So here is the latest updates in my life....I have been doing pretty good other than getting to be absolutely huge! I keep gaining more and more weight ( I know it's apart of being pregnant but gosh!) Lorelai seems to be doing really well. I on the other hand have been having the issues. Sunday morning I woke up with a charlie horse in my left calf at 6am which hurt like hell and then to add to it I started to get a headache. Well this headache is still here and driving me nuts. I went to see my doctor yesterday only to find out he wasn't there because he was on call over the weekend. So I had to go see a physicians assistant who gave me a script and said go home and rest which I did and yet I still have the headache. I then went to see my doctor today for my normal check up and he isn't sure why I'm having the headache other than the fact that he still thinks I could possibly have preeclampsia. So he put me on bed rest until Lorelai comes into the world and then I had to go get blood tests done. He also checked my cervix and I'm half a centimeter dilated. Now the waiting game begins...one for the results of my blood test and two to keep dilating! I'm just anxiously awaiting to see what happens next!

We are getting Closer!!!

Okay so I know it's been a couple of weeks since I have been on here. There really hasn't been much going on here other than I'm getting bigger and bigger as the days go by. Which is driving me nuts because I can't seem to get comfortable to save my soul! Lorelai is doing really well she keeps growing and the doctor says everything is looking good. I swear she knows whenever I'm talking to her because she starts kicking me...like she is doing now! The doctor is saying that my blood pressure is looking good for now and has let me work for two weeks now! Yay and Thank you God! We had my baby shower this past weekend and I had a total blast seeing everyone there and having them all there to celebrate with me! Lorelai got lots of cool new presents that I'm sure she will love to play with and use when she gets here. We are now down to the last six weeks of my pregnancy but she could come even sooner than that. My doctor also said that if I have any more complications with my blood pressure that we will have to induce at 37 weeks. So we will see what happens with that. Other than getting ready for Lorelai not much is really going on. I'm super duper duper excited because it is finally the FALL and it's cooling off! The leaves are starting to change colors and all the holidays are starting to come!

Patiently Waiting!

Things are going fairly well. I went to the doctors yesterday and actually missed my ultrasound appointment by about 15 minutes. Ugh. Although we still ended up doing a Non Stress Test (NST), which I have to have them done every week. I think my child has just decided that whenever we are at the doctors she is just going to sleep during the NST. Anyhow they ended up waking her up by what they call buzzing you. It's like a wand and they put it on your stomach and then it essentially shakes your stomach to wake the baby up. Well it would wake her up enough for her to kick once and then go back to sleep! Stubborn child! That whole process ended up happening twice. After all that fun stuff I went over to Dr. Jone's office and he told me that my blood pressure was up again and that he was putting me on bed rest for two days and do some more blood work. So I get to go back Thursday morning and have a ultrasound and then they are going to tell me how my blood work is looking and if i'm going on complete bed rest or not. Lorelai however seems to be doing really well and they aren't too worried about her at this point. Which is a relief to me.

At the moment I'm sitting here trying not to feel like a huge lazy bum which is truly about all you can feel like when you can't get up to do anything but go to the bathroom and get food! I don't know how long I can handle it. So I have been crossing my fingers and praying my butt off that everything is fine. I guess we will find out tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that maybe I can at least break bed rest for an hour tonight and go to church. Im thinking I will even put my feet up on the chair next to me...so I will still be on bed rest. Lol. Just at church.

I'm really not sure what else there is to say at this point nothing to exciting other than that stuff has gone on lately. I will keep you all posted!

Getting Closer

Well today I'm officially 30 weeks along. I'm doing pretty good other than having a huge stomach attached to me, swollen ankles, being extremely tired all the time, and moving slower than a turtle. I guess that is what happens when your pregnant in the first place and then you add this lovely August heat we have had. Anyhow the gestational diabetes testing and preclampsia testing results came back and both were fine. Yay! Thank you God! We have started going to the doctors every week now and every time we have an ultrasound Lorelai decides she doesn't want her picture taken. The first week she had her face facing my spine, making it hard to get a picture of her. Last week she decided that she was going to put her hand in front of her face but I did get a picture of her foot instead. So we will try again tomorrow and see what stunt she tries to pull or if she is going to let me get a picture of her. The doctor says she is weighing about 2Ibs and 15 oz right now. I don't know how she can be so tiny but cause me to look and feel huge! Oh well. I managed to survive another turnover at the apartments. Luckily this one wasn't as big as the last one but seems to be having more complications than the last one but we survived. Oh the gum cleaning thing went well and my gums don't hurt or bleed near as bad as they did. I have to go back for a follow up on Thursday and they are going to polish my teeth I guess. That ought to be interesting.

