The past two weeks have been up and down to say the least. I use to dislike Eve every now and then for eating that damn apple, but she is on the boarder line of hitting my hate list. I am not to sure about this pregnancy thing. I can’t believe that we can clone a sheep, but we can’t figure out how to simulate a womb so women don’t have to carry the baby around for nine months!
I had to take the glucose test a couple of weeks ago. My glucose levels were great; however they discovered that I had an iron deficiency. My doctor has started me on iron supplements to hopefully take care of that problem. My iron levels were abnormally low, which explains why have still been feeling tired all the time.
This past week I have been at home on bed rest. I started getting severe headaches at work Tuesday morning. Along with that came dizziness and nausea. I felt like I was going to pass out at any moment. It was scary to say the least. My doctor sent me home and called me several times through out the day to check on me. She also had me take Tylenol and down two cokes, every four hours. I am not sure exactly what it was suppose to do but it only half worked. It lessened the pain but did not get rid of it.
I saw the doctor for my regular two week appointment on Wednesday. They drew a bunch of blood from me, so they could find out if I had preeclampsia. John and I had no idea what it was and when we were in the doctor’s office and I was too scared to ask. It just sounded bad! I know it was stupid not to ask but I was already on the verge of tears from all the pain I didn’t want to add to it. I, also, was about to cry when she told me I couldn’t go to work the rest of the week. That was all I needed was to get even further behind than I already was!
John had to head back to work and I of course hit the computer to do a little research. Being the over planner that I am, I decided to figure out how it would work if I had to give birth two months early. I couldn’t figure it out, so I laid down and eventually feel asleep. John called later and told me not to do any research because it would just freak me out. I said to late, I already have. The doctor called back later in the day and told me that everything was ok; however she wants to start me on weekly visits instead of biweekly. She is worried about my BP. It is high for me but wouldn’t be too much of a concern for anyone else; however my BP has always been really low.
I am still getting the headaches but the good news is the coke theory is working a lot better. The only bad part is I am getting tired of drinking cokes. I also have percocet that I can take but I am trying to do that least amount possible. I can’t drive when I take that and it knocks me out for like 3 hours or so. Right now I am just taking it at night so I don’t wake up in the middle of the night with a headache.
My counter is starting to look like a pharmacy with all the prescriptions I am on. Most of them are as needed, but I still have to keep them around for easy access. Plus, I have to drink two glasses of orange juice a day with Metamucil in it, 64oz of water, and the 24oz of coke every 4-6 hours. All I ever do is drink and visit the bathroom. I told John, I deserve a huge blue moon with extra, extra oranges when I can have one again!
In the midst of all this I broke my cell phone by accident. When it happened, I couldn’t stop laughing. I was talking and laughing to myself for about a half hour. Then I figured out I could call people, they could hear me talking, but I couldn’t hear them. I had some fun with that also. On the bright side, I got a new cell phone Thursday and I am in love with it. I call it my grown up cell phone because it is super fancy. I am still trying to figure out how to use it but I will get the hang of it.
John finally got the crib put together. It is so cute. I can’t wait to see the whole room come together. When we walk by the room we keep stopping to stare. For some reason, that crib is what has made it all a reality.
To end on a positive note, John and I are really excited to have Jalyn. We honestly can’t wait to see Jalyn for the first time, to hold her, kiss her and just be with her. This week was scary for us. However, it was weird how we could be so scared for someone that we haven’t even met yet. It is crazy how you can love someone so much and she is not even born yet. The highlight of our day is definitely feeling her kick. As long as she is doing that I know she must be alright. Occasionally, I feel like a dog with John rubbing my belly all the time. But, I love it just the same. There is nothing like seeing his face light up when he is rubbing my belly and talking to Jalyn.
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