It's been an interesting couple of days around here... but I'm pleased to say that everything is fine.
On Monday, though, I made an unscheduled visit to my doctor's office with some interesting symptoms... extreme swelling of feet, hands and fingers (at 9 AM, which is not normal!), headache, vomiting (OK, the morning sickness is still with me, but this was a little unusual), and a general feeling that something was weird. When I got to the doctor's, my blood pressure was 145/120... pretty high, especially when my bp on my last visit to the doctor (3 days before on Friday) was 90/72. All of these symptoms add up to potential pre-eclampsia. Yikes!
So I had a fun day staying at home on Tuesday to do a 24-hour urine test (yes, just as much fun as it sounds!) and then back to the doctor on Wednesday for more blood tests. Thankfully, my blood pressure calmed down for the rest of the week and the other symptoms seem to have calmed down a bit. My feet and hands still swell up over the course of the day, but it's not first thing in the morning. And I've only thrown up one other day (which we can blame on the morning sickness!). And, my test results appear to have not been too concerning, since I haven't heard back from my doctor. I have an appointment this Friday, so we'll double check.
Meanwhile, here we are at 34 weeks:
34 weeks, 2 days
That's pretty Crazy, don't you agree? I can't believe I have 6 weeks to go...
I've been amusing myself recently by coming up with the best descriptive verb for my mode of locomotion. I'm definitely not walking anymore. For a while, waddling was perhaps best, although I liked wobbling, too. If I'm in a hurry, I tend to bustle. Today I've been in some pain (baby position no doubt) and I think I was lumbering. Who knows what tomorrow or next week will be!
I've also been keeping myself busy with some (non-knitting) Crafty! I've been working on some wool covers for cloth diapers, and I think I'm starting to accept that I might not get enough of them knit up (6 weeks to go!). Luckily, I found some great patterns and tutorials online for making baby clothes out of recycled wool sweaters. My mom gave me her old serger when I was home for Christmas, and I was looking forward to trying it out! A thrift store trip, and look what I've come up with!
From the Baby Bum Sweater pattern and a merino sweater, I've got a few gray covers:
Baby Bum Sweater!
The one on the bottom was the first one that I made, and it will only work if she's born with skinny chicken legs (hey, you never know!). A little recalculation, and the top one looks like it might just work. There's a newborn fitted diaper inside to help visualize...
And with some Sweaterpants instructions and a striped sweater, this is what I have so far:
Baby pants!
They still need an elastic waistband, but for that I need to excavate my regular sewing machine from where it's been buried in the basement. That might be a project for Dan for one night this week or this weekend...
So that's the update from here. We're looking forward to some quiet times over the next few weeks staying pretty close to home and trying to get everything ready as best we can... 6 more weeks!
Posted by Sarah at February 11, 2008 11:25 PM | in: ABC-Along 2008 , baby , sewing | PermalinkLove the baby belly!
I got swollen with Sean by about 10-12 lbs of just water weight. You should have seen my ankles. I HAD NONE!!
Posted by: Robyn on February 12, 2008 12:23 AMOh crap Sarah! That's so scary!!! I woke up this morning thinking I needed to email you and here you are!
My cousin has to check her BP every day for pre-e. Oh and I threw up twice on Friday. Once in the morning and once at night. Fun times!
Can you believe we're SIX WEEKS OUT!!!! (I just typed sex instead of six. I don't even want to think about what that means.) Although I have to say that the past two weeks have gone SO SLOW. It'll all be over soon - and hey - maybe you'll get to go early! LOVE!
Posted by: Cara on February 12, 2008 08:30 AMLove what you've done with the sweaters!! As for the waist band, as small as that is and as well as you do hand work you could put it in that way!!
And love the pic. it is about to go visit the Westie list!!
And SSSOOOOOO glad to hear you are doing better with the BP. Just watch it ok?? and call your mother!!
You look great! I love your baby belly!
Those baby pants are sooo cute!
Hooray! You are okay and the baby clothes are looking adorable! If you have a pattern and some extra sweaters, I know some costume shop girls that aren't doing much most of the time! :)
Next, pictures of the nursery?? :)
Oh my! I hope the BP stays in the normal range. So sorry for the ordeal, but I think everyone has at least one scare. I went to the hospital at 32 weeks with lots of BH contractions, and was told to take it easy. Difficult, but the right thing to do.
Those sweater pants are SO CUTE. Way to get crafty with the baby craftyness!
Posted by: natalie on February 12, 2008 10:40 AMI remember lumbering around like a sloth or a slug the last few weeks. It was so difficult to move. Sending good vibes that the pre-eclampsia stays away. Adorable baby pants!
Posted by: Kim on February 12, 2008 01:14 PMIt was good talking to you. Just try and relax these last few weeks and know that we are all sending happy thoughts and low bp your way!
Posted by: Jamie on February 14, 2008 03:19 PMI'm glad all seems to be well after your scare. Your baby is going to have the most fantastic pants in town!
Posted by: Sarah on February 15, 2008 03:10 PMIt was great talking to you! And, ooh! What does D now stand for? dwaddling? (It's like waddling... but bigger!)
Posted by: Jenna on February 23, 2008 11:42 AMI forgot to leave a comment last time I was here! I LURVE the stripey baby pants! And I'm so glad everything turned out ok!! You take care of yourself, momma!
Posted by: Lara on February 23, 2008 04:21 PM