Adventures of Bed Resting

Well... I got put on bed rest on Thursday afternoon.  So I'll start from the beginning:

The past week or so my mom has been encouraging me to get my blood pressure checked.  She had noticed that I was swelling pretty badly in my face and that I was out of breath when I talked.  I kind of dismissed it, but finally went to the nurse on Wednesday to get it checked.  It was a bit high so I decided I would go home that day and rest.  I got my school nurse to check it the next morning and it went up a little bit more.  We decided to call the doctor and the doctor had me go in that afternoon. 

At this point I was trying not to freak out, but was freaking out.  However, I did not cry once :).  I was pretty proud of my self for keeping it together. 

My mom met me at the doctor and they strapped this thing around my belly to monitor Reagan's heart rate and my contractions.  Dr. Glenn said Reagan looked good, but she was concerned with my high blood pressure.  She put me on bed rest until further notice, said to cut out all salt, scheduled a sonogram and a couple other test for Monday, and scheduled another appointment for Tuesday.  She mentioned that if my blood pressure did not go down,  we might look into inducing.  That would not be her preference, however it was a possibility. 

I went home that night and slept from 7pm to 6:30 am.  I guess I was a bit tired.   ;)

Jerry was off on Friday so he made it his mission to keep me resting on the couch.  I struggled with this... I'm more of a do it yourself kind of person.  Jerry was a little mother hen that nagged encouraged me to ask him to do things. 

He was a busy little bee and said he was doing the nesting for both of us.  He put the car seat and hospital bags into the car, washed all the bottles, took Rowdy to the vet (just a check up), made lunch, and cleaned the house from top to bottom.   Meanwhile, I snuggled with Rowdy on the couch.  I think Jerry and I are both a big ball of nervous and excited emotions.  We both just want Reagan to be here- safe, happy, and healthy. 

Here's Jerry installing the car seat base.  I took this picture and was promptly instructed to go back to the couch.

Rowdy decided he was on bed rest as well

On Saturday, I encouraged Jerry to go hangout with his friends.  He went to Ranger's Food Truck Mania with Rustin and Kody.  Later that day my friends came over to visit.  It was a pretty low key day.

Now it's Sunday and I'm still hanging low.  I'm praying my appointment will bring good news tomorrow.  We shall see!  I will keep you posted!