Tuesday 40w6d - One day till induction

Monday wasn't that good of a day. My feet turned purple and the biggest they have gotten for the entire pregnancy and started to feel a headache coming on (third time in a few days). And my hands were bad as well. So around 8pm I called L&D because I thought this was it and I have PreExclampsia, which is basically means that its bad for my heart and may kill my unborn child. I also though since my lower left side around my kidney area hurt, it was something not to take lightly as well. My out put was not matching my input of water. So they told me to come in and Hubby and I went off with the baby items to KP L&D. When we got there we had to go in the ER entrance which made me a tad upset because I couldn't walk into the main hospital because they close it down for the evenings and hubby had gone to park, not far away as I found out, I thought I was going to walk to the ER alone but Hubby parked a few seconds away so I caught up with him as I was walking to the ER entrance. Huffing up the hill I made it and was placed in one of the new wheelchairs they had and was promptly escorted to the L&D floor and was checked in. After changing, getting the wrist band, asked a bunch of questions about H1N1 and other items I was hooked up to the monitor and relaxed as the swishing of Bump's heart beat was going steady around the 140's. I got scared a few times when it either went up to 180's and the lowest was around 120's. Had to talk with bumpy about not going too low or going too high because it wouldn't make an impressive story to go into the baby book of how it was born. I got blood drawn and had to pee in a cup, but it was for the good of me and Bumpy so I lived through it. Hubby was trying to take cat naps off and on, but he found it really hard to get comfy but he said it was better than the stool he had the last time. Other than that I got a few naps here and there and was told at 2:30 am to call on Wednesday for my induction appointment. Signed the paper and went on my way. We got to the ER entrance and I remembered they never gave me my hospital card back, so we went back up to the L&D floor and had a nurse come to us and give the card back to me.
At around 3:30am finally got home and to save Hubby from getting up to feed the kitties in an hour I fed them their breakfast a bit early and then both of us went to sleep. Around 4:30 am the older cat Puma, started to bang around wanting hubby to get up, but since I had the most "sleep" under my eyes I decided to get up and move to the living room so hubby could sleep some more. That didn't work and hubby ended up asking me back to the bedroom and I passed out by then.
After we got up, we went out to eat breakfast and looked at the "Cube" which is a car made by Nissan. It actually was more roomy than either of us thought it would be. Hubby has been bitten by the new car bug as well because he wants to see what's out there and also he's been worried about some of the squeaks that the only car we have is making now. So I am going to put in my cents but I can not make the final decision for him. The final decision I need to make is what Toyota I want is. I have gotten it down to three. Vensa, Prius and the Rav4.

Last day in SF till Sunday night/Monday morning

In 5hrs I should be relaxing with the kitties and Hubby as today is the end of the 5 day 4 night journey to SF that didn't end with me in the hospital but a few times this week it almost did. I hopefully get to see the weekend end and the start of the week with the baby in my arms.

Just an FYI when the baby does come I will be posting in a new location, with a direct link from this website, as it will no longer be a pregnancy journal entry but a Baby Story and as it will be sad for me to end this journey of being pregnant, it will be the beginning of a new journey of the baby in the outside world and I hope the next time I am pregnant I will have the same motives to document each day, or at least try to because I know I skipped some days in the beginning.

Want to go back home and sleep in a real bed

I might be just a negative Nelly right now because I haven't had a real good sleep in 4 nights. But its been a good thing that I am up here and get to spend some time with my dad. Yesterday, before the post I got to go and see my kitties and make them happy for a little while. But I know no person or animal is going to be happy until the baby is born. I am predicting that it will come out June 1. Hubby says its 4 days away as today is May 28th but who knows. Only Bumpy knows for sure. I bet there is a calendar some where in its head that has a big red circle with a date its chosen for its birthday but all I can do is hope its not too far in advance that I would feel miserable going past 40 weeks. I wasn't joking with the MD about Bump's induction date on June 5th because I just want to have a baby by then. No more air mattress in SF. I want my twin bed from up in the loft if I am going to stay here again.

I took a picture of my belly today at 39 weeks so it should be up Friday night. :)

Not the Real deal

So after I wrote the post and watched a few TV shows on Hulu (on-line place for TV shows) the subsided enough for me to try to go to bed again. So I got my pillows together and some blankets and hunkered in for the long night. I ended up sleeping till 7:30am (about when this post was started) to tell you all that I had no child last night or early this morning but I know what to feel for when it is the real deal. Now Bumpy is kicking and moving so I am glad about that and my ute is soft and I am still at Bump Watch '09 status. Sorry about the scare, but the waiting game sucks!

