28 Weeks~

Everything has been making the weeks just fly by, I can't beleive that in less than 12 weeks, we will meet Baby Boy Wap! We had an appointment at the Minnesota Perinatal Clinic, which involved an ultrasound. It was so neat to see baby! He is measuring really big, at 3lbs. He was sucking on his arm, practicing breathing, and playing with his toes. It was so adorable. Those ultrasounds make pregnancy worth it for sure. We had a little scare this past week, and in fact, I write this on bedrest as we speak. I want to tell my whole week up to this point though, because it was just hectic and crazy!

On Sunday I worked from 9am-4pm. It seemed sort of chilly in the house, so Matt tried to turn up the thermostat, but nothing happened. Our furnance was out, and we needed to leave to my mom's house that night, because we had our appointment in the cities the following day. Matt finally got ahold of a furnace guy, and hte guy told Matt that our furnace is so old that he didn't have any parts for it! He cleaned it, and attatched a new hose, and got it restarted. So we left for my mom's house, so we didn't have so far to travel the following day.

On Monday we woke up, got ready, and left my mom's house for the appointments in the cities. We saw my cardiologist at 12p.m. We talked about what might happen during birth, and about ICD replacement surgery, and about medications. It was 12:55 p.m. when we got out of there, so we ran down to the perinatology clinic for our 1p.m. appointment with them. We made it to our appointment, had the ultrasound, and talked to Dr. Fairbanks about whats going to happen during labor and delivery, medications I'm currently taking and if it's o.k. to breastfeed, and about transfer of care and when we would need to be seen next. After the scheduling of all the next appointments, we got to leave, and get back to Little Falls to pick up our suitcases and to get the dogs. (Noah is staying with my mom this week, since she has vacation time.) We left around 7:30 p.m. for the two hour trek home. We got home at 9:30 p.m. and walking in the house it was freezing! The furnace had gone out again, so we went to Deer River forestry office to get some space heaters to keep up warm. By the time we got to bed, it was 11 p.m. and I got to wake up at 5 a.m. the next day!

On Tuesday I went to work for two hours in the morning, then I went to work with Matt during the day, since the house was so cold. We hiked around some timber sale sites, and it felt good to be out in the sunshine, and exercising. We went back to the office where Matt did some work there, then we went home. Upon getting home, and cooking supper, we sat down to relax. I felt a funny itch on my leg, so I lifted up my pant leg, and went to scratch when I saw that my calf was HUGE. Like really past gross all the way up to horrifying. I know I'm pregnant and that there is swelling that is going to happen, but this was like when my arm swelled up when I had a blood clot. The other leg was also swollen, but not that bad. I found a sore spot on the back of my calf with some veins poping out. So I put my feet up and then talked to Matt about maybe going to the E.R. I need to point out that health issues are important, but the E.R. staff at the hospital in hte area isn't the best, and it was already 7:30 p.m. and I didn't want to get back at a ridiculious time. I called the E.R. nurse and asked if I should come in, that I was 28 weeks pregnant, with a history of blood clots. She said to just watch it overnight, and to make an appointment with my doctor the next day...

On Wednesday I made an appointment with Dr. Romanik, our family doctor, at 11:40 a.m. The swelling had gone down in my leg, but my skin was still really discolored, with that sore spot, so I went in. Dr. Romanik didn't want to take any chances, and ordered an u/s of my entire right leg. Had the ultrasound done, which was really gross. We had to wait for awhile for hte results, and finally got them. I don't have a blood clot, thank God, but Dr. Romanik prescribed bedrest for 24 hours, and then we talked about if I have any more swelling, that I would need a complete scan of my leg again., since I'm a high risk pregnancy. We also went over what happened at my cardiology appointment. I called into work and presumed to be bored for the rest of the night.

So my week, this far, has been quite busy and hectic. I'm hoping this weekend will be better, and alot less stressfull. Otherwise, this past month has been pretty uneventfull. Matt and I are planning the baby shower for some of my relatives, and friends up here. We talked to Matt's parents, who are planning a shower for after the baby is born, at their house. They seem very excited for it, and I have to say, I'm excited for the chance for everyone to meet Baby Wap.