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Nursery is DONE

Kurtis was so proud about putting th decals on the light switch. :)

36 Weeks!! I can't believe how fast it has gone by!

What a week

This was my first week with no work. I was actually supposed to go back in on Tuesday to help out a bit moe but I woke up...throwing up! Yes. Isn't that just fantastic? I guess I got a stomach flu or something. Well NOTHING would stay down. So I called my OB and they had me come in. By 3:30pm I was in the hospital triage. Within about an hour they told me that I was being admitted. So it was going to be a LONG NIGHT!

Kyson and I both had had a high BP at my appointment and when we go to the hospital it was normal. They had a hard time putting in my IV because I was clearly VERY dehydrated. You couldn't see any of my veins and well typically they stick out like a sore thumb. I knew Kyson was ok because he had been active all day. Even though all I have was a piece of toast that didn't stay down. They gave me some medication for my nausa and then the ultrasound tech came in. She was probably there for 2 hours. Kyson wouldn't move around for her. He had scored 8/8 on his BBMI (i believe that is what it is called) on thursday but he was scoring dangerously low that night. Se kept telling me that she thought he was just sleeping since his heartrate was perfect. Well my OB wasn't on call that night soI talked to another one. She made my heart stop. After the tech left she came in and told me that if in a couple hours when the tech comes back and he doesn't start moving.....we are going to have to DELIVER! I was freaked! I was think we don't have a car seat yet...the room is a mess...none of his clothes are washed! I held in my tears as long as I could. I know that if he were to have come her would have bee fine but I was not ready to hear that. The next coupl of hours I was stressing that tonight was the night...and the tech came back in and he scored much higher. They wouldn't tell me the numbers though. I know I had woken him up by eating. So they said that they were going to do another ultra sound in the morning.

Poor Kurtis was so uncomfortable in that hospital. He stayed on a pullout couch. I was miserable as well. The room was so hot to me I kept asking them to turn it down. By morning Kurtis said he thought it was 17 degrees in there! lol. Poor thing. They kept coming in every couple of hours of course and giving me more meds or I would move and the baby monitor would move so a beeping would go off since they couldn't read the babies heartbeat anymore. It was definately a very comforting feeling to be able to listen to his heartbeat all night knowing that he was ok.

One thing was very funny to me. I am expecting to have HORRIBLE back labor..or hard contractions because I have horrible periods. My nurse came in one time and was like are you in any pain? I said no. She said you are having pretty steady contractions! I couldn't believe it. I am kinda sad they never checked my cerivx. I don't know what I am at. If I am having contractions I should have some progress right? Wether is be small or not...progress is PROGRESS! lol

So Wednesday morning they sent me home. Kyson finally scored an 8/8. They also told me to keep my OB appintment for the next day. Dr. Guzman couldn't believe what had happened. He walked in and gave me a hug and told me that my fluids still are going down. Only .5 but down. He says if it gets close to 5..which it was 6.5 on thursday...then he is going to induced me even if Kyson's lungs aren't fully developed. So now I am not going once a week...I am going twice a week which means I have another appointment on Tuesday. I don't know how that is going to go but I will definately keep you all posted.

35 Week Check Up

Todays Drs appointment went GREAT! Well it calmed my nerves and then it brought some things to our attention as well.

First...U/S..Kyson is HEAD DOWN! YAY! I guess not every woman will be able to tell when they flip. And a part of me thought me might have while I was sleeping one night. So yay!

Second...His size. Estimated...a whoping 6.5lbs! Yes. Big. He is measuring to be 3 weeks ahead now. He has a long torso and a bigger than normal head. So this means that I will most likely have to be enduced. He scheduled another u/s for me.
I am now in my once a week appointments. YAY! Its getting so close its crazy!

Third...they measured the fluid around Kyson. And I don't remember the exact numbers but normal is 8 or above. . . and we are at a 7. SO I have to DRINK DRINK DRINK...and he is going to measure it again next week. If it continues to go down it could mean....
1. Be admited into the hospital

2. Bed rest at home
3. Or being enduced much earlier

But for him to take the baby early would mean my level would have to drop to a 4 or below. Something like that. He didn't have a name for it...so I can't tell you anything beyond that. And I am retaining water really bad since yesterday so I think that might have something to do with it being low today. It could also mean that Kyson isn't peeing in the bag.

But they did that test what he called Macho Test today...meaning if he moved, if he flexed and so on. And he scored and 8 out of 8 so that means he isn't worried.

He also has me looking for signs of my amniotic fluid leaking..and its not. I am not bleeding or contracting either which made him think it could all be nothing but just low today. So that was my appointment! All in all I feel good about it...and I am SOOO Happy that he is head down. I know that I can atleast try to push him out