Cute Husband

I got a text from Matt today with this picture and a caption saying "The baby is coming today!"  Well husband, lets just hope that Panda Express is correct and that the baby will be here today.

10 Days Left

Good and bad news.  I am still borderline preeclampsia but my test results came back low enough that I do not need to be induced early.  It is good news to know that the baby and I are healthy and not at risk.  The bad news is that I am still pregnant!!!

In some ways it feels like everything is going by so fast and the baby will be here before we know it.  On the other hand 10 days until my due date feels like forever, and then I could possibly go two more weeks over that date.  Arg I hate the waiting game.

My work is holding interviews for my position today and tomorrow.  I had not even realized that my last day at work is scheduled for next Friday.  Leaving work and letting someone have full control over my job is going to be extremely hard for me.  I keep having horror nightmares about coming back to work in January and having files missing and erased or corrupted.

Matt and I were talking about the baby last night and both of us have decided we have not grasped the fact that we are going to be taking a baby home with us from the hospital.  I know that sounds so strange but I feel like I haven't even had time to think about it.  I just keep thinking that I am almost done being pregnant and that is as far as I get.

I just need to have this baby soon!  The anxiety about making sure everything is ready and leaving work and the thought of labor is making me an absolute crazy person.  I hope this baby comes any day!!

36 Weeks, Ready or Not!

I went to my 36 week doctor appointment on Tuesday expecting the usual 20 minutes in and out.  Hear the babies heart beat, get measured, weight and blood pressure test, leave a urine sample and back to work within an hour.  Oh no such luck!

I arrived and did the usual weight, blood pressure and urine samples expecting everything to be fine like it always is.  Well my blood pressure was high, and I did not gain any weight in the two weeks since my last appointment.  When the nurse looked at my urine sample she did not comment, and instead hustled me into a room.

She left me in the room for about 15 minutes and then I heard her and the doctor talking quietly outside my room.  The doctor came in the room and gave me the good news. She believes that I have pre eclampsia, especially because I have had so much swelling the entire pregnancy.  Because my tests had always been normal before she wants to wait one more week before she diagnoses me either way.

She checked the babies heartbeat which was normal but when she took his measurements he had not grown since his measurement two weeks ago.  The doctor decided to order an ultrasound to make sure everything was okay and check to see if the baby was head down.  He was and has plenty of fluid and is still being active so they are not too concerned. 

So then the doctor sat me down and had a serious discussion with me about being induced early.  Which basically consisted of if there is protein in my urine next week they are  not going to let me continue to be pregnant.  I just stared at her, I didn't know what to think or do or say.  I could be having my baby next week!

So Matt and I will be spending our weekend scrambling to get everything finished up just in case we meet our baby next week.  I'm hoping and praying that all my test results will come back normal next week and be fine, but on the other hand I'm so excited to meet my baby I can't stand it and it would be so fun to not have to wait three more weeks!