So i though since we fooled everyone on Tuesday about thinking the little guy was here i had to give you a little update.. and while i was at it blog the few important things that have happened before i don't want to be blogging and all we will be doing is staring at our baby all day long. So here it is in some what of an order.
First Before Mothers day Weekend Shaun & Lisa threw the "Gines baby shower" it was incredible in every way they always go above and beyond and make things SO elaborate and nice.

Jodi (Kays Cousin) and i.. Jodi is Due Two days after me!!

The amazingly cute "Diaper three Motorcycle" Shaun made seriously just look close how cute of an idea! Keys Working light..everything

Candy bar

These beauties with the biggest yummiest strawberries on them! so cute! it was SO much fun and there were so many people who come! felt very loved and pampered! thanks ladies your the best!

So this is where things start to get a tad hairy The two weeks before Mothers day weekend were Proms (and we had a prom on m-day too) so i had already worked over time the two weeks before our 2nd busiest time of the year, plus on tip of that the week of Mothers day i worked 60 hours!! 20 hours of overtime!! 9 months pregnant i know what your thinking..."what were you thinking"!!! well we were short handed and very busy and really i felt great!!! so why not work and help out?! i had been working full time if not more up to this point so thought no biggy. Well everything was going smooth up to about Friday and i got home and found my feet (see above pic) my ankles were gone,legs totally swollen,toes and feet cold and blueish and a permanent flip flop mark left indented into my feet!!! i just laughed and though "well i went this long with no swelling, so i should feel lucky". Well Saturday was my birthday... so i got off work a little early 7-5 instead of 7-8 ha ha

Kayson made this cake and brought it to me at work!! so cute! and then my family took me out to one of my fav places tucci's ..

and came home to a decorated house, balloons, an ICE CREAM cake my fav with gummy bears!! ha ha and gifts (they are far far too good to me) and always make my b-day special even though i always have to work! love your guts guys it was perfect!

So that next day i woke up feeling like i had been hit by a truck! ha ha i was SO tired! still i had a great Mothers day. The boys made me and my Mom a HUGE breakfast spread and even our favorite pie for breakfast dessert!

Opened our M-day goodies and ate, they made SO much food!

So Sunday was great! Went back to work Monday and was fine felt like i got to relax a little on the weekend and was feeling great! Went in for our Doc. App on Tues (Now going once a week) and the Doctor took my blood pressure it was high..too high, he took it again and again, then made me lay down and took it again, then again, no joke! He said the week before it was a tad high and now it is really high. I OVER DID IT! working all those hours i knew i had! i was bummed. I have had a perfect pregnancy up to this point..bummer. So he looked Kayson in the eyes and said "She is off work completely, Bed rest and you fanning her" you can't have your blood pressure keep going up! "She needs to lay on her left side all day and rest" he wrote me and doctors note and handed it to me, i was in shock!(i had nothing wrong with my blood results, which means no toxemia or preclamsia, but it could happen if we don't watch it) how can i not work until the baby is here..WHAT WILL I DO!! i was alot bummed! but knew i had to do whatever to keep our little man safe and healthy and me! so ...

I worked a half a day the next day (which if my doctor asks i didn't do) and said goodbye to everyone it was sad, got these cute "last day Flowers" and a card that made me cry! i hates this it sucked! so was off work for four days and got a lot done so that was nice.

