Let’s see, where did I leave off…
Oh, yes, back to November. We had 3 baby showers total. Our mustache bash thrown by our community group friends, a book shower thrown by my momma and mother-in-law and then PK’s work also did a small gifts/cake thing for us! PK’s cousin, Amy, is a L&D nurse at the hospital where we’re going to deliver, so she gave us a tour of the hospital, so now we feel more comfortable with where everything is!
After our showers were over, I think we went into major nesting mode. PK cleaned out the attic and added more flooring up there, so we could prepare for more accumulation of boxes over the next few years. We completely emptied two closets and cleaned out all the junk and organized. I went through all of the baby gifts that we got and categorized everything and made lists of things we still needed.
I had regular checkups on 11/15/12 (31w4d) and 11/29/12 (33w4d) with nothing exciting to report. We also went to a breastfeeding class at the hospital one evening. We spent Thanksgiving in Austin with family. I met with a great pediatrician that I really like, so I’m happy to have that checked off my list too!
This past Saturday, we were signed up for a Childbirth class at the hospital. PK ended up having a business trip, so he wasn’t going to be able to go with me, so I was kinda bitter that I was going to have to go by myself along with my two pillows. However, I only lasted in the class for about 30 minutes before I started feeling faint and having cold sweats. I went outside the classroom and laid down in the hallway for a few minutes. I wasn’t having any labor pains and could still feeling the baby moving, so I was convinced that it was just the start of a cold and needed to go home and go back to bed.
After sleeping and eating back at home, I still was not feeling very good and had a bad headache. And my headache didn’t improve even after taking Tylenol. I was supposed to help babysit a friend’s toddler that night, but on my way over to their house, I started seeing stars and my vision got blurry and it was hard to focus. {Actually, I was seeing sideways sparkly Christmas trees, instead of stars, hah!}
I had heard that blurry vision or seeing stars was a symptom of high blood pressure, so I decided to get my blood pressure checked at a Walgreens on the way. After the first reading was high, I decided to call the on-call doctor to get her recommendation and she suggested that I go ahead and make a trip to Labor & Delivery because these were all symptoms of gestational hypertension.
Although it had been a pretty bad day up until now, more severe freaking out began, especially since PK was still in California on a business trip. AND my parents, who are normally only a few hours away, are at their house in New Mexico for vacation. Luckily, I’ve got great girlfriends, who accompanied me to the hospital! Thank goodness, I was only at the hospital for about 3 hours. They ran some labs on my blood & urine and everything came back clear, and my blood pressure had dropped significantly since arriving at the hospital. I knew it was a good sign when the nurse came in the room with juice and snacks! I was sent home, with orders to take it easy.
I was at home in bed by 9:30pm and PK’s flight landed around midnight. I gave him a pretty big scare, but we both breathed a big sigh of relief when he was home and was not going straight from the airport to the hospital! I’m hoping that was a one-time occurrence and that we’re not battling this for the rest of this pregnancy, but we’ll just have to see! Very thankful that my blood pressure came down and all labs were clear, so I was able to go home and we didn’t have to consider any other scarier options.
Of course, I’m thankful that baby is alright too. We got to hear his heartbeat at the hospital, while I was all hooked up to stuff and he has kicked me about a million times since then to make sure I know that he’s doing okay. Love this little nugget so much already.
Here’s to a less eventful couple of weeks before he arrives!
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