Almost Finished

Well today I'm officially 28 weeks pregnant!!!! Meaning there is only three months left before my beautiful little girl gets here. I'm getting extremely anxious for her arrival even though I'm not anywhere near being prepared but still I'm ready for her to get here. I feel like this last trimester has gone so freaking slowly. Lorelai is kicking the crap of me and loves to be up when her momma is trying to sleep and asleep when I'm awake. Mom, zoe, parker, and Dad are still anxious to feel her kick. Which is a little bit of a challenge since she likes to do that more at night that during the day. I have managed to survive turnovers at the apartments this weekend. All I have to say is I haven't worked weekends in a looooonnnnngggg time and it has completely thrown my week off. I'm telling you though you run into some really odd things when you work in an apartment complex! Oh I have a doctors appt this week and this is the fun one where I get to do the diabetic testing and another u/s and then I get to go back every week from now until Lorelai is born so they can do ultrasounds to make sure she is growing properly. On top of all that I get to get my gums cleaned on thursday which means that they are going to numb my gums which means they are going to give me shots in my gums! Yikes! It makes me totally nervous. I think that is all for now. I will keep you all posted in to what happens next!

AHHHHH STRESS!!!!

So at the moment I'm completely stresssed out there is to much to do and not enough time to do it all. I wish we had 72 hours in a day instead of just 24. I have two tests everyday from here on out. I have two clinicals left. Luckily I don't have to do much traveling for them but still there is a ton of paperwork to do for them. On top of all of this the week of school I have atleast one final everyday plus just a normal test. I have to plan graduation, a retirement party for a teacher, help with my baby shower, and get ready for this baby to come. By the way Lorelai is doing pretty well. She is continually kicking me typically down in my pelvis but when she is mad at me for laying on my stomach she kicks in the middle of my stomach. I went to the dentist last week and they told me I have periodontal disease which is causing my gums to be swollen and bleed when I brush my teeth and on top of that all four of my wisdom teeth are coming in....can you say painful! So they are going to do a deep gum cleaning but they have to numb my entire mouth...ouch once again extremely painful! To top of all this off my doctor has told me that after this next visit I have to go in to the doctors every week from that point on until Lorelai is born just to make sure she is growing because of my history of high blood pressure. So there is a lot going on..Hopefully as soon as school is over life will calm down a little bit!

Talk to you all soon!

Gosh I'm so behind!

Okay, so life is still and constantly will be crazy busy. I'm working like crazy at school trying to get these last few weeks finished up. Which is proving to be the most challenging part of the entire year. Along with planning retirement parties, baby showers, and my school graduation. Meanwhile, this week I'm on vacation and well that means getting to work more hours and do more homework. I'm totally excited about more hours at work. I hate not being able to work as much because of school. Oh, speaking of I got an email from the HR department at the University Hospital asking for two teacher references meaning that I could very well be on the way to having a LPN job before I get out of school! Yay! I'm so freaking excited, I can't even begi to tell you how much stress that would relieve! Had a doctors appt yesterday and baby Lorelai is doing amazingly well. She is growing like a bean. She keeps kicking me and in the last week it just got to the point where people can now put their hands on my belly and feel her kick. It's pretty cool to experience that even thouhg it's an odd feeling. Lol. I found out that after this next four week visit I get to go in every week to have u/s done so they can monitor how she is growing because of my history of having high blood pressure. Even though its been completely normal since I have been pregnant but oh well as long as my little girl is healthy that's what's important at this point. Then I had a dentist appt this morning because my gums have been bleeding and they hurt like haitis at the moment. The dentist said that it's part of pregnancy but on top of it I have peridontal disease which I guess is just inflammation of my gums. So, I get to go in at some point and do a deep cleaning where they are going to have to numb my entire mouth to clean because my mouth is so sensitive and it hurts so bad right now. Also, my wisdom teeth are coming in...yikes!!! They can't do anything about that till after the baby is born. So that's all that's goin on as of right now.

Have a great day!