i can't believe it has been 3 weeks .... (3 weeks!) since i last blogged!
so much has happened that i want to tell but don't really know where to start ...
without rambling on and on.
and NO i have not had the baby. for those of you who are wondering!
the last week of august was somewhat eventful for us ... well, me anyway.
here is a little rundown ...
(mostly for my documentation)
Monday August 23: 34 week doctor appointment. still measuring 4 weeks small (30 wks) but i guess still nothing to worry about? the baby is growing ... dr. young put in his guess that this baby will be 7 lbs. 4 oz. full term.
at that same appointment, after talking baby stuff, i brought up LAKE POWELL. jordan and i were supposed to go there TOGETHER that sunday (August 29th). and it was an ADULT trip. no kids allowed. i am not sure why i even said anything but i had kind of been tooling around with whether i should really go or not. the doc answered that for me ... "absolutely not." not because anything would happen but what if something happened? i would not want to be 6 hours away from the hospital i am supposed to deliver in ... get the point? ... i did! i don't know who was more disappointed ... jord - because he thought he might have to stay home with me, me - because i really was looking forward to just relaxing and catching some last summer sun rays, or my mom - because she really wanted to get some bonding time with east for a whole week!
at that same appointment, after talking baby stuff, i brought up LAKE POWELL. jordan and i were supposed to go there TOGETHER that sunday (August 29th). and it was an ADULT trip. no kids allowed. i am not sure why i even said anything but i had kind of been tooling around with whether i should really go or not. the doc answered that for me ... "absolutely not." not because anything would happen but what if something happened? i would not want to be 6 hours away from the hospital i am supposed to deliver in ... get the point? ... i did! i don't know who was more disappointed ... jord - because he thought he might have to stay home with me, me - because i really was looking forward to just relaxing and catching some last summer sun rays, or my mom - because she really wanted to get some bonding time with east for a whole week!
Wednesday August 25: i woke up in the middle of the night shaking and sweating. i thought it was just an anxiety attack. i said a few little prayers to help me calm down and go back to sleep. somehow i made it through the night ...
Thursday August 26: when i woke up i still felt a little shaky. and crappy really. i don't know how to explain it. nothing sounded good to eat and i felt like i was going to throw up. i was really hot and couldn't seem to ever cool down. i felt tired and weak. i felt "panicky" all day until early afternoon so i called jord to come home from work. he gave me a blessing and i ate a little bit of lunch. i laid low for the rest of the day drinking water and powerade (cause .... thanks to my mom ... we thought it might be dehydration) while jord played and tended to east. the poor kid thought his mom was SO lazy and worthless ...
Friday August 27: i woke up feeling shaky again. jordan had to go to work to get some bids done and i didn't want to go through another day of feeling what i felt the day before so i immediately text my friend (ashley - you are a lifesaver!) to watch east and i headed to labor and delivery at the hospital. i told them everything i was feeling and they immediately got an iv going in me ... as the nurse was poking my hand my heart started to beat really fast (i think i was feeling a little anxious) and the baby's heartbeat dropped really LOW. the nurses started to freak out, calling for dr. young to come asap. they thought that maybe ... just maybe they were going to have to do an emergency c-section. what!? i was kind of excited and ready! although jord wasn't there. but soon enough i calmed down and the baby's heartbeat got back to normal. all of my tests (blood and urine) looked good but did show that i was dehydrated and had a little heat exhaustion on top of it. i was given 2 bags of fluid. and after a few hours of being watched and monitored (the baby too), i was sent home. i felt a lot better to say the least!
as soon as my mom heard i was in the hospital and that maybe ... just maybe i would have an emergency c-section, she caught the first flight out of atlanta. i don't know what i would do without her. she was planning to come anyway for the week to watch east for us while we went to powell and even though i didn't go she still came and got some bonding time with our little wild man! she is a SAINT! she fed him, bathed him, took him to the park, took him shopping to PC, went out to lunch with him, watched Dora and Diego over and over with him, and even slept with him during the nights. even though i was there most of the time and slept in a room below them ... it was like i wasn't even really there. i was able to let my body still rest and gain most of it's strength back after that horrible dehydration experience. and if you haven't guessed yet ... YES, jord still went to LAKE POWELL. i told him to go though. he deserved another break and he had been looking forward to going (and mostly wake boarding) for a long time. i am still waiting to get pictures from the friends he went with ... i will be posting them as soon as i get them!
Sunday August 29: went to church with mom, jac, and corin. met grandma at our house. sent jord off to powell and then headed to midway for the week!
Thursday August 26: when i woke up i still felt a little shaky. and crappy really. i don't know how to explain it. nothing sounded good to eat and i felt like i was going to throw up. i was really hot and couldn't seem to ever cool down. i felt tired and weak. i felt "panicky" all day until early afternoon so i called jord to come home from work. he gave me a blessing and i ate a little bit of lunch. i laid low for the rest of the day drinking water and powerade (cause .... thanks to my mom ... we thought it might be dehydration) while jord played and tended to east. the poor kid thought his mom was SO lazy and worthless ...
Friday August 27: i woke up feeling shaky again. jordan had to go to work to get some bids done and i didn't want to go through another day of feeling what i felt the day before so i immediately text my friend (ashley - you are a lifesaver!) to watch east and i headed to labor and delivery at the hospital. i told them everything i was feeling and they immediately got an iv going in me ... as the nurse was poking my hand my heart started to beat really fast (i think i was feeling a little anxious) and the baby's heartbeat dropped really LOW. the nurses started to freak out, calling for dr. young to come asap. they thought that maybe ... just maybe they were going to have to do an emergency c-section. what!? i was kind of excited and ready! although jord wasn't there. but soon enough i calmed down and the baby's heartbeat got back to normal. all of my tests (blood and urine) looked good but did show that i was dehydrated and had a little heat exhaustion on top of it. i was given 2 bags of fluid. and after a few hours of being watched and monitored (the baby too), i was sent home. i felt a lot better to say the least!
as soon as my mom heard i was in the hospital and that maybe ... just maybe i would have an emergency c-section, she caught the first flight out of atlanta. i don't know what i would do without her. she was planning to come anyway for the week to watch east for us while we went to powell and even though i didn't go she still came and got some bonding time with our little wild man! she is a SAINT! she fed him, bathed him, took him to the park, took him shopping to PC, went out to lunch with him, watched Dora and Diego over and over with him, and even slept with him during the nights. even though i was there most of the time and slept in a room below them ... it was like i wasn't even really there. i was able to let my body still rest and gain most of it's strength back after that horrible dehydration experience. and if you haven't guessed yet ... YES, jord still went to LAKE POWELL. i told him to go though. he deserved another break and he had been looking forward to going (and mostly wake boarding) for a long time. i am still waiting to get pictures from the friends he went with ... i will be posting them as soon as i get them!
Sunday August 29: went to church with mom, jac, and corin. met grandma at our house. sent jord off to powell and then headed to midway for the week!
1 comments:
Scary... I'm glad all is well. Do you see Dr. Young at the Orem clinic? I had to see him due to my reg OB being away at a funeral and I had an emergency situation. Just wondering if you LUVVV him as a dr. and your opinion, for future? You are darling pregnant:)
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