filled with family and it was awesome to spend some time with my Grandpa. I'm going to do a separate graduation post with all sorts of pictures and details. I felt pretty great most the weekend with the exception of Monday. Bo graduated outside in the heat on Monday morning and my ankles swelled to extreme proportions!
Tuesday and Wednesday I was back at school and taking it super easy. I was able to come in at 10 and leave at 2. Today was a little rough at school mainly because I am sooo tired. It is so hard to sleep at night! Jay and I met at the ob's office at 3:30 for my weekly appointment. I was up 5 lbs from last week and my blood pressure had sky rocketed to 130/90. I was slightly nervous as the nurse walked us back to the exam room. My doctor came in and let me know that I had protein in my urine and my blood pressure was too high. He told me I was done with work and was to stay at home and off my feet for the remainder of my pregnancy. He originally said that he wanted to see me back on Tuesday but by the end of the appointment, decided that I needed to be seen tomorrow (Friday) instead. He also sent me down to the lab for bloodwork. I was given strict instructions to call the triage line if ANYTHING different happened this weekend. He made me a little nervous because he was taking things so seriously. He talked to me about liver pain and what it would feel like. I'm going in tomorrow afternoon for my other doctor to check out my bloodwork results from today and to have an NST (non stress test) done on my babies.
Tomorrow will be my last day of work. I tried to argue that I could finish out the year (7 more days!) but he was having none of it. I don't know a lot about preeclampsia but from what I've read so far it sounds like I really need to take his advice and relax if I want to carry these babies for much longer. I got teary eyed leaving the hospital. This is not what I wanted. I felt like my body could totally handle carrying these babies to 38 weeks and it very well may be capable if I start taking care of myself with lots of rest. As much as I don't want to be on bedrest, I want to keep my babies out of the NICU or at least be able to bring them home as soon as possible. I'm saying my prayers that they will continue to grow and stay put. I am glad though that my doctor is aggressive and he said that if I have to stay in antipartum on the labor and delivery floor then that's what we'll do! I'd rather be safe in a hospital with nurses and doctors to monitor the babies' every move than risk it. I'll be back with my results tomorrow!
Also at today's appointment, Dr. Wicker went to find the heartbeats and easily found Holden's. I forgot to ask what it was but he said it was normal. He went to find Emma Cate's and couldn't. He immediately told me that his doppler hadn't been working well all day and not to worry. Ha! I didn't even think about worrying. Emma Cate has been kicking me all day long. I had no fear that she was in there. Even when he was trying to find the heartbeat, he put his hand on my stomach and she gave him a swift kick. He realized that she was down a little lower and soon was able to find her heartbeat too. I've got a feisty one on my hands!
The past week seemed to be going pretty well. I survived the end of the week with my crazy middle schoolers and was looking forward to taking it easy this week with the 8th grade gone. My mom, both sisters, and Al's boyfriend came in town Friday and we enjoyed hanging out for a bit until they had to leave for Winston-Salem. Later in the evening, Jay arrived home from his business trip and my Dad flew in from Philly. We enjoyed a lovely meal of KFC and my dad was kind enough to go on an ICEE run for me Friday night.
Saturday morning my aunt Barbara flew in from Chicago and we all headed up to Winston-Salem for the graduation festivities. We enjoyed a nice weekend filled with family and it was awesome to spend some time with my Grandpa. I'm going to do a separate graduation post with all sorts of pictures and details. I felt pretty great most the weekend with the exception of Monday. Bo graduated outside in the heat on Monday morning and my ankles swelled to extreme proportions!
Tuesday and Wednesday I was back at school and taking it super easy. I was able to come in at 10 and leave at 2. Today was a little rough at school mainly because I am sooo tired. It is so hard to sleep at night! Jay and I met at the ob's office at 3:30 for my weekly appointment. I was up 5 lbs from last week and my blood pressure had sky rocketed to 130/90. I was slightly nervous as the nurse walked us back to the exam room. My doctor came in and let me know that I had protein in my urine and my blood pressure was too high. He told me I was done with work and was to stay at home and off my feet for the remainder of my pregnancy. He originally said that he wanted to see me back on Tuesday but by the end of the appointment, decided that I needed to be seen tomorrow (Friday) instead. He also sent me down to the lab for bloodwork. I was given strict instructions to call the triage line if ANYTHING different happened this weekend. He made me a little nervous because he was taking things so seriously. He talked to me about liver pain and what it would feel like. I'm going in tomorrow afternoon for my other doctor to check out my bloodwork results from today and to have an NST (non stress test) done on my babies.
