Friday, October 26, 2007
BabyHarris Update 10/25/2007- 36 weeks
Today was my 36 week appointment for BabyHarris (still no name, but we might be getting closer). We're right around the corner now!!
My blood pressure is still low, at 98/56, even after all the stresses of this past week. I'm very surprised!
My blood work came back from last week's appt and my white blood cell count is out of range, high, and so is something else. The nurse said that white blood cells go up when the body is trying to fight off infection. My doctor is not worried because he said that it's typical for someone at this stage of the pregnancy to have a higher white blood cell count... maybe my body is fighting the flu shot I received a couple of weeks ago.
Anyway, he checked the cervix for the first time, and I'm dilated at 1 cm and 50% efaced. This means, I have a LONG way to go to get to 10 cm dilated!!
He also noticed that I'm very swollen. He walked in the room and was just staring at my face asking if everything was ok. He said my face was very swollen, so he immediately checked my legs and feet for preeclampsia, but I don't have that, which is good! Apparently I'm just retaining a lot more water than he's used to seeing in such a short time. I also noticed my "chubby" face a couple of days ago when I looked in the mirror. I just figured it was all catching up to me and my face was finally seeing some effects.... it must be water retention!!
Anyway, next appt is next Friday at 9am. Hopefully I'll be more like 4 cm dilated so we can get this train a movin'!!!
My blood pressure is still low, at 98/56, even after all the stresses of this past week. I'm very surprised!
My blood work came back from last week's appt and my white blood cell count is out of range, high, and so is something else. The nurse said that white blood cells go up when the body is trying to fight off infection. My doctor is not worried because he said that it's typical for someone at this stage of the pregnancy to have a higher white blood cell count... maybe my body is fighting the flu shot I received a couple of weeks ago.
Anyway, he checked the cervix for the first time, and I'm dilated at 1 cm and 50% efaced. This means, I have a LONG way to go to get to 10 cm dilated!!
He also noticed that I'm very swollen. He walked in the room and was just staring at my face asking if everything was ok. He said my face was very swollen, so he immediately checked my legs and feet for preeclampsia, but I don't have that, which is good! Apparently I'm just retaining a lot more water than he's used to seeing in such a short time. I also noticed my "chubby" face a couple of days ago when I looked in the mirror. I just figured it was all catching up to me and my face was finally seeing some effects.... it must be water retention!!
Anyway, next appt is next Friday at 9am. Hopefully I'll be more like 4 cm dilated so we can get this train a movin'!!!
Monday, October 1, 2007
Baby Shower Pictures from Sept 8
Here are some pictures from the September 8 baby shower.
This onesie says "Houses for Sale: Donna@donnahomes.com. She's going to be a walking advertisment.
This onesie says "Houses for Sale: Donna@donnahomes.com. She's going to be a walking advertisment.
Week 32 Doctor's Appointment
I now go to the doctor every two weeks, so I had my week 32 appt this morning. Blood pressure has gone up a little from 96/52 up to 100/60. Still not "high", but it's higher. Much higher than the day I was 98/42!!
The scale almost broke, but they have a spare in the back!! LOL
The heartrate for the baby dropped from a consistant 154 down to 143. She must have just fallen asleep since she was moving a lot right before the appt, but was still as can be as soon as I was taken back to one of the rooms.
My uterus messured at 32 weeks, so we're right on schedule there too.
I also received my flu shot. Everyone who will be around the baby for long (or even short) periods of time needs to get a flu shot!! Yes, MOM, that includes you!!
The scale almost broke, but they have a spare in the back!! LOL
The heartrate for the baby dropped from a consistant 154 down to 143. She must have just fallen asleep since she was moving a lot right before the appt, but was still as can be as soon as I was taken back to one of the rooms.
My uterus messured at 32 weeks, so we're right on schedule there too.
I also received my flu shot. Everyone who will be around the baby for long (or even short) periods of time needs to get a flu shot!! Yes, MOM, that includes you!!
