The bump is for sure popping out and I feel like I officially look pregnant. I have been feeling pretty uncomfortable. I can't sleep. I toss and turn all night long. I can't get comfortable whether I'm sleeping or sitting or just laying down. I feel like my belly is just heavy and really tight. It makes me nervous where I'm only 24 weeks yet feeling pretty uncomfortable already.
I had a slight issue come up this week. Lately I feel like I have been seeing floaties or little stars out the corners of my eyes. I thought for a while I was just freaking myself out because I would think I would see a bug or something just to find that nothing was there. So I seriously thought I was just psyching myself out. That has been happening a lot for probably the last 2 or 3 weeks or so. Then yesterday I turned my head and there were seriously a hundred like stars or glitter floating in front of me. It's kind of hard to describe. It lasted for just a little bit but it kinda freaked me out. Anything unusual happening to me I figure is another normal pregnancy symptom but it's hard to not be a little concerned. I'm apart of a mommy page on Facebook where you can ask any type of question you want really and I have had GREAT support and answers. And when doctors offices aren't open I often refer to this page to ease my nerves a little. I asked about my vision and that I was seeing stars and asked to see if this was a normal pregnancy related something or if I just needed my eyes checked or something. Come to find out after some responses that other women have dealt with that as well. Some girls' said it was because they were dehydrated, low blood pressure, increase of blood flowing through your body, but a few girls mentioned that they dealt with that too but because it was a symptom of preeclampsia. So because I know how dangerous that can be, I figured I would just call in the morning and ask my doctor and play it safe rather than sorry. So this morning when I woke up, I called the nurse. She had to talk to my doctor and had to give me a call back. Right as I was leaving to go hang out with my sister, they called me back and said they wanted me to come in to get my blood pressure checked just to be safe. So a 40 min drive to the doctors we went. Caleb was working a double today so my sister offered to come with me since we were already going to be hanging out together. I got there and they surprisingly got me back really quick. Turns out my blood pressure was pretty high. They checked it 4 different times and all 4 times read that it was higher than what they like to see. So they squeezed me in to see my doctor. He measured my uterus again and it measured at 25 weeks. He also checked baby's heartbeat. Both were good. He then talked to me about preeclampsia and that because I keep seeing floaties/stars/glitter, whatever you wanna call it, that he wanted to test me for preeclampsia. So, I had blood work done, had an ultrasound to test 4 different things from baby, then waited another hour in the office to get the ok and to go to another building to pick up my 24 hour urine collecter kit so they can test the protein in my urine. It's kinda inconvenient but I know It all has to be done. I hope and pray that this comes back as normal and that I can just monitor the high blood pressure. I will do what I have to but if I DO have preeclampsia, then that automatically puts me at high risk, and often times you deliver early which can be super scary. I want this baby to bake till she's good and healthy. I don't want to have to have the pressure of paying extra for weekly appointments that include ultrasounds and NSTs, or delivering early that puts me and baby at risk, NICU bills, all of that scary stuff. Like I said, I will gladly do whatever to make sure both me and baby are healthy, I just hope it turns out good. I don't really want to worry until I get test results back. So, until then, here's to peeing in a huge orange jug for the next 24 hours and hoping that everything comes back as good.
I had a different ultrasound tech and she may have been my favorite yet. Super friendly and actually talked to me. And she printed off some better pictures than the last crazy lady. That's one plus of going through this. I got to see baby girl again! It always blows my mind how much they grow in a matter of weeks. She looks so cute already!! Can't wait to see what she looks like!
As for other news. Libbie got groomed along with a few shots. :( Poor thing. I always feel awful when I have to take her to the groomers. She knows what they do to her and she knows she wants nothing to do with them. She wouldn't walk through the front doors and was trying to take off in the opposite direction. She looks SO much better now though and she probably feels much better.
When we got home, she instantly ran to our bed and hid under the pillow and basically sulked like it was the worst day of her life.
After a few belly scratches she was doing a little better. And yes I'm aware the pink pillow doesn't match. It's the only color they had and I was READY for a body pillow. Come to find out there's really not that much room for that huge thing, plus me and Caleb. So it doesn't get used a ton. I'd rather use Caleb as my body pillow rather than boot him out of bed to make room for an actual pillow. Oh the pregnancy struggle is real people!
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