Trip to Labor and Delivery

So I had my first experience in Labor and delivery today. During church I started to get a headache in the front of my head and was feeling nauseated so we went home and I called the midwife on call because I was told if I had any number of symptoms to call and she had me go get evaluated at labor and delivery. We were there for 2 1/2 hours being monitored while we waited for my labs to come back. My labs were fine and the baby was still doing good so they let me go home but I am doing another 24 hour urine test. The good news is that I am already dilated to a one possibly a 2 so maybe I will just go into labor on my own. Here hoping for a spring break baby.

Newest baby News

So I went back to the Dr again today and had another non stress test to monitor the baby. The baby was good and very active today. My blood pressure was pretty good and I didn't have any protein in my urine so apparently everything is fine and I go back on Tuesday so no baby yet. Now that I am already I just want her here and to not be pregnant anymore. My midwife is having me use evening primrose oil to get my cervix ready incase they have to induce me next week so we will see what happens between now and Tuesday.

Baby Update

I went to the dr again today and I am still only border line preeclampsia so for now they are just watching me closely to see if anything progresses. I have to go in twice a week and they are going to to non stress test once a week to monitor the baby to make sure that she is ok. After what the dr told me friday I freaked out because I wasn't ready for a baby. I went through the cloths that she got while we were home for christmas and had hardly anything 0-3 months mostly just sleepers. I had no onsies or socks so we took an emergency trip to target and got some onsies and socks and newborn diapers. I felt much better after that and packing my bag. I also got myself mentally prepared to have a baby. Jared says now that I am ready to have the baby everything will be fine and it will be a long 4 weeks until my due date.

baby next week?

So we maybe having a baby next week. I had my 36 week appt yesterday and my blood pressure was high and didn't come down very much after I had been laying down and I had protein in my urine so they are doing test to see if I have preeclampsia. I get to be pretty much on bed rest all weekend which means I didn't get to go see my friend in chicago this weekend sorry Jennise. I have to go back to the dr on monday and if it has progressed they are going to induce me because the only way to stop it is to deliver. Luckily my midwife did let me go to work for a little while on friday so I could wrap things up in case I don't come back next week.
So we will see what happens this weekend and maybe we will have a baby next week and maybe she will decide to stay in there a little longer.

Carrot Cookies

Every year growing up when we got carrots from our garden my mom would make carrot cookies. I had never made them before until I got pregnant and a couple of months ago I started craving them so I had to ask my mom for the recipe. So tonight I am making carrot cookies and thought I would share the recipe with all of you.

1 cup grated carrots boiled in 1 cup water
Cream together:
1 cup sugar
1 cup shortning (sometimes I'll use butter)
1 whole egg
Add drained carrots

Mix in:
2 1/2 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Drop from spoon onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake @ 375 degrees for about 8 min. until done (not brown)

Frosting:
softened butter
powdered sugar
juice from an orange (I use lemon juice)

Dancing Baby

I think our baby is going to be a dancer. At church today whenever we were singing or the piano was playing she would start moving and then stopped when the music stopped.

Good Oral Hygiene

I have always brushed my teeth, but have never been good about flossing my teeth. I have had many cavity in my life and most of them are because I didn't floss. Then I married Jared who is obsest with flossing his teeth. I learned to carry around floss because Jared was always asking me for some so I would carry it in my purse in my car and I have some in my night stand. I still never was that good at flossing until I got pregnant and had problems with bleeding gums and then ended up getting a root canal. Now I floss my teeth pretty much everyday and am now starting to get addicted to flossing my teeth. So my our family is a flossing family and as you can see even Tito enjoys good oral hygiene.