A good pick-me-up

Yesterday was a not so good day. I was taking a shower and went to turn it off but the thing just kept turning. The water would not turn off. I called Travis, Dean, and mom and got all their voice mails. I started crying. Why cry? Because I'm a basket case anyways. Thats the only way to explain it. I started seeing dollar signs and freaked out about the water bill and the cost of fixing it. Finally I got a hold of mom who called some church members to see if their husbands were home to come turn the water off from the outside but no one. So Dean left work to come and turn it off. (Thanks again Dean) Luckily we only need to buy a new shower nob. Anyways to pick up my day my Grandma brought over the bassinet she bought for the baby. I made Travis put it up last night. It was relatively easy because things just snapped together. It's in the baby's room now until we get the crib. It plays 4 different songs, the mobile turns, and has a night light. It rocks as well. I'm going to buy some more colorful mobile creatures to add to it when I attach it to the crib so it's not just all white. And that's another thing, it will attach to a crib. Thanks Grandma, I love it!

3 years of bliss

Today is our 3 year anniversary. The past week as I've been reading other peoples blogs I've seen at least 3 or 4 who are also celebrating their anniversary. It's crazy to think how many people got married around the same time. And yes I'm going to copy everyones idea and put a wedding picture up. Time has really flown by yet it seems like we've been together forever (in a good way). I thank Heavenly Father everyday for Travis and the man that he is. Heavenly Father knew exactly what he was doing when he put us together. I love you Travis.

Freak incident

Yesterday (Sunday) started normal. I had a good breakfast. I had bran flakes with 1/2 a banana in it an hour before church. I went to church w/ mom because Travis had a bad nose bleed. Anyway, about 50 min into church (sacrament) I start feeling sweaty and dizzy like I do when I'm going to pass out. The strange thing is I do that when it's warm and it wasn't warm inside the church so who knows. So, I lean over to mom and tell her I'm not feeling well and I put my head in her lap. It gets worse so I tell her and she says she'll take me home. She goes for her stuff and I don't feel like I can get up and walk to the door without passing out. She leans over to the guy in front of us (Bro. Empey) and he gets up and holds one arm while mom is holding another and we walk out. In the foyer I put my head down between my legs and my mom gets the car. By then lots of people are there with me. I'm sweating like a pig and apparently my face is white. They move me to the couch to lie down with someone fanning me. I felt much better, my dizziness was gone. Someone went in the chapel to get this lady who is an RN. They count my pulse. There were actually two ladies who are RN's and someone called the ambulance and the paramedics came in the foyer and check me and put me on the cot (what's that bed called?). My mom asks if I really need to go to the ER and those two RN's said yes that she should take me. So I'm at the ER, waiting mostly, and they never came to a conclusion as to what was wrong. My sugar had dropped so I thought that was it but I guess not. Then they said my blood work showed a calcium and potassium deficiency but the second blood test didn't show that so who knows. I think I should have just gone home and would have been fine but because of the baby and those pregnancy issues, I think people were more on edge and thinking its better to be safe than sorry. So that's my freak incident. I don't think I'm going to church next week, I'm too embarrassed! :-)

Pregnancy issues

I had a sonogram and appointment with the doctor today and didn't get the best news. My amount of fluid is still too high. The doctor told me three possible explainations. 1. I had a viral infection when pregnant and I think they are doing a blood test to see. 2. the baby has a hole between its trachea and something else & if that's the case they won't know until after the baby is born and will have to do surgery. I pray that this is not it. 3. 20% of women they never find out why. It is likely that I'll have it in other pregnancies too she said. Just pray that the baby doesn't have a hole.

The second issue is my cervix is too short. What does that mean? Check out http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/pregnancy/pregcomplications/1425796.html?_loopback=1
to see. I wouldn't do well to explain it myself. But basically I'm at risk for preterm labor. The doctor put me on some restrictions. She gave me these restrictions mentioning that I don't need bedrest yet. They'll do another sonogram in 3 weeks to measure the cervix and check my fluid. If my cervix is still a problem I think her options are bedrest and some corticosteroids, which help minimize health problems in premature babies, which this article makes more clear. (The article mentions Cerclage but my doctor never mentioned that.)

It all sounds pretty intimidating right now. I'm basically hanging out waiting for my next sonogram to see where we go from there. I'd like to hear if any of ya'll have heard of these things or had experience with them. Basically all I'm doing is praying the baby does NOT have hole and that even if preterm, he will make it and be just fine. We'll keep ya'll posted.

Strangers

Today I had my first stranger touch my belly. I was a little surprised and I'd rather not have anymore strangers touching me. I was at Ross looking for maternity clothes and this lady went right in front of me at the rack, held out a shirt and said, "Oh this is so cute." She was talking to a friend but 2 feet in front of me and she turned and said, "especially for you", and patted my stomach. I like my personal space and get antsy anytime some is right up on me in lines, in the car, etc. So, I didn't care for her being 2 feet in front of me much less patting my stomach. It took me a few minutes to realize that that was the first stranger to touch my tummy. I don't mind people I know but people, keep your hands to yourself if you don't know someone. This isn't a free for all. I just thought I'd share since we haven't posted anything in a while. Hopefully this weekend we'll post some pictures of the house.