Jones family had the "Jones shower" at my house and so you know i had to clean and all that! it was so much fun, we had Hawaiian haystacks (one of my all time favs) and loved chatting with everyone, thanks everyone your the best! So that weekend was full as had been the past three so i didn't rest much. At this point Kayson had been my drill Sargent, he would call to see where i had been or if i was laying down. He was serious about me not doing anything! It was hard i don't like to "Just Sit" so i struggled. Well Tuesday came around and we had our next Doctors app (38 weeks) just like normal the nurse checks my blood pressure she says "Wow girl that is high let me go get Dr. Spencer.." i thought oh great! Kayson starts telling me "i told you you did too much" Doc comes in and tests my blood pressure, he does it again, again, (Then checked me i was fully thinned out and a Two) has my lay on my side and tests it again and again. He looks up at us and Says you need to go to the hospital right now, i will call them, we are having this baby today, your blood pressure is SCARY high! GO! i kinda got freaked out..we called our parents and told them, my Dad booked my Mom on the next flight out and we drove out to the hospital thinking we are having a baby TODAY! They hooked me up to everything and said they wanted to watch me for the next few hours and see if we can get your blood pressure regulated or not before the Doctor gets here. Me and Kay sat there and just laughed this is crazy! they took blood work to test and put monitors on, and iv, and all the works. I started feeling like i was having cramps, so i asked the nurse am i having contractions? she laughed and said Yep! so we thought at this point we for sure were here to stay! My contractions weren't regular but were uncomfortable, she checked me and i was almost a three..CRAZY! we layed there for a hour longer and then the nurse comes in and says well your blood tests were great no protein which means no toxemia or preclampsia, no kidney problems nothing,a nd your blood pressure has gone down considerably. So good news! They called Dr. Spencer and he said "Great send her home and i will check with her tomorrow" WHAT!! were going home!! ha ha Kayson laughed at me because on the way there i was so mad we had to get started and now i was mad to leave (i guess you get your mind set) ha ha. So my Mom is on a flight over and we were driving home..Lame! but also good nothing worse happened that can with that high of blood pressure! So we go home and i was still having contractions all night and into the morning, Doc said to tuff then out and he would see me the next day! Next late morning the contractions stop, and i feel fine, which everyone thinks is crazy that i can have such high blood pressure and feel just fine but i do!? so yesterday we went in to see the Doc, he laughed and said "do i make you nervous?, as soon as you got out of here your pressure dropped" ha ha although it dropped it still was too high then they want and has been just getting higher and higher for the past three weeks. So he checked it again and big surprise it was still high (not as scary high as Tues but high none the less) so he says "we have to make a plan" high blood pressure is scary in pregnant women because it can be scary for me almost more than the baby (little mans heart rate has been fine through all this) it is mostly the mom they worry about i can make you very very sick and even have seziers!! So do you wait and take the chance or getting toxemia and or preclampsia and risk having to have a rush emergency delivery? because once your blood pressure is up it will just continue to go up until the baby is born(because it is caused by the placenta)..and mine has done just that! Or do you take the baby early and take that risk!? Well i didn't want to get started that was the one thing i had said from the VERY beginning i wanted to go on my own, well now sad as it is i don't get that luxury because we can't wait for my due date and risk the chance of what happened Tuesday happening again! And Dr. Spencer doesn't like to take babies before you hit 39 weeks or more. Dr. Spencer went over our options and felt like i was already pretty far progressed as it is fully thinned and dilated to a three so i could very easily have him on my own this weekend, but if not we decided that
MONDAY 5/23 would be that day, i will be 39 weeks and one day and Little man will be ready! Kinda weird to think i never thought it would happen like this but...So excited to meet him! and i feel like considering the options and what we are up against i feel like we made the best choice as well. Plus i can not even put into words how cute and excited Kayson was on Tuesday to have this baby come, he picked out a "perfect shirt" showered shaved he was like a giddy school boy..it made me smile and now we both CAN NOT WAIT! for Monday to come! Im so done with "Bed rest, or as the Doctor calls it relaxation rest" and being cooped up in my house just looking at baby stuff with no baby! By far THE HARDEST thing about pregnancy for me has not been anything like most women say..sick,no sleep,peeing,hurting, none of those mine has been feeling COMPLETELY USELESS. I am the type of girl that does just as much as any boy and i take pride in that, im not a girly girl and prissy and stuff. So being pregnant and having to "limit myself" has been super hard for me! I think one of the biggest lessons this little man has taught me without even being here yet. SLOW DOWN! and so ready to have him here! so Monday is the day!!! we will update everyone if the plans change...so sorry to everyone who was prematurely excited, but he will FOR SURE be here soon! Love everyone and thanks for all your love messages, texts,emails and goodies left..means so much!
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I kept waiting for a picture of lil' Gines to show up on facebook the other day.. LOL But I am glad you are home and doing good! I was started at 39 weeks and I loved being started! (not that I know any different) But it seemed to be a lot easier on me! But just to warn you, Monday will be the longest day ever, waiting for the hospital to call and say okay it's time to come in! lol But Good Luck Girl! You will do awesome!
yay!!! SO excited for you!! I can't wait to meet him!!
I was GLUED to this post! Thanks so much for the update. I've been wondering about how you are feeling and how things are going.First, you are amazing. Working so hard and feeling so great. It sounds like you have a great Dr.! So(speaking from experience) bed rest is really tough, but keep telling yourself, it's only temporary! This is a good time to catch up on a t.v. series that you've been wanting to watch on dvd or netflix.Crossword puzzles, I even colored in a Barbie coloring book. Let yourself be pampered for a while it's so good for you and GREAT for Jimmer. Take care. I'm so excited for you an Kayson and what will come about over the next few days. Sheer happiness.
Good luck, Heather! Can't wait to see pictures of the cute little guy!
Well good luck girl. I had the exact same medical issues happen to me when I had Toni. she was two weeks early because I didn't get preclampsi. The good news is that it isn't as likely the second time around. Hopefully anyway. But you will be just fine, don't worry too much. The worst part of it all was that I wasn't able to move around during labor as much as i would have liked. They made me lay on my left side the whole time. Boo... but I'm super excited that your little man is coming on Monday. Congrats you guys!
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