Wisdom from my walk

Like I said things are never simple for me and drs! i went this morning at 11 for an appt w/ the dr for my cold. Told to let it run its course but that my bp was 140-90 and she was concerned about it. She insisted several times I call my ob and get seen sooner based on my bp reading. So we left there go home, call the ob’s office, was given a 1:30 appt w/ the LPN I cant stand. The LPN at least is halfway nice for once and congratulates us on our pregnancy (dean went w/ me) but does no exam, doesnt put a finger on me. My bp (taken by an MA was 140/84) they made me lie on my left side for awhile and the LPN said I probably just have high blood pressure, that it’s too soon to be pregnancy related high blood pressure. Says they’ll watch is closely, but schedules no follow up appts, but I go in in 2 weeks for my first pre-natal. So I got in earlier but it was a waste of a $25 co-pay. The only thing good that came out of it was a lab slip for blood work including a glucose check. Oh yeah and they scheduled an u/s for me, but since we are gone next week and the soonest was of course then…I am just getting it done the same day of my first ob appt, May 6th. So we wont know anything much sooner than that, except for whatever the blood work shows if I can manage a sitter to go get the 1 hour glucose test. If not I’ll just do that on May 6th too. So had a busy day running around, and Dean and I both feel horrible. I told Dean that I thought everything was going so good, no major problems yet w/ this pregnancy, and then this. He of course said I should have known things wouldnt be easy for me, real comforting yeah. So I dont know if we shouldnt have gotten pregnant or what, the LPN today made it seem like no big deal but I dont think it’s a good sign that my bp is already that high. w/ Caleb it didnt hit that high til the end and the drs were super concerned about it. I no doubt need to be careful about my bp even if the dumb lpn didnt care. I am seriously considering finding a new ob office. Blah!! the boys and the puppy are napping, I guess all of my sleep yesterday filled my need for today.

It’s also way too nice out to be sick or napping, it’s a beautiful day! they are calling for rain soon though so I guess spring truly is here!

Attack of the killer allergies, or sinus infection. I”m trying to figure out which it is, but today I think I’ll leave it up to the dr. we went to walmart yesterday after picking up Dean from work, came home and ate dinner. As is getting more the norm for my exhausted body, I immediately headed for the couch to lay down for a few minutes and watch reruns of Friends. Caleb and Dean took a walk to the park. When they came back I was asleep. I finally moved to the bedroom where I stayed til this morning. I went to bed around 6:30ish! isnt that horrible! I think it was aided by pregnancy and some benadryl. the few times I woke up I couldnt even lift my head up or get up because I’d be too tired or dizzy. So today off to the dr to find a better medicine to battle this bug. Overnight Dean became taken w/ this too so he’s lying in bed now while I am up w/ the kid, only fair since I crashed so early last night. So today will be a lazy day and hopefully we’ll both get to the dr. Dean’s way overdue for a check up. Me, I’ll be glad to see someone and get my blood pressure checked before my 10 week prenatal check. Hope this is just allergies, but then again not because that means it wont go away anytime soon! Hope everyone else is having a better day!

Happy Birthday Dana!!

why does everything have to be so difficult for me when it comes to doctors??? I called to make my first ob appt when I was 5 weeks pregnant. The next week I called to check to see if they do early glucose testing if you had gestational diabetes before and was told to wait til my 10 week appt. She assured me I could not possibly have gest. diabetes yet, that that would be rare. Yeah sure. So today I call to find out what to take for my allergies that are acting up like crazy and once again asked if it’s normal to not have your first appt til 10 weeks if you have a history of being high risk and after telling her about high blood pressure and gest diabetes and also mentioning psuedo tumor she said I cant wait to be seen. Good, we’re getting somewhere. But now theres no appts open til March 28th which of course is when we will be away in Ohio for a week! Doh! So I am just going to keep my other appt for May 6th. The nurse said, if I had called last week I might have gotten a sooner appt and I told her I tried to tell the other nurse and she kept saying I have to wait. She apologized but still didnt get me an appt sooner that I could go to. I am just praying the way I am feeling is normal for this pregnancy and has nothing to do w/ the blood pressure and all that other stuff. Except I know my bp was up the week I found out I was pregnant because I went to the dr that week and I know what the reading was, and that worries me. I know God will keep my baby safe and healthy but it’s hard waiting to find out if things are going ok. At least while we are gone for a week I will be busy and wont have time to worry about it, I hope!!! then my appt is that week we get back. So just a few more weeks…. hang in there little baby!!!

