Come out squishy!

Here is a little recap of the recent events...

Last night we finally got the results about the preeclamsia.  And I do have it infact it is pretty severe which is so weird to me.  From what I have learned from the doctors and nurses there are 4 factors they look for:
High Blood Pressure
Protein in urine
Something in blood work
Dizzyness, blurry vision, headache, seeing spots and pain in the chest

My blood work came back beautiful and I have had no other physical symptoms (dizzyness etc) I have had high blood pressure which was why they were keeping me at the hospital to await the results of the 24 urine test.  The doctor said that if the protein count was above 300 it was condsidered preeclamsia.  Well my number was close to 5000!  Woah.  I am glad they figure out everything when they did especially since I have been feeling fine. 

To be "eclamtic" is to have a sesizure, so that is why they moniter me so closely, they don't want me to seize out.  To help prevent this I have had to be on an IV of magnesium sulfate.  It is pretty icky, it is making me feel groggy and hot, blah.  So last night I had to be on the magnesium and had cervidal put in to help soften my cervix to be ready for pictocin this morning.  I kept hoping the cervidal would put me into labor but it didn't, oh well.  At least I got a little sleep last night exept for being hot and having to pee all the time.

Now I have been having pitocin since 8:30 this morning (it is 11:30 now) but nothing has started yet..... the nurse said the magnesium fights with the pitocin so it is a little battle.  I really really hope that things will get started soon.

I am feeling pretty groggy and kind of nauseous, I am not allowed to eat anything of coures, not that I want any food.  Surprisingly I am looking forward to some nice contractions because that means I will get to meet this baby sooner!

I was thinking how glad I am that we are being surprised this time around, it adds something fun to look forward too since this is not the birthing experiance I had planned. But I am staying positive and trying to enjoy it as much as I can!

Thanks for all the nice thoughts and prayers, I love that we have technology that I can share this with my friends and family so quickley.  And all the nice facebook really make me feel better! 

Hopefully the next time I post it will include pictures of a baby! 

At the hospital

So I am sitting here in the hospital waiting to see if I have preeclamsia or not.  From what I know it can be dangerous for mom because of high blood pressure.  I looked it up yesterday and was sure I couldn't really have it because well I have no symptoms of it (blurry vision, head aches, seeing spots or pain in my tummy)  I have just had some protein in my urine and my blood pressure kept creaping up.

Yesterday my doctor had me do a 24 hour urine sample, I won't go into details on how fun that was... that is what we are awaiting the test results.  The blood tests came back normal.  But my blood pressure is still high as I sit here in the hospital so I am guessing that I will probably be induced...

I am not really excited to be induced, for the last couple of months I have been mentally preparing for a wonderful natural hypnobirthing using hypnobabies.  I have had quite a few friends use it and had wonderful experiances.  And I anticipate everything to be wonderful this time even though it is not beginning the way I want it.  I am trying to stay positive about the whole situation.  I am really really excited to meet this baby and I am certainly DONE being pregnant, I just keep hoping I will spontaneously go into labor right this second :) 

It is weird to me since I have had such a normal pregnancy just like the other 2.  The doctor said it can come at anytime and there is nothing I did to cause it, I guess that makes me feel a little bit better.

I am so happy I have wonderful friends that can watch Mason and Lily and Ralph while I wait here at the hospital forever and ever!  Danny is at home right now getting all my stuff that I didn't have packed because I was sure I would have a least a week before anything happened.

It is snowing outside, how beautiful!  All right back to my book and awaiting the doctors word.  I just wanted to write a few thougths down before I forgot. 

Prayers are much appreciated :) 

xoxo

Boy or Girl?  Red hair?  I am so excited to meet my baby :)

Alright here is my last post of the year...I haven't been that great at updating and keeping a journal of this pregnancy but I have been good at taking a pictures every week (minus 18 and 19 weeks)  After the initial terrible all day sickness until about 16 weeks I have been feeling pretty great.  I am certainly more tired this around since I can't rest and sleep as much as I did when I was pregnant with the other 2, and I haven't exercised AT ALL, but whatever.  Taking care of a 4 and 2 year old has to count for some exercise :)  We nick named our baby squishy because we are being surprised and don't know the gender, and squishy seems perfect since my babies are so big!  So with out further a do here is my belly, 17- 34 weeks!  We can't wait to meet this baby in early Feb :) 

Lily and babies

 Lily loves babies, both real and dolls.  She has such a great nurturing nature even though it can be a little scary at times (with real babies) My favorite is when I find what she has done with her babies around the house.  Here are some from the year when I remembered to take a picture :)

Mason's Photography

 I thought it would be fun to post a year in review for Mason's photography.  These are some of my favorite pictures that he took this year with my iPhone.  I love it when I get random surprises of 20+ pictures of feet and toys around the house, what a cute kid!