38 weeks....I can't believe the big day is almost here!!!

Holy Cow 38 weeks flew by!!! I can't believe in 5 days I will be a mom!! I have been thinking a lot about how calm our lives are and have been trying to imagine what our house will be like with a new baby in it and I can't! It all seems so surreal. I have so many emotions running through me lately and over all I am just very anxious and excited to meet Ricky. I wonder what he will look like, me or Rick or a combination of us both?? Mostly though I am just praying he is a healthy baby and likes to sleep a lot. Is that too much to ask for?? Besides that I am not really planning on anything. I am taking this new parenting thing as a more "its gonna be what its gonna be" approach. I know every baby is different so we will just go with the flow depending on his personality and let him lead the way at first.

I know this week will fly by especially with one of my best friends Maya and her son coming over Tuesday ( I haven't seen them in 2 years) along with all my other girlfriends, for Mom's birthday and to visit. Later Tuesday night my Dad, Kim and Amy will be arriving. Wednesday is our 3 year Anniversary (wow that flew by). I am thinking Thursday will be here before I know it!! I can't think of a better week filled with things to come and look forward too!!! In the mean time I will continue to sit on the couch, get some reading done and get as much sleep as possible. I think the bed rest has definitely helped out with how I have been feeling. Even though I still have terrible back aches, my hands are killing me and the headaches come and go, but hopefully this time next week the only thing I will be complaining about is Ricky keeping us up all night LOL

I look forward to sharing pictures of him with everyone and I truly can't wait to meet our precious son, wow that sounds weird!!! But I can get used to it!!

You name it and I have it!

So like everything else, if its out there I will get it! I am now known as a medical nightmare in my house!! I got the call Friday afternoon that I am preeclamptic!! I am happy that they caught it early and that bed rest should be enough to keep it under control. The doctor said any protein in your urine over 300 is considered preeclamptic and my numbers were at 370. The blood work normal is 2.5-7 and I was at 5, so normal but creeping on the higher side. Needless to say my weekend and all the things I was planning on doing didn't happen. So to say I was pretty sad all weekend is an understatement. But in the big scheme of things I am now seeing that it is the beginning of sacrificing things for your child.

I have come to the conclusion that having gestational diabetes, gestational carpal tunnel, being GBS positive and now having preeclampsia that me and pregnancy don't mix. Good thing is that none of these are guaranteed to happen in future pregnancies and will most likely go away shortly after this lil man arrives. All in all I wouldn't trade it for the world and hope that Rick can forget all these things when I am ready for baby number 2 :-)

2 weeks to go and stuck at home!

Well after the last few days of feeling AWFUL my doctor has taken me out of work and put me on "bed rest". I am not restricted to bed but just ordered to get lots of rest and relax. At first I thought it was the heat that was getting to me but Tuesday I had off of work and literally laid on the couch all day and still felt like crap. Yesterday I went into work and thought I was going to pass out an hour after arriving. I had a doctors appointment and NST scheduled already for Wednesday so I went to that. At the NST my blood pressure was measuring 142/80 and then 135/85 which is high compared to my normal 105/60. On top of my blood pressure being elevated I have been having trouble catching my breathe, headaches, dizziness and feeling faint. The doctor thinks it is just normal 3rd trimester pregnancy stuff but has me doing a 24hr urine collection along with blood work just to make sure I am not in the beginning stages of preeclampsia. Friday afternoon once all the tests come back I should know for sure. I have to go back to the doctors Monday to re-check my blood pressure (even though I am sure I will have my mom do it over the weekend too) The great perks of having a nurse for a mom :-) Today is day one of being stuck in the house...and believe me with the heat and humidity outside I don't mind at all. Rick is making sure I follow doctors orders...he is like a prison guard around here! On a good note, Ricky seemed to be doing fine and doesn't seem to be phased by me not feeling good.

As for this weekend I am happy and sad about it. I am extremely sad because I will be missing my cousin Ashley's wedding in NJ. I love my step moms family and try my hardest to never miss an opportunity when we all get together and I am sooooooooooo sad that everyone will be having a blast at her wedding EXCEPT for me! I know that this kiddo is worth it and that is the only reason I am OK with it, and I get to see most of them in a few weeks which helps.

On a happier note, being home allows me to see my cousin Karen, Brian, their girls, Aunt Jo, Uncle Mike along with all my Batavia Family at my cousin Ricky's Spinal Cord dinner Saturday night. Then we get to spend Sunday with Rick's family celebrating Courtney and Pappy (my father-in law) birthdays at the cottage. All these I am hoping to do but we will see if the weather is cool enough for me to wonder out of the house and that I am feeling up to it.

I will let everyone know what the test results show. Praying its not preeclampsia and a little R and R will fix me!