Bed rest

To all who may not be aware, I was placed on bed rest on Tuesday. The doctor wanted to take some precautions and run some tests to rule out Preeclampisa as my blood pressure has slowly been rising and I've had some swelling, among other things. After more bloodwork being done on Tuesday and collecting my urine for 24 hours (oh so fun) I went back in today for another visit. My bloodwork ended up being normal and my blood pressure was pretty good. However, my urine (can't believe I'm blogging about my urine - never thought that would be happening) came back abnormal and showing that I do have mild Preeclampsia. So, the doctor now says I am on bedrest until the baby comes and that they may be inducing "soon". The other side of the coin though is that I'm not progressing (dialating) at all. (Again, can't believe I'm blogging about dialating.) Which poses a bit of a pickle because they aren't too keen on inducing labor, unless it's absolutely necessary, if I'm not dialating. The risk is that if they induce and I don't or am not dialating it increases lots of risks for me, including c-section.

So, I am set to go back in tomorrow and do a non-stress test. I don't know enough about this to know what this will show, but he said that I will have to do one every Tuesday and Friday from now until the baby is born - which he said means I probably won't have very many. So really, we don't know anything except that the baby is head down, turned in the right position, weighs 7 lbs 5 oz (which is normal at this point) and that his heart rate is normal. All things are good, just a little frustrating to be told I have to be laying down at all times except to eat, shower and use the restroom! As I'm sure you all know, it's very difficult for me to let go of control and have someone waiting on me. And thank goodness for my mom and Chip - that's all they've been doing.

Thank you to all for their kind words and prayers. I will try to keep the blog updated as I know more since I really have no excuse - I'm just sitting in front of the computer all day! Haha!

Belly pics!

I'm not too thrilled about posting my HUGE belly on here - but as requested here's the best I can do. The most recent I have is from July 11th...so about 3 weeks ago with mom. But you get the idea!! Only 3 weeks go go!