Thursday is the Day

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We finally get to meet our little girl on Thursday. At 8:00 am Lee and I will treck our way to the hospital to have my labor induced.

On Monday I had my 39 week appointment and it was something else. I had the highest blood pressure yet and there was protein in my urine - both signs of toxemia. This made me a little nervous, I believe my doc was nervous as well...He told me go over to Labor and Delivery and have a Non Stress Test (NST) and have labs drawn. He then said that if my labs were abnormal, he would get me started that day! I was nervous at the last statement. My first blood pressure taken at the hospital was sky high!

As I was fretting about being induced that day, with no notice, there was a knock on my door and in walked Lee! He came and sat down by me while I was hooked up to the monitors and held my hand. My blood pressure steadily went down after his arrival...Thank goodness he has a good job and a great boss who let him leave without any notice.

After an hour and 15 minutes of monitoring and the arrival of my lab results - they were normal - I was told to come back on Thursday to be induced. I believe it would have been sooner except for the fact that Tuesday and Wednesday each already had 2 inductions scheduled. This is such a relief for both Lee and I. We know the day she is coming...no more guessing and stressing and being anxious. Although there is a chance that my water may break before then and if it does we will be ready!

When my pregnant belly finally did decide to show up, I had the great idea of showing off pictures each week. This did not happen, things get quite busy when you are trying to prepare for a baby. But I do have a few pictures to show off:

34 and 5 Weeks

39 and 1 weeks