We have finally made it to the third trimester! And I am
starting to feel the pressure of pregnancy. I am thrilled to have made it this
far without anything significant happening. Until now. Last Wednesday night, I
had finished cooking dinner and went in the livingroom to sit down and eat (yes
we are those people). Well while watching Family Feud, I was seeing like a
blinking/floater type thing in just one spot of my vision. This worried me, so after
dinner I decided to check my blood pressure. 147/102. Not good. I was able to
relax, prop up my feet awhile and it did come down to 123/85, but still seeing
it that high had me VERY worried. I am a usual 120/80 person, and had been
checking on occasion, which it had been a little bit elevated previously, but
nothing like that. Next morning I continued to monitor it, 138/100, 145/95,
137/95 … not going down. So I called my OB who told me to come in at 3:30 to be
checked out. They also had high readings checking me… so immediately Dr told
me, "You’re not going to work tomorrow and you are starting BP meds tonight." Of
course she talked about all the scary things, hospital stay, early delivery,
NICU, this possibly developing into Preeclampsia at any given moment. Urine
test showed fine while there, but she ordered a full work up to check my blood
as well. And told me I would need to come in Monday AM to check BP again before
finding out if I could return to work. I walked to my car extremely upset and
scared and overwhelmed with all the fears and shock. I boohooed on the phone to
Jonathan, then proceeded to call my mom and do the same to her. When I got
home, I immediately got comfy on the couch and took my first dose.
Dr. called me Friday to tell me my bloodwork came back normal,
and to see how I was feeling and what BP was. It was lower but not where she
wanted it, so she had me double the dose. (200g 2x a day). Side effects have
lessened now that I think my body has adjusted, but at first it had me soooo
sleepy. Felt like I was kind of in slow motion. Heavy feeling on my chest. And
INCREDIBLY painful nipples for about 30 minutes to an hour after taking it. The
nipple thing is still happening but everything else has become less noticeable.
And Hallelujah it is working. Monday morning had it down to 126/84 and that was
with my stress level pretty high from nerves, so they let me return to work.
Being 28 weeks today, I am feeling glad to still be doing
well and have been praying constantly that the Blood Pressure stays controlled,
that this doesn’t develop into Pre-E and that I stay pregnant as long as
possible so baby boy can continue to grow. Most of my reading/googling shows
that women with high BP usually induce around 37 weeks. So mentally I am
preparing myself to only have 9 weeks to go. There is the occasional one that
says she went to 39, or even until their due date. But those are few and far between.
Once induction gets brought up by my Dr, I will make it known that I would
prefer to wait as long as possible before doing so, and ask her what the exact
risks we are facing if we wait. But mostly I just want baby to have as much time as
possible inside me as long as he is thriving.
Next on the list is my glucose tolerance test. I am 5 days
out from the big test day and staying hopeful that I will pass. My fingers and toes
are crossed, but with the amount of weight I have gained, I guess I won’t be
surprised if I have to come back for the 3hr test. Although I could really use
a win right now to boost my spirits. I’m emotional, worried and fearful of what
could happen. Sometimes, like yesterday, I was just so teary after getting off
work, I almost started crying to my chiropractor when giving him the most
recent update. And Jonathan had to do some consoling and comforting once I got
home.
Once I have my appointment next week, I will be sure to give
an update on if I pass, current weight gain and IF we get approval from my OB
to go on our babymoon to Charleston the following week. PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE!!!! I NEED THIS GETAWAY!
Other updates, our bedroom is complete and we have moved
back in. While we are now back to working on baby’s room. New subfloor is down,
and trim was completed yesterday. Painter comes Friday and lastly carpet has
been ordered! I cannot wait for the nursery to be done with construction so I
can set up the crib, start organizing the closet, putting some clothes away,
and I can hang the couple of things I have purchased so far for his room.
We still have to buy a dresser and glider, and that will
really be it as far as big things go. I am anxious for my baby shower to arrive
so we can get the last things that are actual must haves and get those set up
and ready to bring home a baby. The bassinet being the biggest thing I am
anxious to get.
I cannot believe that we will be mailing out invitations
soon for MY baby shower. It seems so surreal. I will be 34 weeks at that time,
so really going to be cutting it close for getting things done. But I am
staying positive that God is taking care of me and baby and that we will make
it to 37 weeks or later! I have to stay in that mind frame until I have reason
not to, or I start to get all worked up.
A couple weeks ago, Mom and I made our annual trip to the
Southern Women’s Show! Which was a wonderful time as always, shopping and
snacking and doing some needed walking. I tell you though, my body was
exhausted after all that walking. All kinds of aches and pains! But I made it
through the whole event, which I am proud to say. That evening she, my Granny
and I took Ed out to dinner for his birthday… my favorite, Maggianos. Look at
that plate of Mozzarella!
Racing season is back in full swing and things are going
really good so far with the truck. Jonathan was able to get his first ever win
at Virginia Motorsports Park on 3/24. I was sadly not there for that race, but
really needed to be home taking it easy since it was the day after the Women’s
show. And then last weekend, 1st points race of the year at Richmond
Dragway, he was able to runner up! Woohoo! I was able to make it up there
around 7:30 after being on the sofa resting for over 36 hours and seeing my BP
come down more with the higher dose. Baby Bump and I were so excited to get to
be in the picture!
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