Surprise!!

Last weekend, my mom, sister, friends, and I went to the Vera Bradley outlet. Awesome, by the way. We had to stand in line for 2 1/2 hours, shopped only for 45 minutes, then in line again for 1 hour. I know I should have been less tough and listened to my mom. She told me to sit down during the lines... I didn't. So, my feet were swollen the entire way home (about 4 hours). This isn't the first time I've swelled, but the only time I thought I deserved to swell.

We got back on Saturday afternoon, and I threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law on Sunday. Those who know me know that I stress over everything and stuff like a shower I am throwing really pushes me over the edge sometimes. So, I had a pretty big weekend. After the shower I took a 4 hour nap to recuperate. Apparently, that wasn't enough.

I worked all day Monday through Wednesday... was just plain WORN OUT every day. I started to never be able to deflate my feet. I was getting really bad headaches and then my left eye would go blurry for a couple of seconds. Add to that upper-adominal pain and dizziness and you have my mom telling me to call the doctor. So I did. Mid-work day on Thursday. She said she wanted me to come in, so I had to leave work early.

My sister came to the doctor's office with me. First, they thought it was my blood pressure, which turned out to be fine. Then, I was on a monitor for about an hour to monitor the baby's heartbeat/movements and to see if I was having any contractions. Turns out I was. I'm not sure how many. I only felt one. I guess that tightening feeling I was getting was a contraction. Who knew? And, even though I have an appointment in 1 week, since I just happened to be there, would I like to do my glucose screening at this time? Sure! So, I drank that nasty drink, got my blood drawn, came back to the exam room, and the doc checked me all out. She is running a lot of tests to see about different things. One of the main tests is to see if I am at risk for pre-term labor within the next two weeks. She said she'd call if I was... no call yet! I also have the joy of doing a 24-hour urine sample. Yay!! I start that on Sunday and take it in first thing Monday. Doc did say that my cervix is locked tight, so that's a really good sign.

Brandon and his mom started the paint job on Lil's room this week. It needs another coat or two before we can do the stripes I want. It' looks awesome. So much better than the skank it was before. Every time I step into it now I can vision her in there. I'm very excited!

She is moving A LOT more this past week. I love feeling her move. I think she is getting a little personality, too!