35 Weeks

How far along? 35 Weeks

Total weight gain: 34 lbs. I just gained 1 pound over the last 2 weeks according to docs scale, but according to my home scale i actually lost 2 lbs.
Maternity clothes? oh yes! and nice hospital socks as you can see in the pic. ha!
Stretch marks? uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh uh-huh
Sleep: not so much. but that is mostly due to all the issues w\ Emelyne.
Best moment this week: Realizing that in 1-3 weeks i will have a BABY! It sounds weird, but it just kinda hit me.
Miss Anything? breathing, sitting & laying normally. Sleeping on my stomach. i could go on and on.
Movement: Still lots of movement. I will use the word PRESSURE. Every time i sit down it's like he instantly squirms up under my ribs, ouch!
Food cravings: Nope, but i've eaten an entire carton of strawberries 3 nights in a row, and i plan on doing it again tonight. But that's just cause there's been a good sale on them at the grocery store this week!
Anything making you queasy or sick: oh just the usual.
Gender: sweet baby boy
Labor Signs: contractions! still braxton hicks, but they're getting stronger & more frequent.
Symptoms: immobility! hip pain, back pain, i do look a tish swollen in the face here (thanks for making me aware mom ;) ) waddleing SOMETIMES! , tired, tired, TIRED!
Belly Button in or out? oh it's questionable right now.
Wedding rings on or off? on part time
Happy or Moody most of the time: Too tired to be either. Let's say anxious sums up the week pretty well.
Looking forward to: meeting our sweet baby of course! And no longer being pregnant!

So, as i've said before, i always post this at the end of my week. So even though this says "35 weeks" i'm actually 36 weeks now. Today was my doc appt, i go weekly now. I am dialated to a 2 already! But that could mean nothing. Baby is head down but we are still having an ultrasound on Friday to get a better look at things, make sure the partial previa from earlier is completely cleared away. They did go ahead and schedule me for an induction for Friday March 1st. That day would work out really well for everybody, Aaron doesn't usually work Fridays & it'd be easier for family traveling. BUT honestly my gut feeling tells me i won't make it that far. I, of course could be totally wrong. And i'm not counting on going early, and i don't really want to go early...i just....have a feeling. So that sums it up for that baby. Onto my next baby...

As some of you know, this past week (starting on Saturday) Emelyne started fevering VERY high. 106 + temp. This has absolutly been the scariest, toughest, longest, worriesome, most tiring few days of Aaron & I's lives. We've been back & forth to the doctor 3 times since Sunday. Emelyne would do better for a period of time and then spike a fever again. The first time we went to the doc was Sunday night and they initially found nothing wrong with her, BUT went ahead and perscribed a antibiotic anyway in case strep culture or urine culture came back positive. Monday morning, after one of the worst nights of our life, we went back into doc and while we were there the urine culture came back positive for UTI. But because of the extremely high temps the doc actually thinks it's a kidney infection or more to do with her kidneys, maybe the same problem that i have. So they want to start with an ultrasound of her kidneys to determine if there's a problem. That will be sometime in March, we haven't heard an official date yet. Anyway, Monday she did good in the morning and then again about 430 spiked up to 107.4 and stayed above 105 for a couple hours. Finally about 7pm it broke and came down to normal. Overnight Monday she did great again and all day Tuesday kept it down. At this point we thought all was going well and then again last night at about 530 she shot back up to 104. We called doc again thinking it was time to be admitted to the hospital, but we were able to get the fever down with-in an hour and were advise if we could keep it down overnight, we should bring her in the morning and they'd give her a shot of Rocephin, which is the equivelant of a weeks worth of anti-biotics in one shot, basically what they'd give her through iv's if they put her in the hospital. So, that in itself was terribly traumatic because she HATES shots, and it was so high of a dosage they had to split it into 2 shots and do one in each leg. They also put a numbing agent in so her legs wouldn't be sore but then for the first hour afterward or so she couldn't walk! By this afternoon she bounced back to normal! Normal energy, appetite, normal smile! And so far a normal temp again for a good half of the day. Hopefully the worst is behind us. I'd be just fine never going through this again. It's hard to explain it all in writing, the seriousness & urgency of it all. But for those of you who have gone through health crisies, especially those of you with children that have had them, there is just nothing worse or scarier in the world! The docs were even surprised she never ended up seizuring, especailly considering how many times she fevered over 105 and how long it stayed up that high. Her little body would shake and she'd hold her breath...so awful! I know some of you have already been updated on this somewhat, and thanks to everyone for their prayers & support. We have such great family & friends! And as my friend Maria commented, this ordeal certainly made this last week fly by as far as the pregnancy goes! Hopefully only good news to come from here on out!