It really was the best weekend! Friday night Andy and I had date night... potentially the last one before baby?? We just went out to dinner and saw Snow White and the Huntsmen :) Saturday we got up early and went to the Farmer's market where we got some Georgia peaches, ground beef and some beautiful flowers!! I love waking up early on the weekends and getting stuff accomplished during the day! My internal clock has me up really early these days so it would be hard for me to sleep in even if I wanted. We met my parents and scooped Olivia Saturday afternoon and then hung out before our final baby shower!! Paige and Candace hosted at our house and it was absolutely amazing!! Paige put a ton of pics up on her blog, natashapaigebrown.blogspot.com, so check them out if you haven't seen them on facebook. She even did a tutorial for these cute little ruffly umbrellas she made!! I had a great time and it was so fun to hang out with some of my bestest friends! :) One of Andy's friends from high school and his wife stayed with us Sun-Tues. and we so enjoyed having them here!! I think we all gained about 8 lbs from our evenings of steak and shake, cookie monsters and Orange leaf :)
Monday brought around our next doctors appointment. I was nervous about my blood pressure being high, which doesn't ever help blood pressure. I was also scared that she would just decide to induce me if it was high and it's kind of frightening to know you may have an actual real life baby that same day!! Plus, my appt spot was triple booked and I was the third one seen... like 1.5 hrs after my actual appt time. Needless to say, my BP was up a bit again :( 140/82 at the first read and down to 128/80 after I had calmed down a little bit. Due to the second week of high BP I am now labeled as having gestational hypertension which makes me sad :( I've been chugging water, eating nothing salty, staying off my feet as much as possible and trying to chill out a bit. My BP has been a tiny bit high when I take it at home but definitely nothing to be worried about. I take it a couple times a day though and am supposed to call her if I get a couple readings above 140. Anyhoo, having high blood pressure has bought me twice weekly NSTs. On the bright side I do love getting to hear her little heartbeat for 30 minutes twice a week and it's kind of nice just to sit in the recliner and watch whatever smut they have on TV that day :) I also like seeing how many contractions I have in the 30 minutes. At my appt on Monday I had 5. Nothing painful, just braxton hicks I guess so they don't make a big deal of it.
I was also supposed to have an ultrasound done for growth on Tuesday but they snuck me in on Monday since I was already there. Guess the weight guessing game is over because they gave us an estimate and if it's accurate, everyone is very, very off with their guesses! They estimated her to be 5lbs 12 oz. It's not the most accurate, typically +/- 1lb. Everything was measuring fine on her but they said her belly is tiny which is what is making her so small. Her legs were loong and measuring ahead actually but her belly is so, so tiny. I obviously flipped out after this and got all worked up over her being so small. Ironic considering how terrified I've been that I will be delivering a 10lb baby. I know she's technically in a healthy weight range but that just seems so, so small to me! I immediately called my favorite OB and bawled about how itty bitty she is and he assured me she's probably just fine and just doesn't have a lot of fat on her. He made me feel a lot better so I've been trying not to worry about it and just focus on taking it extremely easy for the next couple weeks to allow her to sit and plump up as long as she wants!! The amniotic fluid levels and cord blood flow all looked perfect so that was reassuring. And on the bright side, homegirl has some HAIR!! It looked all white and fuzzy floating around on the screen :) The tech also took some 3D pics for us and she is looking awfullllly sweet in there :)
The plan for now is to continue twice weekly NSTs and they'll take my BP at all those visits. I've got another appointment on Monday so we'll see how that goes! I'd prefer not to be induced but really just want whatever is going to allow Harper to be the healthiest little baby she can be. I told Andy last night that I'd be fine with her coming tonight or her sitting in there until 42 weeks if that's what was best for her. Say some prayers that she comes out a healthy little girl!! :)
I'm finishing up my last week of actual clinical work of 3rd year/before Harper arrives!! yay! Not sad to be finished with the ER. It is a different crowd in there and pretty frustrating what some people come in for. I'm hoping to take the ER test on Monday morning which would be great to get out of the way. We are supposed to ridealong with an EMS crew and mine was scheduled for tomorrow. Andy talked me out of doing that though... considering how hot it's supposed to be tomorrow it would be bad if I'm standing outside at a car wreck for a long time or something!
We don't have much planned for the next week. I'm honestly trying to sit as much as possible right now and I will need to study over the weekend. We do have something else exciting going on next Monday besides doctors appointments... our 1 year anniversary!! It's been an amazing first year of marriage and is hard to believe that it's already here!!! I'm wondering if we are going to be hanging out with a new baby on our anniversary?? That would be prettty cool :) Our plans will be limited since we are definitely staying in Lex but Andy did go ahead and book a hotel in Hilton Head for a few days in September so I'll just be calling that our 1 year anniversary celebration :)
Here's our update for the week!
How far along: 38
Total Weight Gain: 29
Stretchmarks: Nope... fingers crossed
Sleep: Sleeping fine except for all the bathroom breaks :)
Best Moment This Week: seeing sweet baby girl on the ultrasound and the amazing baby shower!
Movement: yes, but it's a lot of slower rolling and stretching, not so much thrashing around
Gender: Baby girl!!
Labor Signs: more braxton hicks
Belly Button: innie :) it's pretty darn stretched out looking
What I Miss: nothing! I feel so thankful to have had such a great pregnancy and hope it continues for a little bit longer :)
What I am Looking Forward to: 1 year anniversary! doctors appts!
Milestones: 14 days from her due date!!
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