Baby Shower
The baby shower was on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I think Mike had more fun than he was going to allow himself to have. Only half the people we invited showed up, and some people who gave a yes on the RSVP didn't show up, but it was still a lot of fun with the people that were there.
Many great gifts. Some include a high chair, bottles, books, car items, and the best, not to play favorites, was the "cake". This cake was made of diapers, onesies, socks, hats, spoons, cups, pacifiers, and a couple of stuffed animals with one being a teether animal. I didn't want to tear it apart, but had a lot of fun doing it! I'll post a picture later, as I haven't downloaded my pictures yet.
We had a cupcake cake that was half vanilla and half chocolate. YUM!
Thanks Mom and Trish!!
Many great gifts. Some include a high chair, bottles, books, car items, and the best, not to play favorites, was the "cake". This cake was made of diapers, onesies, socks, hats, spoons, cups, pacifiers, and a couple of stuffed animals with one being a teether animal. I didn't want to tear it apart, but had a lot of fun doing it! I'll post a picture later, as I haven't downloaded my pictures yet.
We had a cupcake cake that was half vanilla and half chocolate. YUM!
Thanks Mom and Trish!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
BabyHarris Update
Today I am 32 weeks along! Time sure went by fast at the beginning, but now the last few weeks have been dragging along!
Since I'm just starting this, I'll need to backtrack a little. Here's a picture at about 8 weeks:
And here's a picture at about 20 weeks when we found out it's a GIRL:
Other things that have happened are that I failed the Glucose test by 2 points at week 27, and had to go in and take a 3 hour Diabetes test. In order to have accurate results, it requires fasting for 12 hours, and also nothing to eat or drink during the three hour test. Making a pregnant woman not eat or drink for over 15 hours is just cruel!!
I also found out at week 27 that I'm allergic to the baby. Yes, allergic to the baby!! It's called PUPPP (Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy). There is no known cause and no known cure. It happens in about 1 in 200 first time pregnancies (0.5%) in which 70% of those have boys. Since I'm having a girl, I've defied the odds! It's supposed to be like chicken pox where it doesn't reoccur, but you never know!
For the time being, I'm doped up on anti-histamines and cortisone cream mixed with anti-itch cream, and I'm doing better, I didn't really sleep during weeks 26-30, but now my body is figuring out how to sleep through the itch, and I'm getting more rest.
Andrea, one of my friends that I've known since third grade, threw me a baby shower on Sept 8. It was a lot of fun and BabyHarris got a lot of cool things!
My mom and Trish are throwing a Couples Shower on Saturday. I'll post more then.
Since I'm just starting this, I'll need to backtrack a little. Here's a picture at about 8 weeks:
And here's a picture at about 20 weeks when we found out it's a GIRL:
Other things that have happened are that I failed the Glucose test by 2 points at week 27, and had to go in and take a 3 hour Diabetes test. In order to have accurate results, it requires fasting for 12 hours, and also nothing to eat or drink during the three hour test. Making a pregnant woman not eat or drink for over 15 hours is just cruel!!
I also found out at week 27 that I'm allergic to the baby. Yes, allergic to the baby!! It's called PUPPP (Pruritic Urticarial Papules and Plaques of Pregnancy). There is no known cause and no known cure. It happens in about 1 in 200 first time pregnancies (0.5%) in which 70% of those have boys. Since I'm having a girl, I've defied the odds! It's supposed to be like chicken pox where it doesn't reoccur, but you never know!
For the time being, I'm doped up on anti-histamines and cortisone cream mixed with anti-itch cream, and I'm doing better, I didn't really sleep during weeks 26-30, but now my body is figuring out how to sleep through the itch, and I'm getting more rest.
Andrea, one of my friends that I've known since third grade, threw me a baby shower on Sept 8. It was a lot of fun and BabyHarris got a lot of cool things!
My mom and Trish are throwing a Couples Shower on Saturday. I'll post more then.
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