Week 37 appointment

Yesterday was the last day of week 37! Which by most things I've read I'm full term! Any day now this baby could pop out and he'll be fine!

I had my weekly doctors appointment also. Well technically midwife appointment. I go to a midwife because originally I could get into an appointment with them faster than with a doctor. I'm not with them to go for a normal natural childbirth. Ill most definetly take an epidural please!

Ok back to the appointment. I knew I was going to have labs done because of my borderline highblood pressure. When I got into the room they took my bloodpressure and it was 139/72. A little high. I told my midwife how I get pressure headaches that can be a sign of preeclampsia. She was a little worried. Hence why now I have to do a 24 hour urine test, get blood drawn, and did a Non stress test. I'm doing the urine test sat - sun. The lady who drew my blood was flying through people before me, taking blood like it was nobody's business! She gets to me, and feels my vein, pokes it 5 times! Shoving the needle in and out really hard! And guess what?? She wasn't in a vein! So she goes to my other arm, where from my days as a plasma donor I know has small veins. She looks, doesnt find one so she draws blood from my wrist! So I had a bandage on each arm, and looked like I had been beaten! In the Non Stress Test you're hooked to a monitor that reads the baby's heartbeat, my uterine contractions and my pulse. William did well when he started off increasing his heartbeat. He is supposed to increase his heartbeat by 20 beats for atleast 10 seconds, but then go to normal. He did one right away but then stayed steady. So the lady gave me some sprite and Will took off! He was moving which made the heartbeat go up. Which is what we wanted! Sometimes he moved so much the machine lost his heartbeat. Needless to say I was fine, he was fine and we were let go. They also took my blood pressure on that machine (usually machines make it high for me) and my bloodpressure when we started was 117/72! Pretty sure that's the best I've seen for me! So hopefully everything will be fine. If not and I do have preeclampsia I'll probably be induced to get the baby out. Because usually the body will return to normal after delivery and preeclamsia goes away, as long as it hasn't been turned into eclampsia.

I was worried before this appointments but am relieved now that the NST was fine, so we'll see how the blood work comes back and the urine test!

Onto other news. Yesterday was Dayzy's first day back to school! She had fun, and is glad to be back. Only two of her friends from last year are still in her class. And apparently NO cute boys. So Nick Jonas you still have Dayzy's heart... For now. Chayse kept asking if we missed Dayzy. He really did yesterday. His play buddy is gone and he has over a week until he goes back.

Once I learn how get pictures from my phone to my blog sans computer, I will liven this blog up with pictures.