Tomorrow will be my last day of work. I tried to argue that I could finish out the year (7 more days!) but he was having none of it. I don't know a lot about preeclampsia but from what I've read so far it sounds like I really need to take his advice and relax if I want to carry these babies for much longer. I got teary eyed leaving the hospital. This is not what I wanted. I felt like my body could totally handle carrying these babies to 38 weeks and it very well may be capable if I start taking care of myself with lots of rest. As much as I don't want to be on bedrest, I want to keep my babies out of the NICU or at least be able to bring them home as soon as possible. I'm saying my prayers that they will continue to grow and stay put. I am glad though that my doctor is aggressive and he said that if I have to stay in antipartum on the labor and delivery floor then that's what we'll do! I'd rather be safe in a hospital with nurses and doctors to monitor the babies' every move than risk it. I'll be back with my results tomorrow!
Also at today's appointment, Dr. Wicker went to find the heartbeats and easily found Holden's. I forgot to ask what it was but he said it was normal. He went to find Emma Cate's and couldn't. He immediately told me that his doppler hadn't been working well all day and not to worry. Ha! I didn't even think about worrying. Emma Cate has been kicking me all day long. I had no fear that she was in there. Even when he was trying to find the heartbeat, he put his hand on my stomach and she gave him a swift kick. He realized that she was down a little lower and soon was able to find her heartbeat too. I've got a feisty one on my hands!
Pregnancy Highlights:
Today's Date: Thursday, May 24th, 2012
How Far Along: 32 weeks 1 day
Pregnancy Countdown: 42 or less days
Size of babies: A squash. The babies are 15.2-16.7 inches long and weigh between 2.5- 3.8 pounds
Total Weight Gain/Loss: According to the doctor's scale I'm up 35lbs. It's crazy to me that I've tried really hard to manage my weight this entire pregnancy and now I'm packing on the water weight like whoa. I'm up 12 lbs in the past two weeks and feeling really swollen everywhere.
Maternity Clothes: Yes, all the time. Nothing fits and I am most comfortable in a tank top and pj pants with the fan going and AC blasting.
Gender: Girl- Emma Cate and Boy- Holden.
Movement: I ate another milkshake today and the babies went nuts. I wonder what's in those things! Last night around 1am they decided to have another party in my belly. Holden was going nuts. I've never felt him so active. I'm wondering if he is completely off from my schedule and decides its time to play when I'm asleep and sleeps when I'm usually awake.
Sleep: It has been rough this week. Twice I've thrown up. Once I didn't make it to the edge of the bed in time and Jay was sweet to clean up after me and wash my pillow. Yuck. I have a lot of trouble rolling over in bed and sometimes need assistance. I use the restroom around 4-5 times from the time I lay down in bed until I am able to fall asleep. I'm waking up to use the restroom during the middle of the night and again around 6am when Jay gets up for work. I feel like my body is already working towards getting on a feeding schedule. Jay has commented that I am snoring all of the time now regardless of what position I lay in. He said that I choke in my sleep a lot and my breathing is really off. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I always have acid reflux and will supplement my prescription with a little pepto.
What I miss: sleeping on my tummy, walking, my old feet, my not so jiggly tummy
Cravings: The list so far of things I've craved the most this pregnancy: Icees, Mac & Cheese, Chocolate Ice Cream, Rusty's baked potatoes, and Coke. This week we'll add baked goods. Any type. Brownies, cake, cookies, etc.
Symptoms: braxton hicks, acid reflux, getting incredibly hot, cramping, extreme pressure when I stand up or walk, stretch marks, itchy skin on my stomach, gas, feeling like my ribs are going to break from all of the kicking. I've also swollen so bad that my stomach is hanging over and jiggly at the bottom. It used to be really tight everywhere but now I feel like someone that has lost weight but has a lot of skin leftover. I don't know if that makes sense but its the best way I know to describe it.
Best Moment this week: Watching my little sis graduate college!
how sad do these piggies look? its bad when even your toes have rolls
our middle sister Allie wasn't able to stay on Monday for graduation but she watched it on her computer from the webcast and sent us the pic!
Wake Forest Class of 2012
went out to eat after graduation and my belly barely fit!
this is probably the WORST picture of me EVER but Bo and I went to Ikea to pick up somet things for her new apartment and we got a wheel chair as soon as we arrived. It was soooo nice not to walk through that crazy huge store. By the time we made it down to the marketplace, we had to rig up this shopping cart to the wheel chair in order to get everything she needed. I was DYING laughing in this picture. Other shoppers thought we were nuts!
The other morning Jay went to take Boomer out and found this lovely little black snake on our front porch. The white at the top of the picture is the roof of the porch and the snake is hanging out on the decorative brick that stick out slightly from the wall. Jay went to get him down with a stick and had to actually wake the snake up. It must have been a chilly evening and the snake was staying near the light fixture to keep warm! Every time I've gone out to get the mail since I am extra careful to lookout for this guy. Jay didn't kill it because it is pretty harmless and helps keep bugs away. YUCK.
Your baby's the size of a squash!
Still growing, your baby weighs in at about 2.5 to 3.8 pounds and measures about 15.2 to 16.7 inches.
