Thursday, April 30, 2009

Trip to L&D

Wednesday night I got my first taste of Labor and Delivery. I had been randomly vomiting for days and was starting to get shaky, and having a few contractions. I figured I was getting pretty dehydrated despite my attempts to keep liquid down. I went in to see the doctor for a blood pressure check (i have a history of throwing up with Pre-E) which was borderline high... just like it has been for the last 2 months. They sent me to L&D to be "checked" to make sure nothing else was looming. I was checked (no dilation, which is a good thing at this point with the Placenta Previa), put on the monitors, and hooked up to an IV. I also had blood tests done to make sure I wasn't showing signs of Pre-Eclampsia in my liver, etc. Those tests also came back great! The baby's heart rate was GREAT, very reactive. Every time they did something to me, her heart rate would jump. I don't think she liked the IV's either! After multiple blood pressure checks, I have been diagnosed with Pre-Eclampsia. I have been put on official BEDREST... CRY! I will be having to go into the hospital multiple times a week for a Non-Stress test to make sure we don't get any worse. We need to give this baby another 2 weeks to finish growing! So, I will spend the remainder of this pregnancy being watched and laying down. Anyone want to come clean my house, play with my kids, or make my family dinner? It's going to be a LONG 2 weeks!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

2 years old going on .... 16?

Lainey has decided she LOVES cars, not playing with cars.... Driving cars! I can't tell you how many times I have found her inside our car pretending she is driving to grandmas, the store, a friends house... you name it! The other day, it was raining so we couldn't go outside so the real car was unavailable for her play (like it is ever SUPPOSED to be available!) so she made her own. She emptied my laundry basket (of course I had just loaded it with folded clothes to be hauled upstairs... =D ) found her booster seat and put it inside and found her "cell phone", keys (random extra key chains that I have put together with some old keys for her) and off she went. If I remember correctly, she was headed to grandma's house on this day. I love her impness and creativity to figure out how to make her play happen. How can you not respect her determination to make it all come together? If I only had half that determination I could concur the world!
P.S. I didn't even get mad at her for emptying the laundry basket... how could you get mad at that?!? Using her "cell phone" to call daddy to let him know of his progress
"Driving" her car. I think she was speeding!

My imp... what more can you say?!?
(the blue on her face? Her new favorite love, stickers. It doesn't matter where they come from, but they ALWAYS go on the cheeks!)

Happy Easter... a tad late!

Here are the Easter Pics I promised. I know they're late, but give me a break... I'm having a baby in 2 1/2 weeks! =D
Lainey Playing with her new puzzle from the "easter bunny"
Ky showing off his goodies from the "bunny"


My kids in their Easter Duds! (Can you believe how OLD Ky looks?!? I'm so NOT ready to have an 8 year old!)





I know the easter clothes pictures are a little rough but the sun was SO bright when we took them before church, I decided to scrap the photo session and try again after church.... After church it was raining. Gotta love the Northwest in the spring time!











Monday, April 13, 2009

Ultrasound Update

First of all, Happy late Easter. I have photos I want to share, but that is going to have to come at a later date. The camera is down stairs and I'm done walking up and down stairs for the day! =D I have people waiting on an update on my latest Doc appointment so I wanted to quickly get this written for them.

At my doctor's appointment today we did another ultrasound to see how our little peanut is fairing. She looks great at this point. She is a little smaller then my due date says at this point, measuring in at 31 weeks, instead of 33 weeks like I currently am. Her guesstimate weight is at this point is 4 lbs 3 oz. It totally boggles the mind that I am carrying 4 lbs of baby in there! We finally got to see our first profile picture of the little munchkin. She was sucking her thumb!! So cute. We have a real mover and shaker in there. Even the doctor commented on how much she was jiving in there! She has moved to the head down position, which is great....

EXCEPT....

You guessed it. The placenta has NOT moved an INCH... unless you count settling in more fully over the cervix. I still have a complete Placenta Previa and at this point there is very little, if no hope for it to move. It would just have to move too much in too little time. So, I am officially having a C-section. It is tentatively set for the last week in May, making me 39 weeks. Seeing that she is on the small (but still within the safe parameters) side, they want to give her as much time to bulk up as they can, without risking me going into labor on my own as that could be very dangerous for both me and the baby. There are a few things that could have this baby coming earlier then planned, such as my blood pressure being funky, or severe bleeding but hopefully everything will be smooth sailing from here on out!

Here's to hoping!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

April Fool's Day Love, Mother Nature


This is what we woke up to on April 2, 2009.

The pictures kinda say it all doesn't it! I can just see Mother Nature getting a good laugh out of it! Poor Kyrin's snowboots bit the dust about a month ago so he has been going bootless for the last month, who ever would have thought we would need boots in APRIL?!? Kyrin's birthday is the end of this month, and we USUALLY have an outdoor party. It's USUALLY pretty nice by then, but this year?!?! I guess only time will tell! I thought you all would get a good laugh out of our inches and inches of snow! (the pictures don't show it well, but there was about 5-7" of snow out there before it started warming up a bit. But don't let the warming trend fool you, we are still under a Winter Storm Warning and I forsee more snow before the day is out!)