Six weeks and counting...

I feel like I don't blog as often as I should. So here's a brief update:

Today I'm 32wks and 4days. We roughly have six weeks and three days before we can safely consider induction. But, with the way things have been going, it might be safe to say Mr Keiran will be here before then. Some of you are placing your bets that Keiran will be here next weekend, Easter. It is my prayer that those of you placing your bets for that weekend are WRONG!! I am okay and comfortable with our baby boy coming the first weekend of May. That would put us in the safe zone to possibly avoid the NICU and any lengthy hospital stay. Regardless of I like it or not, God has his plan and will bring our little angel into this world when He sees fit.

As you might remember me discussing in a previous blog, it was mentioned that my doctor was worried about my anterior placenta placement. I am happy to report that I am out of the "danger zone" as the uterus will be rapidly growing to accommodate baby's rapid growth that it won't allow the placenta to move any further south. What this means for me.... I won't require a c-section. That's not to say I won't necessarily need one should labor stall, he's too big, or other complications arise but knowing I won't require one upon admittance is promising. It was also ruled out that I do NOT have gestational diabetes. Big hooray!!! The only thing my doctor is watching closely is my blood pressure. My last appt at 31wks it was elevated. And that's after checking it several times for accuracy. So with that said we now have to worry about preeclamsia and hypertension. So my main goal is to chill out, relax and let Keiran Kade cook for a few more weeks so his lungs are nice and mature cone BIRTHday!

That's all I have for tonight. Next appt is scheduled for Tuesday, April 10th at 10:30am and thankfully Jon is off and will take care of Hayden so I'm under no stress. :)

Good night and sweet dreams!!

31wks appt

Good news and bad news.

Let's start off with the bad first. As always Hayden acted like your typical three year old, screaming, getting into crap(including swabs in the drawer under the table, yes the female kind...thought it was a q-tip and shoved it in his ear), yelling no, talking back etc. So I excused myself, took his butt to the bathroom, washed his mouth with soap(yes I keep a bar of soap in a ziplock bag on my purse for special occassions such as these) and had a little talk with him. We got back into the room just in time, my doctor came in to do the usual checkup/ultrasound. Insert anxiety here. Hayden obviously didn't learn his lesson because he went right back to being Mr Billy Bad Ass. *sigh* Onward and upward...

This brings me to the better part of the appointment. My Dr did his usual measure my gut and I'm still measuring a week and five days ahead. Last appt it was only a week. He's a big boy. As I expected, my blood pressure was elevated. So he asked one of the nurses to take Hayden for a little walk so I could calm down. Ten minutea later, rechecked my blood pressure. Still elevated. So now we have to monitor my bp and make sure I'm not showing signs of preeclamspia. Yikes!!! Then he started the ultrasound and this is where the good news comes into play. My placenta has not moved anymore. Reason this is a good thing is because obviously it won't obstruct baby's exit and if an emergency situation were to arise(knock on wood) and I required a c-section, there's no worry of cutting into it and me bleeding to death on the table. Woot!! So 100% going forward with a vaginal delivery!!! NO C-SECTION REQUIRED unless K is breech come induction date. Speaking of induction, my next appt on April 10th is my last biweekly and I will get my official induction date!!!!! Yea!!!!!!! I spoke to my doctor about my bedrest being pointless, my anxiety, depression, my extreme pelvic pain and all. He wants me to try relaxing and setting aside for quiet time during the day. I couldn't help but laugh because that's asking too much, especially from Hayden. The extreme pelvic pain I have to suck up and told me to walk more. Seems counter productive to be on bedrest and wanting me to walk more? Guess I just have to be careful and pray like hell labor doesn't come for another six weeks. All in all, Keiran is healthy, his amniotic fluid was perfect despite my leaking small amounts. Heart rate was perfect. He did say that K has a big head, oh good, just what I wanted to hear with my pelvis feeling the way it does.

I had plans to go visit Granny and PopPop like I normally do but in all honesty after the crap Hayden pulled at the doctors office and my cramping, I was ready to be home.

Hayden and I are home safely. I can't say he's in the best of moods since he's been to timeout twice and had his butt popped once already. Our bellies are full and I'm hoping he takes a nap so I can do the same.

Overwhelmed and exhausted....

Way too early!!!

Before I even go on what all took place at my doctors office, let me back up to last night.

Last night I stayed up beyond past my bedtime, 1am. I went to the bathroom, like I normally do before bed and noticed I lost my mucus plug. Yes I know, tmi, but get over it, one of the joys of pregnancy. All night long I was having some pretty strong cramps. Nothing painful. Nothing I would consider contractions. So first thing this morning, I called my doctors office to ask if I should have any cause for concern. Since I am 29wks 4days, they deemed it necessary to see me in the office as soon as possible. So they got me set for 3pm. Granted it couldn't wait for Friday's appt with my ob. So I frantically call Hayden's pediatrician and see if they can squeeze him in today, thank god they could, I didn't want to drive back into town by myself with a rowdy three year old.

Hayden and I set off for Georgetown and made it to his appointment. He is healthy as a horse, 38" tall, 35lbs. Unfortunately he is showing early signs of ADHD. Of course its too early to give him a "diagnosis" but its not the end of the world and Hayden's doctor gave me amnesty suggestions as to what can help. :)

Now onto the stressful appointment...

My doctor got me in as soon as I walked in the door. With that said, they immediately put me on the monitors to watch for contractions and monitor K's heartrate. Heartrate averaged 142bpm and I was indeed having some pretty impressive contractions although I wasn't in any physical pain. They had me down some h2o and had to use medical intervention to stop them. Once they were stopped, they checked me and I'm still sitting at 1cm. *sigh* Basically my doctor scolded me and told me to take it easy... Translation, bedrest!

With that said, Jon and I had to make the difficult decision to cancel Hayden's birthday party Saturday. As much as it breaks my heart and kills me not to celebrate formally with friends and family, I know it's best I take it easy and not have to worry about the stresses of having a house full. :( Doesn't mean I'm not making him cupcakes, damnit!!!!

My apologies to everyone who had made plans to come, obviously this wasn't planned and I'm super bummed about it. I'm trying not to get emotional and cry about it because I know Keiran can feel it, but it still doesn't take away the suckage factor.

Hugs and love from our family to yours.