My thoughts

Being on bed rest is getting easier, but I still continue to get bored!!! So reading has become my new best friend. This past Saturday (4-26) I had some visitors from school come by. Ms. Acosta (kindergarten teacher), Ms. Steigerwald (CMC teacher), Ms. Jones (5th grade teacher), Ms. Langston, Ms. Wilkening, and Mrs. Wiggs (4th grade teachers) all came by to cheer me up! It was quite a treat! I say this all the time, but it makes things easier when there are people who love and care about you and have your best interests at heart!!! Some people's concern can be fake, and that is not what their visit was. I'm still getting tons of phone calls and emails from members of the church and a few coworkers email me and check on me.

We had a bbq at our house this past Sunday... most of my mom's side of the family that is in the area came. It was good to be around my family. All of the kids are under the age of 4 and NONE of them are boys...5 little girls were all over the place. I'll just be adding to the crew! I had a full house, plus the food was yum!

We went back to Dr. Diggs yesterday and he has reduced my visits from twice a week to just once, but I'm still high risk. We also got another sonogram done :) He burned it on a dvd for us and I think I watch it at least 3 times a day! It's not a 3d or 4d sonogram. It took Ashlynne a minute to get moving but I've learned that she's a slow morning person. Once she gets moving she doesn't slow down. Toward the end of the sonogram, she yawned and it is so clear and easy to see!! Seeing that made me smile and reminded me that bed rest will be so worth it! I also noticed ( b/c I've totally analyzed the dvd) that you can see her eyes and yes, they are open!! They are big and beautiful!!! I even saw her blink. I'll show the video to anyone who wants to see it...I'm a proud momma already! Her weight is actually 3 lbs now. She was really 2 1/2 lbs when we were in the hospital instead of 3 1/2 lbs. I was given a fabric swatch by a parent of student in my class that I am going to use as curtains in the nursery. I've ordered the fabric online, and my mom is going to come over and help me make curtains and other accessories for Ashlynne's room. Once the fabric comes in and the curtains are sewn I will post pics. My in-laws are going to be me the rocking chair I want from Cracker Barrel. It will be painted white and then my little girls room will be waiting for her.

I'm not due until July 15th, but my instincts tell me that I am NOT going to make it that far. I am thinking maybe mid June or the first part of July. Either way....I'm really excited and can't wait to meet this little person who has taken over my body for the last 7 months!!!

Officially 7 months pregnant...

So I went to visit Dr. Diggs this morning and officially transferred my care to him.  Another sonogram was done.  I LOVE seeing my little girl on the screen.  They even can put the sonogram to a dvd. :)  Since my pregnancy is now considered "high risk"  I have to visit the good doctor 2x a week.  Once on Tuesdays (Trice's day off) and the other on Fridays (my mom will take me to those).  Yesterday I had to have my gestational diabetes blood work done.  It wasn't that bad, but the orange glucose crap is horrible!  I had to wait an hour after drinking it to have my blood drawn.  The doctors office (the old one) called and said the results said that my glucose was a slightly elevated and that I would have to go back for the 3 hour test.  At this point I start to wonder what else could go wrong!?!?!  It seems like what was once considered an "uneventful" pregnancy sure has taken a turn.  I am still considering myself blessed b/c things can always take a turn for the worse.  I know that there is NOTHING my God can't handle so I have to give it all to him.  I am waiting to hear back to Dr. Diggs' office to see what the next step is.  The plus side to this type of diabetes is that it's only gestational and I will be fine after she is delivered, if that is in fact what I have.  I don't know if she is trying to tell me what kind of child she is going to be, but I know she will NOT be boring!! LOL!

 I'm 28 weeks today...officially 7 months pregnant!!

Staying prayerful....

I might as well blog...

