19 Weeks and 3 Days

Today was my follow up appointment because of my high blood pressure. They've officially diagnosed me with PIH - Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. They weren't too concerned with today's BP, though it was just about as high as the last one. I showed them the log of BP's that I had, and he was pleased. I am to continue monitoring my BP (daily and with any headaches/signs/symptoms) and then notify him if the diastolic raises above 90 mmHg. Thankfully, it hasn't hit that point - it's been close a few times, but hasn't hit it. I showed him the cat bite that I got yesterday and he said it all looked fine. He just said to watch for any signs of an infection. I go back in 3 weeks (better than 2, but still not back up to the 4 weeks I was at) and if I have any problems with pain, I'm to call him ASAP (I guess pain in your back isn't completely normal - I figured it came with the territory). It wasn't as though it came in intervals or anything of that nature. Oh well. They measured the baby's heartrate - though he doesn't listen as long as I would like him to listen.

In other news, I won the auction for the crib set I wanted! It should be here within the week... I didn't win the light (scroll down) but I'm sure I will find another one like it before the baby comes - which seems to be in mid-late February I keep getting told, despite the fact that my due date isn't until March 19. But as long as she/he is healthy, I'll be happy.

Crib Picture

This is not the set that is going in the crib (though it is rather adorable) but this is *THE* crib...I found it at Target and fell in love with it... It's the 5-in-1 version, so it will grown with the baby. (It also matches the Armoire from Aunt Helen rather nicely! Big Plus!)

Nursery!

We've finally decided that instead of waiting for the baby to let the gender be known, we're going to go ahead with a gender neutral theme, just in case. I found the CUTEST Pooh Set...and a really cute light to match it...Yeah, it's on EBay, but it's never been used, so what's it matter in the grand scheme of things? It closes in two days and at $85 the reserve price hadn't been met, but here's hoping. Considering the set I wanted previously was over $200, even paying $100 would be cheap.

Ultrasound Images

The "BIG" Ultrasound and it's a...

...little brat. (smile) Already he or she has quite the personality. Peanut (as some of my friends have started calling him/her) refused to cooperate. When they first started the U/S he/she was waving and kicking away at the wand...as we got through with all the main stuff (heart, head, measurements, etc) the tech started to look for the sex... No go. He/She had their legs closed right tight. So the tech started doing other measurements... We move back to get the gender and now he/she has their ankles crossed. So she does a few other measurements that she doesn't really need just to kill time... We go back down again and now, the little brat was literally sitting indian style and we couldn't get up underneath or above enough to tell. *Sigh* Oh well. At least everything measured well. He/She is quite the active one - kicking away and waving...we even saw him/her sucking their thumb which was sweet to see. We got to measure the circumfrence of the head and torso as well as measuring the 4 long bones... Talk about long legs! Oh well... I guess I'm not supposed to know yet (but go ahead - ask me if I'm taking my own advice) but all measured well and appears really healthy after yesterday's B/P fiasco, so I suppose I don't have anything to complaint about. I'll get the pictures scanned soon.

17 Week Appointment

So I went in for my Dr's appointment today feeling great. I was in a great mood, didn't feel sick like I had this morning (couldn't stop throwing up ) and was just overall ready for the appointment. We do the urine check which was fine (no trace of the albumin that had been in the last sample) and then we start the vital signs. I didn't gain a single pound...which was nice...and the Dr was happy about. But then we moved on to my blood pressure. I've almost always ran 120/80's... However today, my blood pressure was 136/96. The nurse wasn't happy - everything else checked out though. So DH and I go into the exam room to wait for the Dr and he comes in and looks at the chart - sees the BP and immediately tells me to lay down. So I lay down, he checks the baby's HR and everything is fine - sounded like about 160's or so... Then he checks the fundal height, which was also good. Next thing I know, he's telling me to lay on my side and that I'm going to lay there until my pressure comes down. If it doesn't come down enough, he says, he's going to ship me to the hospital. Just the thing to tell a pregnant woman who's pressure is already too high. So I lay down, think relaxing things, and he starts telling me that we're not going to wait until 20 weeks(+) to do the BIG U/S...he's going to bump it up to tomorrow to make sure that everything's OK with the baby because of the blood pressure. He also wants to draw more blood and do a 24 hour urine test to make sure that everything is in order...all in all, they don't know what caused the spike because as the nurse told him, I was fine when I came in and didn't show any signs of being nervous, etc. After all that, he tells me to come back in 2 weeks...which is 2 weeks shy of the monthly schedule I'm supposed to be on... They then recheck my pressure - and it's down, to 118/66... I can't explain it, the nurse can't explain it, the Dr looked surprised....no one knows what the deal is. So while I'm not as nervous as I was then, I'm still a tad nervous. But thankfully, we find out tomorrow what the sex is, (hopefully if peanut cooperates) and they're going to recheck the pressure tomorrow to make sure it's better.