The doctor stated that the HB of Bumpy has gone down 10 bpm to 140 bpm but still in the very healthy range and as long as there is movement and its not below 125ish it will stay till its ready. I stated to her that if I am still pregnant by June 4th *the 40 week appointment* I would not hesitate to get induced by June 5th. That was my EDD for Bumpy. After last night I don't know if I am going to make it till June, but as I stated in the wee morning, My water didn't break so there really isn't any time crunch at the moment. But I am prepared!

April 29, 1 more day to go

Not that I am excited or anything that this month is about wrapped up. Some how I am 35 weeks; 35 days to go, and on other places I am getting to be around that time as well. I guess I am going to go with what my doctor says as I am getting a bit too big for even my taste. But the baby will get here when it wants so I can't really say anything about time. Early or late its at a point where it can be born with out major complications and might surpass Hubby with being born on time or late like me.

I again thank the Aunt to the North for the baby items. I feel very happy that Bumpy is coming into a very loving family. I have a question though. Was it Aunt from the North or some one else that sent a shirt, a blanket and a crib sheet from Natural Organic Baby? There was no note or ship from and its from the state of Washington so I don't want to leave a thanks undone.

I am trying to order Thank You cards but I don't like the ones I see on line. I might have to talk Hubby to take me to Bridgepoint to the Hallmark store to order them there. Or since I have the order sku's I could call it in, unsure.

Bumpy's First Eartquake!

Dear Bumpy,

Even though you are still in my tummy and have no clue what went on today. A magnatude 4.3 earthquake hit the South Bay this morning and I did not feel you didn't stir.

Love,
Mom

PS you are active right now at 1:02 pm!

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A visit to L&D triage

For a 24 hr period I had some brown spotting when I go potty and thought to call the advice nurse. When I did that this afternoon, they had to transfer to Labor and Delivery as in my 3rd tri they wanted to see me as soon as I could be there. There was only one hitch, Hubby has the only car. So I had to wait for him to come home. The good news at least he didn't have to go hungry, I stopped at a pizza place before all of the mega drama and got a pizza and bread sticks so he was fed.
Back to the story, so when he came and picked me up and we got to the City, hubby dropped me off and I truged to the 3rd floor where L&D is located and got buzzed in. Hubby came in a little after wards by the securty gaurd asking me if he was my Hubby. Of course I said yes (I wasn't going to say no, but I wanted to) and we sat in the waiting room for a few seconds and were escorted in. Hooked up to a fetal moniter and had 1 contraction while I was monitered. Then after a half hour or so the doctor came in and did an internal exam (uncomfortable because of my back and everything that went a long with it) and took swabs to look for some cause that I could be there with the spotting. Turns out that I have a slight bacterial infection (got meds for) and got to see Bumpy's local in my tummy. Breach as of today. It can turn at any point but it's head looked perfect, heart pumping and growing big. The doctor got a picture (super small) and printed it out for me and I got a picture of the fetal heart rate strip. I'll put the pictures up as soon as I can, but can't say 100% when. I got some Meds and was sent home for the night to only return if I have some other issues like real bleeding and labor pains.

For me it was funny because when the advice nurse, L&D nurses and the doctor asked if I was having back or leg pains I stated that I was in a car accident a month ago so it was hard to distingous what was what!

In 7 1/2 months 1 ER visit (1 non baby related car accident), 1 L&D admit (see 1 NBR), 1 L&D triage watch and I still have 2 months to go after this!

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Back to work for Bump and I

High Ho, high ho it's off to work for me and Bump! Today is the first day to see if my micro tears in my back have made any progress in sitting for long periods of time. So far it's been a trial but I am working and Bump has been active by punching me and some times a kick. Time for lunch though I wish I was at home with the kitties and just being lazy! :)

Mobile Blogging from here.

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See the Light, Bump, See the Light

I don't know if Bumpy likes the light or just not use to things being bright in dark places, but when I tried to shine the flashlight around on top, side and bottom of the tummy it didn't respond but only once and I felt cheated. Because it should have tossed and turned away from the light and had a better response than what it did (Now its turning). Hubby stated in the morning I may have been shining the light around its butt but because I don't have the portable Ultra Sound Machine at my home, I can't tell what position its at to shine the flash light for the movement.

Right now Hubby is making room for the movers to move the last of the junk from our old home to this one. I feel bad because the times I have had this week to look through the boxes and I didn't. I think I can get through them after all are here so that I feel like I did something because Hubby will complain about the closet being cluttered and I don't want to hear him go on and on about it.

Also see the March 12th entry for the I pledge widget that actually works now!