I had an ultrasound and monitoring appointment at Peace Arch Hospital today... I had a bit of a rough morning before, jut not feeling well and stressed out - which is the worst thing for me right now - and had an argument with B on the phone which ended with me hanging up on him - after telling him that I couldnt deal with him and was going to hang up - somehow that makes me feel better. I just wish that he wouldnt put things off that are important and need to be taken care of... maybe because I have a lot on my mind and feel like I can't be the one to worry about everything. He got me the info I needed though and gave me a nice stress relieving hug when he got home to take me to the hospital.
My ultrasound went well, Emma was squirming around a lot and weighed in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and the tech told me that she is head down again. This is good and bad news, well mostly good meaning that we will not need to schedule a C section right now. Bad news is that we were both sort of hoping for that outcome at this point only because then we would just be able to schedule it and have her be born now and wouldnt have to worry about any Pre-Eclampsia complications. But in the end if I can deliver vaginally it would be a good thing and they still may induce my labour sooner than at 40 weeks because of my blood pressure.
Next I was admitted and went upstairs to the maternity ward to have my labwork, Non Stress Test and blood pressure monitoring done. It is a little boring sitting in the little room by myself, but one thing I do enjoy is hearing Emma's heartbeat magnified through the speakers... it is such a reasurring sound. My BP was better today, classified as High Normal, I am still showing protein in my urine which was the start of this whole thing and Emma was doing okay. They were a little concerned that she wasnt moving much although her heartrate was good but I explained that she had been moving a lot during my ultrasound so she might just be tired. They still kept me hooked up longer though to be on the safe side and sure enough she woke up after about an hour or hour and a half and seemed to take some joy in booting me in the tummy for a good ten minutes. Finally convinced that she was happy and healthy they let me go. My sister had come to pick me up and we just stopped at the desk to make my next appointment for monitoring on Monday and get a refund for the prenatal class that B and I were supposed to be attending on Saturday and are no longer allowed to go to and then we got to leave.
This photo is of the machine that monitors the baby, that is heart rate on the left and all those squiggles on the sheet happen every time she moves inside me.
Once home I took some pity on Kalli and took her out in the back yard for some playtime. Technically this is a no no but she is really missing her daily exercise so I just sat in a lawn chair with the chuckit and threw her ball for her for a half hour... she was so so happy!
The rest of the day was better, went to bed to read a bunch of information they gave me at the hospital that we would have gotten at our class on Saturday, then fell asleep until B came home. He went and got stuff to make dinner, my dad stopped by for a few minutes to give B a package that had come for him, I watched some tv, ate and now I am about to go to bed again.
The days are passing quickly at least... and I have a lot to look forward to!
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