Friday, December 12, 2008 @ 11:00pm: Call my doctor's office because I thought I might have had a slow amniotic fluid leak. He says to go to the PET unit (Perinatal Evaluation and Treatment Unit) to get it all checked out... I call my mom to come with me, let Frank know, and tell him to hang out and relax until I know what's going on. He was ok with that. If something was wrong after being tested, my mom was there and Frankie was just a phone call away. The first-year resident comes in with a med. student and does an ultrasound to check the levels of amniotic fluid. He said everything looked good with the fluid pockets. Then he does an internal. Checks my cervix everything feels ok, and he informs me that I'm between 1-2cm dialated!!! Horray! He said that's some good news. The nurse came in, Lacey (a great nurse, btw!), came in to hook me up to the fetal monitors and take my blood pressure. Baby's heartrate is good, no contractions on my end... Well, my blood pressure was quite a bit high. 161/87ish... The continue to cycle the blood pressure cuff to take it every 15 minutes... It is still up 157/85ish, 155/85ish... Well, I get the results from the amniotic fluid testing, and there is no sign of leakage!! Just normal pregnancy stuff going on... The resident speaks with my ob/gyn who in turn is not happy with the high BP, considering I'm usually under120/78ish... Everything is ok with the fluid and CJ, but my high blood pressure earns me some blood work and a urinalysis. They lay me on my side in hopes to lower my BP... it starts heading down. YAY! Blood work comes back fine, but there is protein present in my urine. The protein indicates my kidney's are having a bit of a hard time functioning. Possibly due to a conditoin called Preeclampsia (pregnancy induced hypertension). My BP goes down, and my doctor orders a 24-hour urine collection (what fun!). They do that in order to quantify the level of protein to the amount of urine. They say start at anytime, and bring it back 24 hours later. Follow up with Dr. Victor on Monday. He will decided whether of not to induce labor if you do have preeclampsia and give you more information when you see him... It's 2:15am and I get discharged and head home with my lovely container and a potential induction on my mind...
Saturday, December 13, 2008 @ 9:00am: Ring ring ring... "Good morning, this is Dr. Dresner (the on-call OB at the group I see) calling." He went into the hospital to do his rounds, and looked at my chart. He didn't like the numbers on the chart and didn't want me to wait until Monday to see Dr. Victor. He asked me to go into the hospital that night between 7 and 8pm to get monitored again. Sure no problem. I get up there around 6:45pm, register with the PET unit again, get my loads of paperwork (again) and go into the room. The nurses tonight weren't as pleasant as Lacey was the night before. Thank goodness their shift was over at 7:00pm. (I was in the room at 6:58 after registering. Only 2 more minutes. AMEN!) They had NO idea why the doctor would send me back in to get monitored... Either way, they hooked me up and the BP was NORMAL! 121/80... How perfect. They do more blood work, that comes back normal. But again, still protein present in the urine... They discharge me at 8:10pm and my mom and I grab a bite to eat at a local diner.
Sunday, December 14, 2008 @ 7:00am: Wake up time! Collect my last specimen and head up to St. Barnabas again. Drop of the container and give one more blood sample. Head home, and I'm back to sleep around 9:00 just because I'm insanely tired...
So here is what all of this means... I see Dr. Victor in the office tomorrow for a regular visit, as well as the follow up and receive the results of the 24-hr test, and discuss the options of there is still protein present. From what I was told by the Dr. Dresner Saturday morning is that if there is still protein present, Dr. Victor may want to induce labor and make sure my kidney's are functioning properly. High blood pressure puts strain on the kidney's which in turn can complicate things for me. High blood pressure can complicate things with CJ, too.
Personally, I'm not sure how I feel about an induction. Everyone has a pre-set ideal on how they see their pregnancy, labor and delivery... THIS was not certainly something I saw coming, and honestly, I never even gave one thought about it. Rather than worrying, I'm going to wait until I see Dr. Victor tomorrow afternoon and see what his thoughts are. Who knows, he can say, "Everything is fine to progress on it's own", or "You need to be put on bedrest," or even "You're going to be induced." Whatever the case, all I want is a healthy baby and a healthy delivery without complications. Wish me luck at the doctor's office tomorrow, and I'll be sure to update when I know more!!! =) Till then, enjoy the waning hours of the weekend!!!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Welcome to my first blog, Supermommy In-Stinks!!
