Koco Kabana

Monday, January 01, 2007

33 1/2 weeks and counting!

Well I've been busy. In between going to the doctor once a week, working 32 hours at least, Christmas season, my husband, and my toddler I've had little time for anything else. Going back to work has been hard for several reasons. It's induced many a contraction, lot's of swollen ankles, and several headaches. The biggest issue being having absolutely no control over my child. Other people have him more than I do and I can't seem to get anybody to be consistent with him. He has a schedule that me and the babysitter stick to but daddy and the grandparents refuse to do it. This has caused a serious problem because K works more than I do I'm the one left holding the short end of stick when it comes to getting him up and putting him to bed. The problem is naptime is noon until no later than four. But some people refuse to do this they let him sleep or stay up if he wants to. This is unacceptable because if he naps at say even one instead of noon then he sleeps til five which pushes bedtime back by an hour. This has gotten worse and worse over the past couple of days where it is now 12:30 at night (yes my time stamp is wrong) and he is still trying to climb out of the crib. Tonight not such a bad thing because I can just sleep in tomorrow but I won't because then his schedule will continue to be a problem. But Wednesday I have to work in the morning I can't stay up until one in the morning and then be expected to go to work at 7 am. It requires at least an hour and half to get ready and then get the monster to day care and me to work on time. This is just insane. If I don't have enough time (or sleep) I rush which leads to the problem we had on Sunday morning. I was in the shower which is in the basement and I was rushing. I went to go run up the stairs which is no easy task for a woman who is 8 months pregnant. Well I slipped, my feet came out from under me and I fell right on my stomach. A little pain at first but nothing to bad. Then the baby moved and it hurt. He just kept on too, I think he was upset and he was taking his frustration out on his mommy from the inside. This of course necessitated a call to the doctor who told me to go to the hospital to be monitored. To anyone who's ever been on those stupid monitors you know how much it sucks, you can't move very much, the bed's uncomfortable, and the belts dig into your skin. After about four hours of this with only about 4 contractions and no other symptoms I was sent home. Everything is okay now I do have a bruise on my belly that hurts when you push on it but other than that I'm fine. I've been going to the doctor every week because they want to monitor me more closely since I am technically gestational diabetic. So I go every week for a NST and an U/S and a visit with the doctor. Everything looked good last week such as:
Fetal heartrate: 140- 170 with movement great
Amniotic fluid levels: perfect
Total weight gain for the week: -1 lbs
Total weight gain for the pregnancy: 4 lbs excellent
Uterine measurement: 36 centimeters good
Blood pressure: 114/72 good
Only problem discovered is that the baby is footling breech. His feet are on my bladder at the bottom of my uterus and his head is in my lungs. This does not pose a problem for delivery since I've having another c-section but it is a problem for my bladder control and ability to breath. Since these may not be completely resolved even if he does turn I'm not worried about it. So I go back to the doctor tomorrow and we'll see if everything is still good.

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