Nope no baby yet! I think some of you may have wondered if some kind of early labor happened when my hiatuses from my blog occur. But truthfully I have been fighting having high high blood pressure, fighting some kind of allergy, flu, cold thing and just being super exhausted. Remind me again why I thought it would be a good idea to take classes so late into my pregnancy? Oh right I think it had to do with wanting to finish my degree at some point in my life but the serious studying that has been going on and the counteracting of my baby brain being on strike has just ended up being exhausting.
I wish I sometimes I would think before I would speak because I have kind of had something to bite me in the bum. Hence why my blog title is N means never say never. Having high blood pressure during pregnancy is a very scary thing... because it really puts your whole pregnancy into the Lord's hands. It is the ultimate test of faith where you have to trust in Him that He knows what is best for you. Going to the hospital to be admitted has become a very real situation for me since Wednesday. I was told to keep an eye on my blood pressure to make sure that it was not over anymore. I went to check it yesterday. First time I checked it, it was 146/91.... Ugh seriously I was not impressed I didn't want to go to the hospital... I felt fine and I knew I was stressed... I kept telling myself to relax. I just feel with the baby coming so quickly and with finals that everything was out of control. J and I have been bickering a bit with both being stressed about school... no bueno my friends no bueno!
So I decided that I would continue my day and check it after I picked up J from work. Man I have got to stop taking the car when we only have one. So I went with my friend Jess and we picked up a whole bunch of stuff to prep me for when baby was to come. I felt more at ease and more relaxed having this done. But when I went to pick up J from work I started seeing those horrible white spots that they warn you about and tell you how you might have pre-eclampsia... I get to J's work tell him that I need him to drive and what is happening. He asks me what I want to do. I know what I want to do and what I should do... so I say well let's go home let me rest and then pray about what we should do. I feel fine I don't feel like I need to go to the hospital... I know that high blood pressure is bad I really do. So we go home and I sleep three hours and then J and I say a prayer together. I plead with Heavenly Father to know if going to the hospital is the right thing to do, and a prompting I got early this week actually sitting in Dr. DL's office pops into my head. Start taking half a baby's aspirin until you are finished exams. Up your potassium, vitamin c, be religious in taking your Materna (prenatal vitamin) and drink lots of water. Cut salt mega big time don't even use it for seasoning.
I bit my tongue trying not to cry... this whole pregnancy I would rather die than take medicine that could harm my baby, affect my pregnancy and then I realized that I either needed to trust in Heavenly Father to do this or I needed to go to the hospital. My health needs to be taken care of so baby is okay. My friend Jess was induced early because she had pre-eclampsia that went untreated. I looked at mr hubbins and I told him the prompting I was getting and he said that it was better for me to obey than land myself in the hospital so we wandered off to the store. Before we went however I researched and researched and researched some more about pre-eclampsia, high blood pressure during pregnancy and the treatment given. Low dosages of aspirin... interesting no?
We get to the store and I checked my blood pressure it was down to 149/87... hallelujah this is similar to what it was at Dr. DL's when they finally let me go home. So I knew this was a good sign. We bought a bunch of fruit and came home. I went to bed and slept for a good 8 hours. Woke up prepped J's stuff for work, ate some breakfast, and then went back to bed for 2 hours. I was feeling a bit better. The incessant shaking of my hands when I moved them had stopped, I felt a bit better and wasn't having any kind of funky vision. I am still exhausted to say the least but I feel better. I prayed again about my decision and it feels right. I will check my blood pressure again tonight we will wander off to Shoppers to check it, see if we are on the right track and then tomorrow I will get jess' hubbins Dale to help J give me a blessing while we are at church.
I know I am sick now though because my whole pregnancy I have been hot but it hasn't been uncomfortable due to the winter. But last night and today when I woke up from my naps just drenched because I was sweating so much. It only happens when I am sick so I am finally learning that stress + sickness + pregnancy + gaining weight = a high blood pressure
I can eliminate the sickness and stress if I keep sleeping but I have been given the prompting of bed rest so I have been trying to do that. I got up and cleaned my house so we are more prepped for baby but I am keeping it on the low. I am hoping that we can break this high blood pressure and that I haven't developed pre-eclampsia. Going for blood tests on Monday. So here's praying, hoping and learning to never say never...
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