Welcome to my first blog ever!! After a bit of thinking and asking for suggestions, I finally came up with a name... Obviously "Supermommy In-Stinks" was the name that I choose... I had some help from friends on http://www.sodahead.com/. I posted a little blog on there asking for some suggestions and I mixed it up a bit. This won't be the best blog ever, but I will certainly try my hardest to keep everyone informed about what is going on with my soon to be present baby...
Since this is my first posting, it may be a little long, but it's here to give you some background information.... My husband, Frank, and I are expecting our first bundle of joy on December 31, 2008. We are so VERY excited about his arrival, and are very grateful that all the ultrasounds, bloodwork, ob/gyn appointments, etc. have brought us nothing but good news about a healthy baby on the way.
Our first baby is going to be a little man!!! We have chosen a name after months of debating... We have chosen the name CJ Eichenlaub. CJ stands for Charles Joseph. He will NOT be raised as a Charles, and we will be calling him CJ, or he will go by his middle name, Joseph (or any form of it). Here's a little background on the name. My father's name was Charles. He passed away November 16, 1999. This year was probably one of the most lifechanging years I have ever experienced. I found out I was pregnant April 30 at 6:15am. My husband (boyfriend at that point in time) and I were both ecstatic and a bit nervous... I scheduled and Ob/Gyn appointment immediately to confirm the positive home test. A couple weeks later, we decided to get engaged because Kay's was having a HUGE sale. Well, June 20th, Kay's had a resetting event and my father-in-law passed down his aunt's and mother's engagement and wedding rings. We got my engagement ring made special, and bought basic wedding rings. July 11, we were married at Boldt Castle in the beautiful 1000 Islands. Now back to the reasoning for the name: As you can tell, this year has been extremely full of life changes. During the month of October, I was a bit under the weather, and it took me a while to realize why. After doing some internal and mental digging, I came down to the realization that I was pretty upset about not having my dad present during this past year. I asked myself what can I do about it now though? I can't be upset forever; death is a fact of life, and I have accepted my dad isn't here. Frank loved the name Wyatt Charles, as did I. But it just didn't "feel right". Anytime I would look at my belly, and call him Wyatt, I couldn't smile. Finally, one night in the shower, I was doing some thinking and I looked down at my belly and said, "Hi Charles Jospeh. How are you doing tonight CJ?" And he kicked a bit, and I smiled, and he started bouncing around somemore. I was overwhelmed with joy, that I cried (because that's something I've become REALLY good at). I told Frankie about my experience, he made it a bit difficult, because he was still in love with the name Wyatt. He wasn't crazy about CJ. Well, I tried to explain to him the meaning of the name and why I felt so strongly about it. Joseph was his grandfather's name (and Frank's middle name as well). He and his grandfather were very close when he was younger. His grandfather and him loved to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, walk down to the train tracks and spend lots of time together. He passed away in 1988 when Frank was 7 years old. It took a toll on him from what I was told by my in-laws. He stopped playing with trains for a couple years, and that was something he LOVED to do as a kid. Well, all in all, my feeling was this was a PERFECT name for a first child. It holds so much meaning that it just "felt right". On Thanksgiving this year, Frank had agreed with the name I fell in love with after much debate and thought. I called my mom and texted my best friend, Angie. It was one of the greatest feelings in the world. My little bean now has an identity, and I couldn't be happier.
I am 37 weeks pregnant today, and that means CJ is considered full term. I am super anxious to meet him and hold him in my arms. His bedroom is all decorated and set up, as well as his bassinet in our bedroom. The hospital bags are almost packed. CJ's bag is ready with his blankets, coming home outfit, Boppy pillow (for breastfeeding in the hospital), and some diapers. My bags are close to being packed. It's still kind of surreal to me. As excited and anxious as I am, it still amazes me that I'm going to be a mommy soon!!! HAHA! I'm crying now just thinking about it.