Since I've been assigned bed rest... I figured I might as well blog!!    I'm so glad to be at home!!  My stay at the hospital was great but there's nothing like being at my own home.   I've also decided that since Dr. Diggs  was so amazing this past weekend I'm going to switch and make him my doctor.  This weekend's events really made me realize that you can't put a price on good prenatal care.  He was so calming and so thorough!  My normal doctor was great, but she just wasn't as thorough as I would like for her to have been.  I'm beginning to wonder if my condition was visible on my 18 week ultrasound and she just missed it.  So much to think about it...these are all just my speculations!  Dr. Diggs delivers out of Methodist Mansfield, and his office is right next door.  I don't live in Mansfield, but I'm literally 10 minutes away from the hospital.  My other doctor is too far from that and this weekend made me realize that proximity is key!  I go to see Dr. Diggs tomorrow morning and I am anxious to hear what he has to say. My other doctor was going to make me wait until next week...hello.... I just left the hospital!!!  You should be wanting to see me as soon as possible!

Today was a LONG day!  I tried not to get bored, but it is hard.  I never realized how much I do until I am unable to do it.  2 members of our church brought dinner by this evening and I can't wait to dig in.  It really helps when you have people in your life that care about you.   I've gotten so many phone calls and had so many prayers!  It's a real blessing!

I'll probably blog tomorrow...it's not like I'm going anywhere! LOL!

Visit to Methodist Mansfield Hospital!!

This is a very nice hospital!!! Dr. Diggs is amazing!!!!

Saturday while I was eating lunch with my friend Tamika, I noticed that I started bleeding!!!  I know that is NOT normal, especially this far into a pregnancy (almost 28 weeks).  She and I left the restaurant and drove to the nearest hospital (Methodist Mansfield). Dr. Gray was out of town and called Dr. Diggs in to look after me.  He is absolutely amazing!!  After I calmed down, I felt completely safe.  There was a lof of bleeding and I ruined my favorite jeans...LOL!!!  Dr. Diggs finally did one of many sonograms to figure out what was going on.  I hadn't started dilating yet so that was a plus.  The negative was that he was thinking I had a placental abruption--where the placenta starts to separate/tear away from the uterus.  They didn't know how severe it was.  If it was severe enough I would have to undergo a C-Section right then and there....I panicked b/c Ashlynne is only 27 weeks develop.  It was too early!!!  So on the sonogram machine, that is indeed what it was.  Placental abruption, but NOT severe.  He also noticed that the placenta had moved and was slightly covering the cervix. Since C-section was a very real possibility at that point, and I was having a few irregular contractions, I was put on Magnesium sulfate to stop them, steroid shots to speed up the maturity of Ashlynne's lungs incased I delivered, and ampicillan (an antibiotic to keep her from getting infected), and an IV.  I had monitors attached to my stomach to keep up with Ashlynne.  A fetal specialist was called in and he didn't see any need to deliver if I could stop the bleeding and the contractions stop.  

Luckily, the few irregular contractions stopped as well as the bleeding so I didn't have to deliver.  I am, however going to be on bed rest.  I'm not sure how long, but I just know bed rest it is.  I get another sonogram this afternoon before I leave and then I am going to see Dr. Gray so she can tell me what she thinks.

What a scary  and relieving weekend all at the same time!  God was so good to me and my little girl!  She's a fighter!

so late....yay for 3rd trimester!

This is SOOOOOO late....I can't even believe I went this long....

We went to see Dr. Gray again yesterday and this was the first time I went it with more than one question.  She was really shocked!!!  I guess it's because the due date is approaching and i don't have anymore time waste!!  I finally gained some weight...7lbs..I was very excited..  That make my total weight gain a whopping 7lbs!!  I normally go in there and lose weight.  Our appointments are now every 2 weeks...wow!  We've ordered and put together Ashlynne's crib (no mattress yet LOL) and changing table.  The gifts are starting to roll in... and we are so grateful!!! She's going to be the cutest little thing...

I've had to learn to take it easy....up until now I've been able to do just about anything I wanted.  It's started to take it's toll on me.  I've been sitting more and keeping my feet propped up..  Nestle Purelife water is either on my desk at work or in my hand....  fruit has become my new best friend.  Fresh pineapples and apples have been so good lately!!!

This is the last trimester for us...week #27 and I can't even believe it.  She'll be here before you know it... Hopefully when the nursery gets done I can get some pics up!  The colors are black, white, and turquoise!!  Cute!