I have always been told exercise helps fatigue, I never understood the concept but I’m beginning to see it might be true. I have been extremely fatigued to the point I dont feel like getting out of bed or going anywhere but since I have to tend to child and puppy I do. And since it’s beautiful weather finally I’ve tried committing to taking them for a walk everyday. I had to force my tired self up off the couch this morning for the sake of child and puppy and after almost making it back home about 25 minutes later of walking I felt much more alive. I’m sure the lovely temps and blue skies helped, and I’m finding myself not needing a nap too much right now. It hits worse around 9:30-10:00 every day the worst , the fatigue. So I think I’ll try to keep our walk scheduled around that time so I make myself get some exercise and not ignore the child and puppy. It’s a wonderful day out for walking, and the last week has been that way. I just hope spring is here for good! If only it didnt bring these horrible allergy symptoms! We’re all suffering from them around our house, everyone but the dog!

hope everyone else is enjoying the nice new season thats finally arrived! This time of year always reminds me of being pregnant w/ Caleb. I remember driving to doctors appts w/ the windows down, the breeze blowing and my favorite cd playing nice and loud. Remembering how my stomach was growing and how that made me more cautious when driving. Remembering the joy I felt on those days when I’d go find out more about the new life growing in me. About a week before we had the positive pregnancy test w/ this baby, the weather was nice and I was driving to the park w/ the windows down and the music playing loudly so we could hear it over the breeze blowing in the windows, and I had a dejavu feeling about being pregnant w/ caleb. Even then I said to myself, maybe I am pregnant right now! but dismissed the feeling as just a sensory memory. I’ll never know what happened that moment, but I dont doubt God was letting me in on our little suprise even then! days like today remind me of how awesome a Creator our God is. And thoughts like those greatly outweigh my worries about the health of this new child He is creating in me.

It is a good thing it is Friday, I need some major downtime. Had a chaotic day, including a formerly patched basement ceiling flooding down water while Caleb took a bath, to top it all off, I have been home alone w/ the kid and pup and will be til around 8 when we all go out to pick up Dean. It’s been a long long week for me for some reason. Add to it extreme exhaustion and a new puppy and you might begin to see why I am so down in the dumps.

Not to mention in my attempt to get our shy skiddish new puppy to go down the back stairs to the yard in the rain the other day I feel down the steps falling into the railing which is made of thick wood, causing my already sore breast area to now ache for days, as of course thats what smacked hard against the railing when I tried to stop myself from falling. The worst part of the fall was that Caleb had been in front of me and he too slipped and fell down a step or three. I could not catch him at all, watching him fall scared me like I’ve never been scared before, he of course thought it was fun becuase he ended up sliding down on his bottom and said he wanted to do it again!

Today the incident w/ the basement ceiling is the only major thing going on, except for my horribly bad back pain that is not going away w/ several doses of tylenol. So needless to say I’ve been grouchy all week and now I’ve had another long crazy day and am just starting to get close to Caleb’s bed time which tonight for me will be the same since I didnt get a nap in today like usual. I am sooo glad it’s Friday. I’ve declared tomorrow morning my time, I’m going yard saling, either by myself or I’m really hoping w/ my friend I havent seen since we’ve been so busy lately. So after we go get Dean that’s it, I’m taking the weekend off. I’ve done my best to get all of the chores and laundry done, to the best of my ability w/ a now flooded basement…..but lets not go there again.

I’m praying for an easier more stable next week and exciting weekend…..

well the past two days I’ve awoken to headaches, and had them off and on all day. The spots in my eyes continue but havent gotten worse. I am torn between whether it’s normal for pregnancy for me or I need to call the neurologist back. I hate to keep taking tylenol on a daily basis as it cant be healthy to do daily for the baby’s sake and mine. Please pray for me…..I dont want my psuedo tumor acting up this early on in the pregnancy. I am extremely fatigued and feel like I”m getting a bug or something so hopefully thats all it is.

this pregnancy is so exhausting. It’s just now 10 am and all I’ve done this morning is pay bills online, referree between dog and kid, and made breakfast and I feel like I just ran a marathon. I’m so stinking tired!! I want a day off but know I better get used t being tired. it would be so bad if I wasnt nauesas too but oh well. the weather is deceptive too, it looks beautiful out but it’s windy and cool so I dont really want to take the kid and pup out not to mention I’m too stinkin tired too. Blah! just my whine for today……

Did I mention that the pup is housebroken and very well behaved? I am so happy with how our first day w/ her has gone. And since I forgot to mention it, she’s a beagle terrier mix. She is about 13 lbs now and we were told she’d get to be around 20, but she’s kind of taller than we thought she would be.

the pregnancy is going well so far, as much as I know, my first appt is still weeks away. I have been having a headache and some spots in my eyes today, but I am hoping it’s just the change in barometer, that sometimes makes my pseudo tumor worse. So with any luck after a good nights sleep and after the warm front arrives I’ll be fine. But other than today I’ve felt fine. little to no morning sickness unlike my pregnancy w/ caleb, and I really have hardly any preg. symptoms so that bothers me some, but so far I feel fine so I guess it’s not a bad thing. I know I should be grateful that this pregnancy is going much better than my first.

well off to get some rest, I hope…..