I apologize about the long, jumpy first post. I'll be sure to make them a bit more direct from here on out, but I wanted to share this before CJ arrives this way, you can subscribe and follow my postings and stay updated!!! =) Thanks for reading and I can't wait to share photos, stories, and whatever else may pop on up!!!!
Since this is my first posting, it may be a little long, but it's here to give you some background information.... My husband, Frank, and I are expecting our first bundle of joy on December 31, 2008. We are so VERY excited about his arrival, and are very grateful that all the ultrasounds, bloodwork, ob/gyn appointments, etc. have brought us nothing but good news about a healthy baby on the way.
Our first baby is going to be a little man!!! We have chosen a name after months of debating... We have chosen the name CJ Eichenlaub. CJ stands for Charles Joseph. He will NOT be raised as a Charles, and we will be calling him CJ, or he will go by his middle name, Joseph (or any form of it). Here's a little background on the name. My father's name was Charles. He passed away November 16, 1999. This year was probably one of the most lifechanging years I have ever experienced. I found out I was pregnant April 30 at 6:15am. My husband (boyfriend at that point in time) and I were both ecstatic and a bit nervous... I scheduled and Ob/Gyn appointment immediately to confirm the positive home test. A couple weeks later, we decided to get engaged because Kay's was having a HUGE sale. Well, June 20th, Kay's had a resetting event and my father-in-law passed down his aunt's and mother's engagement and wedding rings. We got my engagement ring made special, and bought basic wedding rings. July 11, we were married at Boldt Castle in the beautiful 1000 Islands. Now back to the reasoning for the name: As you can tell, this year has been extremely full of life changes. During the month of October, I was a bit under the weather, and it took me a while to realize why. After doing some internal and mental digging, I came down to the realization that I was pretty upset about not having my dad present during this past year. I asked myself what can I do about it now though? I can't be upset forever; death is a fact of life, and I have accepted my dad isn't here. Frank loved the name Wyatt Charles, as did I. But it just didn't "feel right". Anytime I would look at my belly, and call him Wyatt, I couldn't smile. Finally, one night in the shower, I was doing some thinking and I looked down at my belly and said, "Hi Charles Jospeh. How are you doing tonight CJ?" And he kicked a bit, and I smiled, and he started bouncing around somemore. I was overwhelmed with joy, that I cried (because that's something I've become REALLY good at). I told Frankie about my experience, he made it a bit difficult, because he was still in love with the name Wyatt. He wasn't crazy about CJ. Well, I tried to explain to him the meaning of the name and why I felt so strongly about it. Joseph was his grandfather's name (and Frank's middle name as well). He and his grandfather were very close when he was younger. His grandfather and him loved to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, walk down to the train tracks and spend lots of time together. He passed away in 1988 when Frank was 7 years old. It took a toll on him from what I was told by my in-laws. He stopped playing with trains for a couple years, and that was something he LOVED to do as a kid. Well, all in all, my feeling was this was a PERFECT name for a first child. It holds so much meaning that it just "felt right". On Thanksgiving this year, Frank had agreed with the name I fell in love with after much debate and thought. I called my mom and texted my best friend, Angie. It was one of the greatest feelings in the world. My little bean now has an identity, and I couldn't be happier.
I am 37 weeks pregnant today, and that means CJ is considered full term. I am super anxious to meet him and hold him in my arms. His bedroom is all decorated and set up, as well as his bassinet in our bedroom. The hospital bags are almost packed. CJ's bag is ready with his blankets, coming home outfit, Boppy pillow (for breastfeeding in the hospital), and some diapers. My bags are close to being packed. It's still kind of surreal to me. As excited and anxious as I am, it still amazes me that I'm going to be a mommy soon!!! HAHA! I'm crying now just thinking about it.
I apologize about the long, jumpy first post. I'll be sure to make them a bit more direct from here on out, but I wanted to share this before CJ arrives this way, you can subscribe and follow my postings and stay updated!!! =) Thanks for reading and I can't wait to share photos, stories, and whatever else may pop on up!!!!
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