hnelson's Journal

Well on the good side of today...my baby's nursery is completely - 100% - done.  Carpets cleaned, furniture placed, decor shelves/frames hung, clothes washed organized, diapers prepped, DONE!  I couldn't sleep at around 5:30 this morning so I got up and spent about 2 hours finishing it all up and I love LOVE the way it turned out.  So beautiful and perfect and exactly how I envisioned it to be.  THAT is where the good stuff ends...

We had - yet another - trip to L&D this morning.  After Wednesday weird doc visit with spiked water weight and BP, they scheduled me a visit to have my BP checked again.  So we went in as requested and they had me do all the routine stuff.  Pee in a cup, hook up the belly to all the baby monitors, and then mommy to the BP cuff.  We sat there for nearly an hour just having them monitor things.  And again, JUST like on Wednesday, the first BP they took was high....but then it dropped way down in ten minutes to a low/normal level...then went up slightly and up some more etc.  Every time they checked it...it just jumped around between 113 to 145 and back again.  They didn't find protein in my urine this time, although they found some on wednesday.  So again, they sent us home only now I have to do a 24 hour urine collection (gross) and take it back up there tomorrow to see if I'm spilling any protein over a 24 hour period.  It's all for the good of my health and the baby and I'm so glad they are watching and caring for me so closely.  Jackson was jumping around like crazy on the monitors and clearly doing very well which is great.  But all this worry by the docs is starting to get frustrating.

Put on bedrest for a month plus - worrying about the baby coming too soon

Put on anti-contraction meds for two weeks - worry about the baby coming too soon.

NOW 38 weeks pregnant and just fine....baby did not come early

Sent to L&D now 6 times for various reasons worry about contractions or what not.  Always fine

Told to start drinking ensure drinks cause I'm loosing weight.

Told now to start worrying about preeclampsia cause of rapid weight gain and BP

Told to go to L&D AGAIN for monitoring.....and sent home...AGAIN.

I'm really glad - REALLY - that the baby is fine and I'm always fine but it's frustrating to have the docs panicking so much and worrying me so much.  We worry the baby will come too soon so we plan/prepare for preemie delivery for nothing.  We worry about weight loss and then weight spikes....we monitor at the hospital for pre-eclampsia and plan/prep for induction only to be sent home again.

It's all for the greater good in the end....and in another week or so this won't matter worth a hill of beans once i have my son safely in my arms.  But man is it frustrating to just be waiting around hurrying/prepping/planning and wiating some more.