Updateeeeee! 39 weeks 1 Day

So today has been the best day since last Friday because we determined that I do not have preeclampsia!!! I went to the birthing center on Tuesday and my pressure was still up so they decided that I would have to do a 24 hour urine collection to more extensively analyze my urine for protein. This would be a determining factor in whether or not I was developing preeclampsia. One of the Midwives also gave me instructions for a natural whole-foods diet high in protein that would hopefuly help with my pressure.

I returned to the center with my urine from the past 24 hours (gross!) on Thursday after having been on bed rest and follwing the diet. They cheked my pressure again and found that it was high and we began to talk about the strong possibiltiy that I was not going to be able to deliver at the birthing center. Nancy exaplined to me that if I was developing preeclampsia I would now be considered high-risk and would have to be monitored by a doctor when in labor. We also began to talk about the fact that I may have to be induced because with as far along as I am my condition would probably only worsen so it would be best to take the baby out asap. I was checked and my cervix was 1 cm dialated and 50% effaced. This was right where I need to be but did not indicate that my labor would be starting soon. I was instructed to continue to stay in bed and return today (Friday) to get the results back about my urine and to again check my pressure. I think that leaving this appointment was the low point for me because I felt that everything I have been planning for was going to be totally different and the last thing I want is to have to deliver at the hospital and to have to be induced. I know that the nurses and doctors at the hospital will take good care of me and the baby but it is very important to me to be able to have the birth expeirence I have envisioned for myself.

So right as me, Kyle and my Mom were leaving this morning Nancy called me to tell me that my protein count was totally normal!! I was very excited about this and it really gave me a renewed sense of hope about the whole situation. I was not as anxious or worried about my appointment and consequently when I got to the center and she checked my blood pressure it was down!!! So at this point all of my blood work has come back good, my kidneys and liver are doing fine, my protein count is normal and my blood pressure is appearing to be dropping. If I was to go into labor now I would still be able to go to the birth center as long as during labor my pressure stayed down. I am so thrilled about this and am now just ready to start labor so all this pregnancy stuff can be over and we can finally meet our baby!!! I have started taking some homeopathics and herbs that may help to "ripen" my cervix and get labor started sooner. I am scheduled to go back to the center Monday to return with another 24 hour urine collection and to check my pressure once again. Hopefully I will either have the baby by then or everything will continue to look good.

I hope this wasn't too long or boring im just trying to keep everyone updated with all the facts. Check out the new pictures on flickr!! Im getting bigggg!! :D