Getting Closer

Only 10 days left to my due date, and likely less than that until we finally get to meet our baby!

We had another trip to labor & delivery on Sunday - I think they are getting to know us. This one lasted four hours and was prompted by my BP going up up up. We got to visit Marni and baby Tali Sunday morning, then we met up with Bobby's dad in the afternoon who was nice enough to get us a camcorder in honor of the new addition. I noticed that my hands were starting to swell. I have been wearing one of Bobby's rings for about a month now, and it is big on me so when it started to get tight I knew something was up. I had Bobby check my BP and it was about 142/94. So I took a nap for about an hour and woke up, checked it again, and found it to be 144/96. This made me a little concerned. We decided to go for a walk in the sunshine, then made dinner. I checked it after dinner and it was 148/100. We waited, checked again and it was 150/98. At this point, it was 8:30 and we decided to call the OB's office. I didn't want to only because I dreaded going to the hospital and having to get naked just to be hooked up to a BP monitor for hours. But, the numbers were alarming me, especially since I had not had a stressful day at all. So we called and, sure enough, we were sent in. Only, this time we were told to pack a bag because I was either going to be sent home or having a baby. Of course, I didn't have my bag packed already

After 4 hours in the hospital we were finally sent home when my BP came down and my blood work came back normal. The horrible part was having to lay on my left side for 4 hours - talk about muscle cramps!

Luckily, I still get to wait a little while longer, I just have to work part time and rest in the afternoons. I can't believe how soon we'll have a third person living in our house!!!

tali ariel

welcome to the world

tali ariel
born at 8:41am, 3/20/09....welcome to spring!!!
6#6oz, 18"
beautiful, perfect.....
pictures will come soon

Mixed News

So I had an ultrasound today and everything looked "perfect" with the baby, which I am happy to hear. Unfortunately, it was with Dr. you-know-who. The woman who does the ultrasound is fantastic and very nice to talk to. Then the Dr. comes in. Talk about lack of any bedside manner. First off, he barges in finishing a snack or something (clearly chewing) and says "See, I told you that you would go past your due date." Now, this is strange for two reasons. First, I never had this conversation with him. Second, I am still two weeks away from my due date. I pointed out to him that I still had two weeks left and he just blew me off. He clearly must have thought I was someone else. So much for even bothering to look at a chart before coming in. Then, without looking at anything he said "the baby is perfect, should be 7.5 pounds when you deliver." Then he said have a nice day and left. After this whirlwind I just looked at Bobby and said "what the hell?!?" First the illogical comment about my due date and then the illogical comment about the baby being 7.5 pounds when I deliver. The second comment is illogical because they told me the baby is 7lbs 4oz TODAY. That means that in two weeks it will likely be 8 or more pounds. Again, he clearly didn't bother to even look at the results of the ultrasound, which had both the weight and my due date. Heaven help the women whose babies he delivers.

In other news, my OB set an induction date of 3/30. Well, just before midnight on 3/30 anyway. Unfortunately for me, however, my body just isn't ready for labor yet because my cervix is still long and the baby hasn't dropped. Hopefully things will change in the next 10 days because I don't want to end up being forced into a c-section. Keep your fingers crossed for me! My OB won't be at the hospital until 5pm on 3/31 and if things go quickly she won't be there to deliver me (though, luckily, it won't be Dr. you-know-who either). Although, she has predicted a long and slow labor for me. Evil woman. This truly was a mixed bag kind of day.

crazy week

i was fine until last thursday....my endo kind of freaked out on me and was unhappy with how much water i was retaining, my dropping blood sugars, and my elevated blood pressure. he called my OB and told him to deliver me....
so, i went to my doctor for a non-stress test after that and everything looked fine, and he reassured me that i could continue to gestate. BUT, he wanted to have my monitored on monday just to make sure things were still fine.

i went to my doctor's partner monday for another non-stress test. my doctor was working in the hospital all that day, so i saw his partner instead.
im all hooked up to the machine, they have a hard time finding the heart beat, and finally, they found it so i relaxed....BUT, the non-stress test was non-reactive, which means the baby was not moving well and the heart rate was very steady instead of moving up and down....AND my blood pressure was pretty high....AND with all that combined with my low blood sugars, my OB's partner told me i should have the baby that day or the next, and sent me down to the hospital.

SO I PANICKED!!!

i found someone to pick levi up from school (thanks laura), and cancelled my afternoon plans, and called jeff and told him to meet me at labor and delivery, and called my mom and told her to get in the car and come to cleveland....i called work and told them to cancel all my patients from that point on- i was DONE working.
and i stopped home to get my bag and drove myself to the hospital.

after being monitored for three hours, the baby "woke up" and my blood pressure came down, and everything looked fine....

SO, long story short- i was sent home, baby still inside....

i felt bad that i had my mom rush to get here, but at the same time, i have peace of mind that she is here since if i do happen to go into labor, i dont have to worry about someone watching levi.....

and i AM CONTRACTING! even though it is not regular, they are real contractions that occur with any movement, walking, etc. they stop (mostly) when im lying down, although i was up for a couple hours last night with them- but now theyve stopped again.

i had to have another ultrasound today to make sure the baby still looks good, and the baby looks great....
and the estimated fetal weight is 7 pounds 3 ounces....
im still on the schedule for friday morning, 8am....yippee!!!!!!
we all cant wait to meet FIFFY-FIFFY!!!!

Full Term!!!

I have finally reached full term today! Guess this means that Baby B could pop out any day, but I am keeping my fingers crossed that it holds on. Things are lightening up at work, mostly because I am just moving slowly, doing what I can, and advising my boss on what he'll have to take overwhile I am gone - when he left today he told me to "hang on over the weekend and little while longer."

All I have left to do is get a good nursing bra and do some baby laundry!!!!

names

when i was pregnant with levi, we needed an "S" name after jeff's father stanley. hence, Levi Simon. at least once or twice a day for MONTHS, i would get emails from my mother filled with names that started with "S". she didnt like the names we were choosing and wanted to make sure we knew our options....including LISTS and LISTS of indian "S" names since she was living in India at the time.

Now, here I am 1 week from having a baby, and im surprised at how little input my mother has tried to have on the names. We have our names chosen (and for the most part they are secret), and we need an "A" name after jeff's grandma anna. My mother probably only once or twice in the last few months sent an email with names that start with "A" that she likes....(of course, all ones we would not even consider- sorry mom!).

Today, i got another email about a name from my mother. The subject of the email was "perhaps you could name her...."
HER?
is there something she knows that we dont know yet?