38 weeks and counting down

So, I'm at 38 weeks and 3 days to be exact. I'm still on bedrest and have a cold. I've taken no pics for this week because I've been totally exhausted.

I had a trip to L & D on Saturday and had the pleasure of being kept overnight for observation. On Saturday, the bottom number of my blood pressure was consistently over 100 so I did as instructed and called in. They put me on Labetalol and it has come down nicely. On Monday, my ob was concerned because he thought I had escalated to pre-eclampsia due to having protein in my urine. Thankfully, the next day there was none. That has put me on more restrictive bed rest this week though. I'm staying upstairs, where the bathroom is, and only going down for food.

While in the office on Tuesday, one of the kids in the OB office sneezed in his elbow. I had already started to feel like I was getting the sniffles but it came on in full force Tuesday night. Also, we had company on Sunday that could've transmitted it to me. Yesterday I was feeling ok, but went to the pediatrician orientation and suddenly felt worse. Today I woke up and had a lot of pressure on the left side of my face. So today I took Sudafed and Tylenol and I'm feeling much better.

Speaking of the pediatrician orientation, that was a bust. This practice came highly recommended and is associated with CHOP which is a plus to me. The first thing they said that I didn't like was that if you don't adhere to the immunization schedule they will ask you to leave the practice. They are pro-vaccines (their words). I would like a doc that is flexible to having a discussion and if I'm concerned we can do an adjusted schedule or none at all. There's too much discussion around vaccines that I won't simply just say, go ahead and stick my kid!

The second thing I noticed is that the evening hours are for emergent cases only. Well visits are 8 - 4:30 M-F only. That's not very flexible. Kim didn't like the fact that they have 25,000 patients with no intentions to limit the number. Now there are 10 docs and some nurse practictioners but that overwhelmed her. So, now we are back to the drawing board. I've gotten some good recommendations to check out thus far.

The bane of my existence right now is that my dresser isn't here and the baby could be here next week. My aunt told me not to worry and it's no big deal but still. Hopefully it has come in tonight and tomorrow I can schedule delivery. There's quite a few things we still don't have such as a pack n play, crib mattress, crib bedding, changing pad (but w/o the dresser there's nothing to put it on), breast pump, diapers, bottles and other little things I'm probably not even thinking about.

I must say though, we are so very blessed. We had the Keller Williams shower, Living Water (church) shower and Kim was surprised this week with another one from her co-workers at St. Chris. We have plenty of clothes for this little one that's for sure!

I'm also very happy that her room is done. My sister did such an excellent job. Once the dresser comes, I'll take more photos and post them.

Well, here's a couple of photos and here's a link to our baby website which also links to our registries: http://kimandkimberly.ourbabychannel.com/

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