Okay so I haven't posted a blog in about a month, so I guess I should do so.....So basically here are all the things that have taken place or what's going on since I last posted...I may miss things or post about something I've already said before, but bear with me.
1. I'm now 36 weeks pregnant (tomorrow, anyway)
2. I found out I'm anemic, so had to be put on meds for it..
3. My back has been hurting me SUPER bad!
4. Have been having LOTS of leg cramping and some occasional stomach cramping
5. Have had lots of Braxton Hicks contractions, so fun....At least they don't hurt me!...Yet...
6. At my last OB appt, which was Monday, my blood pressure was super high. I can't remember the top number, but the bottom number started at 99 and just kept going up, it went up to 104 at one point. They had retaken it 6 times and it got higher 5 out of the 6 times! I wasn't feeling sick or anything, just been having major back pains, but nothing else....So they sent me home and just told me to monitor Emerie's movement and to come to the er if I get a bad bad headache or anything else abnormal...Which really headaches are not abnormal for me...I've had em since kindergarten...Well, on Tuesday (yesterday) I had woke up with a horrible headache and just went to my Mom (who works as a receptionist at my doctor office) to have a nurse check my blood pressure to see what it was....Well, it was like 135 over 102, which isn't good....And that was the second day in a row that it was that high, so they sent me over to the OB floor at the hospital to have a NST and an ultrasound done to see how Emerie was doing....Well according to both, she was doing fantastic! Her movement is right where it should be, she's completely dropped, and her heart rate was healthy. So that was great news! They did a urine sample for me and it came back that I have protein in it, which isn't good....They then did a steroid shot to help get Emerie's lungs developing sooner, just in case they have to deliver her sooner, rather than later. And they sent me home with this orange jug thing to pee in for 24 hours, so till 7 PM tonight I have to pee in it every time I go....And it has to stay cold, so I'm storing it in my fridge...EWW. Nastiest thing in my fridge, besides Jared's pina colada yogart, bleh. But anyway, tonight at 7 I go back to the ob unit and turn in my cold urine and get another steroid shot....I'm hoping I find out tonight whether or not I have preeclampsia, and how bad it is if I do....So we'll see how that goes!
So yeah, that about sums it up, I believe....So as you can tell, I'm pretty much ready for this baby to be here already! I just wanna smother her with hugs and kisses and cuddle her all the time! CAN'T wait....She is the only thing getting me through all this mess of a pregnancy! I'm glad there's a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm not suffering needlessly....Just a little while longer!
