Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Another baby update...

I went to my doctor today. All is about the same. My blood pressure was a little high but not off the charts. She checked my cervix...last appointment I was a finger tip dialated. Today I was a 2!! Less work later! Yeah!! She wants me down resting as much as possible. Did she say as much as "possible"?! I am trying, but it is a little tough around here! The kids have really been trying to help me though, so that has been wonderful. I'll continue to keep you updated!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

A baby update...

Well, at my appointment on Thursday my doctor told me they are going to induce me on March 10th, which is almost two weeks before my due date. My pre-eclampsia is starting to sneak up on me a bit and she wants to induce me to try to keep it a little more in control. She actually thinks I am probably going to go on my own sooner than that, but if not, it will be the 10th. That is only 16 days away!!! WOW!!! We are getting so excited to see him and hold him!! I will update the blog if anything happens before the 10th!!

a music note...the song that is playing on the blog is from the Broadway Musical, "Spring Awakening". The show choir that my son Patrick is in at the high school is doing this song in thier competition set this year. I love the harmonies in this song, they are really beautiful. I hope you enjoy it!

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Pregnancy!!

well, i am feeling like an old pregnant women these days. on monday afternoon i was sitting with the kids and all of a sudden my eyes went like cross-eyed. well...they felt like they were cross-eyed. i couldn't see straight and i could not get my eyes to work together!! SUPER SCARY!!! i thought i was having a stroke or something!! so after a few minutes of my eyes being that way, i told daniel to call 911. the paramedics came and my blood pressure was 152/96 so they thought that it was possibly my pre-eclampsia. but my pressure ended up being fine and really there were no other pre-eclampsia symptoms that were present. they admitted me for the night and ran a bunch of blood work and did a CT scan in the morning on tuesday. everything looks ok. thank goodness!! they don't know why my eyes did that!! frustrating to not have an answer for something that was soooo scary! but, right now everything looks ok, so i am really trying not to worry!

poor daniel, aubrey, and julia!! they were soooo worried and scared! not a fun thing to see your mom crying because she can't see straight and thinking she is having a stroke!! the firemen were really good to the kids. they took them outside and let them look around the fire truck and gave each of them a teddy bear while the paramedics were talking to me. and a funny note...when the paramedics were putting me on the gurny i all of a sudden thought... why hasn't emily come down stairs??!! so i had aubrey go up and get her. she had been listening to her music and didn't even know the fire truck and paramedics were there!! she came walking down stairs with aubrey to see the paramedics taking me outside to the ambulance!! she had no idea what was going on. sweet emily!!!

so...all is well. i will be 34 weeks on monday! time has gone by surprisingly quickly! my dr. said if i dont go on my own by 39 weeks, she will induce me. so at the most i have just over 5 weeks left! WOW!! pat is so excited he can hardly stand it. it's like i am pregnant for the very first time...he is so cute!! i really enjoy and appreciate his excitement!! i married a wonderful man!!