Things had been going quite smoothly for us lately. I was taken off of my bedrest restrictions at 34 weeks, we got the nursery done, and i was even able to go out and about a bit more. I started feeling more and more miserable every day however and i started to get a bit frustrated. This time in pregnancy is rough for most normal women, and my marfan body was not helping me out. Even though i felt awful,I totally felt like i was in the clear and looking forward to a full term birth.

Once again i was reminded that this pregnancy was never planned to be easy. Wednesday night i started feeling weird. I was dizzy, had a headache and my feet were swollen. Mike took my blood pressure over the course of 4 hours and it was quite high and not going down. I called labor and delivery and they said it would be smart to go in that night but reasonable to wait and go into my drs office the next morning. I went into the office, they took my bp and everyone started freaking out...it was near 150/95 which is a sign of preeclampsia. I was admitted to triage for observation cuz at that time there was no protein in my urine. Evie's heartrate was really high..in the 170's-180. I was nervous about that but then all of a sudden while laying there, my bp went down to normal and her heartrate was back down to 130-140. I sat in triage for about 5 hours. My cell phone had no signal and there wasnt a working phone in my room. My dr wanted me to have an Anes consult for my csectiion, so someone came to talk to me..said they would check on things and be back to see me...she never came back. I just felt really annoyed from the start. Annoyed that i was going through something unknown again. I thought we had everything figured out. I was kinda freaking out....pretty close to losing it.

One of my tests came back a little abnormal. The protein unrine test cut off for normal is 2..and mine was 2.2. So this was enough for me to be admitted and put on a 24 hour unrine collection cycle. I stayed overnight and peed in a bucket so they could check my protein levels. the test was supposed to end at 4:30 thursday and sent off to the lab. They wanted me to stay one more night so they could tell me the results and be released or if needed they would deliver the baby. This morning one of the residents came in to let me know that someone in the lab LOST MY URINE JUG!!! this jug was HUGE and full of urine..how do you loose sometihng like that?! UGH...so i had to wait to talk to my drs about either staying overnight again or going home with a new jug to pee in.

I might add that i have not had any problems with IU hospital thus far. Everyone has been excellent and i have had the best care i could have hoped for! When my drs came in to talk with me I was at a breaking point. I was uncomfortable,i was realizing that i had been going through this emotional rollercoaster for the last 5 months and i was DONE! At 34 weeks, i was wondering how much more my body could handle. My body literally tells me every day that it is almost at its final stretch. I told them exactly how i was feeling. I was firm without being a bitch about it. I let them know that i need to have a plan...an answer from anesthesia, and a date for my csection. I told them that i have been so patient and strong through this whole thing, and now i just need to see my baby...soon!

They totally understood, told me that i was one of the best patients they have had and they left, talked with Dr s, and within 2 hours Dr s was in my room with all the answers that i needed. They located my urine and ran the test which came back relatively normal. I have the beginning stages of preeclampsia(nothing serious at this point). Im going to have biweekly nonstress tests to check the baby and my bp for the next 2 weeks before i deliver. We will not have an epidural so it will be a csection under general anes on....wait for it.......wait for it......TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 9AM!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
it feels so amazingly great to have a date!!! Im so anxious, so grateful and so amazed by this whole pregnancy. Everything has been leading up to this wonderful date. Lets hope the next couple weeks go by quickly! I have another ultrasound next week to find out her weight and growth.

so now im at home taking it easy again for the next couple weeks. I am mentally, emotionally and physically exhausted. Everything will be worth it on september 7th!

What an adventure! sigh......