On The Rise

27 weeks, 1 day

Woo Hoo! The 3rd Trimester has arrived!

I'd been having loads of energy the last week, and so I'd been up and about doing lots of errands, shopping and trying to start getting ready for baby. But, it looks like I may have done a tad too much.

We went in for my ultrasound and OB appt. on Thursday and was shocked to hear that my resting blood pressure had got up to 168/101 after sitting in the waiting room for an hour. It very well could have been because I was annoyed with the long wait & had a stomach ache and bad gas pains. But, that didn't seem to matter to the doctor. He threatened to admit me in the hospital if it didn't get dramatically better. That freaked the living daylights out of me. And of course, I spent the rest of the night having nightmares about it. He increased my BP meds and told me that he wants me to stay off my feet and rest (which I've been doing diligently), and start coming in for weekly appointments. Aaargh!

I'm happy to report, my BP has been fantastic since. It has been averaging about 120/82 as long as I rest a lot and continue to take my meds. My heart rate continues to be higher (in the 90's and occasionally in the 100s), but he doesn't seem as concerned about that. So, hopefully, since I've been a good girl this week and things seem to have improved, he'll let me do a little more in the future.

Some days are still coma/sleepy days, while others are filled with lots of energy for me. She's also been having a few quiet days again. But, this morning kicked into high gear as soon as I woke up. I'm feeling quite athletic, being treated like a batting cage and soccer field! At her appointment, she (at 26w,3d) weighed approx. 2.5 lbs, was about 15 inches long and looked great. Now that she is bigger, we could see more of her inflamed ureter, so by the time we see the specialists in a couple of weeks there will be more to diagnose. Our little girl was moving about, wiggling her head and body, sticking her tongue out, swallowing and taking practice breaths. We could even see hair on her head and that she has her eyes open now. Soooo adorable. It always amazes us how big she is becoming. In the ultrasound, we could no longer see her entire body in the frame. Now it is curled up, with her rump high at the top of my uterus and her head down low. (Just like we like it!) And her legs are now folded inward so she can get some good kicks in my side. (Which she took advantage of this morning without shame!)

We also got some presents this week. My mom made some cute little white wash clothes. And we got our first piece of baby gear last night, when my friend, Kristen, came to visit. She brought an item off my Baby's R Us registery, which was a Boppy bouncer. And, my neighbors Marie and Donna are really getting into throwing my neighborhood baby shower. We recieved the invitation this weekend! Everything is starting to come together and time is ticking away so quickly!!