Dry run?

Good news - we accomplished a lot this weekend. Carpets professionally cleaned. Major trip to Target ensured we are stocked with diapers, bottles, vaseline, and more. I received a very informative tutorial about cloth diapering from a guy at the dog park and believe I'm sold (more later). Picked out diaper bag. Installed pack 'n play upstairs. Hubby took first steps at installing crib (personally) and car seat (professionally). We really knocked out a lot and I'm feeling much better about our state of affairs...

In other news - I'm sleeping at the hospital tonight.

Eek!

Long story, short(ened) - Regularly scheduled doc appointment Friday revealed high blood pressure. They ordered blood work. Blood work came back a little high so doc called Sat and asked that I come back Monday for rework of all the above. Monday revealed four pound weight gain in 72hrs...and all of those details together add up to sound a little bit like pre-eclampsia.

Pre-eclampsia is a condition common in first time pregnancies, they don't know why it happens but in summary, as the nurse said this morning, "the only cure for pre-eclampsia is delivery." (?!?!?!)

And so, we did an ultrasound to see how baby S is looking. In case we'd be seeing him/her sooner than expected. Baby looks great, totally cute lips and nose visable. I'll try to scan photo soon. Healthy heart, good measurements, about 6lbs they estimated.

Next up, blood work at the hospital. I left doc's office, hubby met me at NW. We went through OB triage, did the whole fetal and bp monitor for 90 minutes. Blood work.

Ultimately everything is just slightly elevated. Nothing to rush into the delivery room over, but also something they want to ensure isn't rapidly escalting. So they checked me in. I'm being monitored for 24 hrs and then ideally released.

Gotta tell you, it freaked the crap out of me. The lack of control in this situation is very unfamiliar to me/us. But this has been really good, the ultimate dry run. Now we know all that we need to bring with us, what to prepare for, the mental leap of it all. I'm looking forward to going home tomorrow with a bundle of experience, rather than a bundle of joy, and coming back a few weeks ready to rock!

In the meantime, prayers much appreciated, focused on release tomorrow!