Note to self..

Christmas shopping with a 2 year old at 33 weeks pregnant is a BAD idea!

Yesterday we went to the mall and did our Christmas shopping. It was highly stressful because who LIKES christmas shopping? We came home and I noticed decreased fetal movements from baby Violet. Called my Dr. and decided to go to the hospital for a non-stress test just to make sure she was ok. When we arrived they checked my vitals like they normally do and discovered my blood pressure was high. This whole pregnancy my blood pressure has been nice in low..like 108/68. It was 149/89 at the hospital.

They started the non stress test and of course Violet then started kicking and making me look like a looney toon. They think that maybe she finally turned head down and that is why I feel less movement. (Fingers crossed on that one). Then the Doctor came in and freaked me out. Told me he needed to get some blood and urine tests done because my blood pressure was at a rate where if I had pre-eclampsia I could possibly have seizures. He said if my blood came back toxic I would be admitted and possibly induced.

Waiting for those blood tests took forever. The one thing I have said to Jared time and time again was PLEASE dont let me develop pre-e with this pregnancy. It sounds scary. Luckily, everything came back normal so I was sent home to rest until I see my Dr. tomorrow. My blood pressure has gone down dramatically since I have left the hospital so I think I will blame christmas shopping for this one...

My only hope is that for the next couple weeks until I give birth my blood pressure stays down and I dont develop awful pre-eclampsia.

Chiropractic date set!

So after searching the yellowpages I finally found a Chiropractor that does the websters technique. I have an appt on the 16th a couple days before my dr appt so I really hope it works! This was recommended to me by my midwife/OB. I googled it and it looks so simple.

If it doesnt work Im going to go really far fetched and try accupuncture..doesnt hurt to try right?

December

We decorated our tree today and it was sort of enjoyable. Jared and I bickered about how to hang Christmas lights on a tree while the cats kept leaping up and taking ornaments off. Though, all in all we accomplished it and it is up!

I can not believe it is already December. This is the last full month before I give birth to baby Violet. She is due January 28th but because of space will probably be here earlier. Sophie was born at 37 1/2 weeks so that would put us at about January 12th. I am fine with that date...I just really dont want a Christmas baby. For one; I cant imagine not spending Christmas with my baby girl (Sophie) and for two I can't imagine this little one being screwed out of a birthday every year.

Her nursery is complete (minus some bedding)and I am really happy with it. I re-did a lamp (in pictures below), and put some neat pictures up. all we need left is too collect some more cloth diapers and not over do- it. I went to Carters the other day and got WAY more than she really needed but newborn clothes are SO adorable.

Anyways, enjoy the pics of the nursery :)

What I'm thankful for

With Thanksgiving approaching it brings me into a sort of loving feeling. Thanksgiving is the reason we all sit and take time to think about the things we are greatful for. Sure, I can say the obvious that Im greatful for my children and husband but I am greatful for so much more. I am greatful for a large family that would go above and beyond for me. I am greatful that I have a place to call home while others may not even have that. I think from time to time people get too caught up in "getting" rather than "giving" that the holidays become not what they used to be. When I was younger the things I remembered most about Thanksgiving and Christmas were playing board games with all of my cousins, decorating the tree, helping my mom bake delicious christmas treats. When I was younger my parents used to give us $20 to get everyone gifts for Christmas. I can remember going to my schools "christmas store" and finding the most beautiful plastic ring..that I just KNEW my mother would love it and have no idea it wasnt real. When she opened it she loved it..I want that with my children. I want the value of money to not matter to them...I want Christmas and the holidays to be about giving again. This season I will be working extra hard to remember ALL of the reasons I am grateful for my life and remember to not take any of it for granted. When you take things for granted you can lose out on the most precious gift of all..innocence.

Chocolate covered grahm crackers...

are delicious! I just devoured like three.

Anyways, not much going on in the Swehosky house. Things are calming down before the stress of the holidays and then Violet..hopefully in that order...
My family has been picking on me about having a Christmas baby as they know I seriously do not want that. With Jared already having a Thanksgiving birthday, I would really like a nice big gap between Christmas and Violet's birth. My sister is coming over for the holidays and is leaving January 5th, so she has already decided she will get this baby out before then. She and my mother explained that they would line the streets with candy bars in hopes that I can walk the baby out. They think if there is a candy bar at every block I will have more ambition..rude lol.

Hello 3rd Trimester

Well we are on the home stretch now as we are finally in our 3rd trimester of pregnancy. In about 10 weeks little Violet will be here and we will become a family of 4! It still seems so surreal but we are now getting excited. The nursery is slowly coming together and it has been fun buying things I rememmber using just a little  over two years ago. The biggest thing for us was going through Sophie's clothes and finding the preemie jamies. It is hard to believe she fit in something so tiny at one point...in fact she even had a bit of room. At our ultrasound we discovered just how cute little Violet is (not that we doubted it) she kept smiling from ear to ear in the ultrasound..it was adorable.

Ultrasound Update

So for those who have been following I had a big ultrasound today to discover why I was measuring 5 weeks ahead. The reason could be nothing and it could be serious depending on a bunch of things. We wanted to go to the Ultrasound place within my doctors office but they couldn't get me in soon enough and sent me out to another place instead. They wanted to check for a couple things: 1) My cervical length because of uterus, 2.) My amniotic fluid levels, and 3.) baby's weight.

Baby could just be humungous and that could be the reason Im measuring so far along, but luckily baby was measuring spot on just like our little 5lb Sophie was, so we are expecting another little one. We then discovered little Violet is a footling breech, so unless she turns soon we might have to consider a c-section (which Im really hoping we dont have to do). My cervical length was checked....At my last cervical length check I measured 4.9 (5 days ago)..at this one I measured 3.1, so Im sure my doctor wont be happy about that as it could be a sign of preterm labor happening. Lastly, the checked my fluid and refused to tell me what it was which is suggesting to me that something in that department is wrong and I wont know until my doctors appt on Monday. The sort of freaked us out because they made us wait for 30 minutes will the consulted their on-call doctor about something. They said doctor may need to come in and explain something, but the doctor never did and just told us to follow up with my prenatal appt. on Monday.

So were a little freaked because we have a feeling something might be up with my fluid levels and I know my doctor is going to be unhappy about my cervical length. Being a stay at home mother, bedrest is not really an option. On the positive side, babies born after 28 weeks have a HUGE success rate in recovering fast so if worst come to worst we are 28 weeks this Saturday. Baby will have to go down to the hospital in Vancouver, Wa.....but ugghh Im just not thinking about that and hoping for the best.