Ok, so while I am not entirely ready for Spencer to be here...I am way ready for this pregnancy to be over with! I am more and more miserable each day and my doctor's office is being less and less helpful! Last week their equipment wasn't working, so I got sent to the hospital for monitoring. You can't get to the labor and delivery floor except via the ER...so Carl and I had to sit in the ER waiting room and wait to go to labor and delivery. (Keep in mind I am diabetic and pregnant, and we ate muffins about 3:00). We finally get seen and they hook me up to monitor Spencer's heartbeat and my blood pressure...and do not come back to check on me for well over an hour. My back is hurting so bad I was in tears and squeezing Carl's hand...someone FINALLY comes in and hooks me up for an ultrasound to measure amniotic fluid and Spencer's movement...I am still hooked up for blood pressure, but no more heartbeat machine thing. After she prodded me for what seemed like forever (back still in a lot of pain...I think just from the way I was lying down so long). Then she tells me that someone will be back with my discharge papers...Carl has to leave to go to pharmacy before they close...I waited for over an hour and no one came to check on me...Carl called me and was ready for me to meet him outside. (It was after visitation time, so it would have been a paid to get him back up to my room). So I decide I am just going to leave...but of course they stop me. I tell them I am leaving NOW because I am diabetic and it is after 9:30 pm and I haven't eaten. I am sure my blood sugar was getting pretty low...on top of being tired and pregnant and irritated, I was just crying talking to the doctor. And that is my rant for the day. Can you believe they want me to go back and do the same thing tomorrow? I haven't decided if I am going or not. I really do not want to be put through that again. It was extremely ridiculous.
The swelling has not gone down any. I can't even make a fist in the mornings and I go barefoot at work a lot because none of my shoes fit me anymore. My mom bought me some Halloween sock/bootie things with the grip sole...I wear them a lot. If I can't get a good night's sleep anyways, I figure I might as well be getting up all night to feed and change a baby! At least then maybe I would feel a little more normal without the swelling and having to give myself so many shots all day, etc. I didn't really have much morning sickness and the early part of my pregnancy was really easy. I really think I am making up for it now! But I don't know. Maybe other people this far along were just as miserable. By the way, I am 35 weeks and 2 days along now...so 3 or 4 more weeks for me and I am done! (They won't let me go past 38 or 39 weeks b/c of my diabetes).
On a much more positive note, Carl and I got pregnancy photos done Sunday. My friend Camille did them...she took pics at our wedding and I wouldn't have it any other way! She really could do professional photography on the side if she wanted to!
Here are a few of our pics. They were taken at Cameron Brown Park in Germantown. There are many more, but these are just a few of my faves:
