Monday, April 16, 2012

Spring Fun and 24.5 weeks

24.5 weeks along.

Love Molly strinking a pose in her Easter outfit. She loves picking the dandilions.

I have been working on lots of projects and made this cute wreath for spring.

Easter Fun

After the Kidney Stones I REALLY wasn't up for a drive so Easter weekend Nick and Molly went to Eagle Mountain while I hung out at home. It proved to be a very restful day. They had a lot of fun with family. Nana always makes easter special and taught the grandkids about the reason we celebrate Easter. Then they all headed down to Price for the weekend. We went out to dinner Saturday night and they stayed for church on Sunday. Molly really enjoyed looking for eggs and was so excited about her Minnie Mouse outfit. (She had to wear it for 2 days.) I loved the Easter dress that grandma and grandpa gave Molly. She looked so pretty!!







Saturday, April 7, 2012

Kidney stones and UTI

I have used this title before. When I was pregnant with Molly. Too familiar.

Thursday morning when I got up I had a lot of pain on my right side. Let me back up, the night before I started feeling severe back pain. I thought I was because I spent most of the day sitting at the sewing desk making a quilt for Molly, but I also felt a little nauseous. Fast forward...next day...ate breakfast and felt sharp stabbing pain in my side and pelvis. I took two extra strength Tylenol and got in a warm bath. Nothing seemed to help, so I just went back to bed. I called Nick and he stopped home from work and gave me a blessing By about noon, the pain had mostly gone away. I kept Worrying though. What If something was wrong. I kept having Braxton hicks. I called my doctor and they just said to go to the hospital and be checked out. I was super annoyed. I didn't want to go to the hospital and spend a ton of money for them to tell me I was having liniment pain. I went anyway and Nick met me there. After a urine sample and being hooked up to monitor the baby, we waited. The nurse came in and said they found blood in my urine and the doctor wanted me to have an ultrasound of my kidneys. After waiting another hour we had the ultrasound. The bad news was my kidneys were dilated, showing that there had been stones...they weren't sure if there were more to pass...good news, after waiting some more we found out there were no more stones. I was still having quite a few strong contractions, but because my blood pressure being low, they didn't give me anything to slow them down. The doctor said the infection was causing the contractions and since I had just been flushed with 2 bags of saline he felt it was okay for me to go home. Thank goodness. Yesterday I started an antibiotic for the UTI. I am feeling better and making myself rest. I don't want this baby to come early. It is too early. Yesterday the contractions were still strong, but today they have been a lot better. I'm not sure why I have to go through this with both pregnancies. This pregnancy in particular has been super hard. I could not be more thankful to be pregnant. After 2 years of trying for this baby I shouldn't complain, but this has been hard. I feel so weak. I have had little energy this entire pregnancy. The days that I do feel well, I often overdue making for a bad few days.

This weekend Nick and Molly went to visit the Sidwells for Easter. I can't travel. Every time I do any traveling, I have strong contractions. I don't want to feel stuck here until the baby comes, but it looks like I won't be going anywhere for the next 11+ weeks.

We were supposed to move into our new place next weekend, but I heard today that the people who were moving out are building a house and it won't be ready until the end of the month, so we have a few more weeks now. I worry about having the energy or strength to move in a few weeks. What if I have to be on bed rest? Ah well....I shouldnt worry about something I can't control.

While Nick and Molly have been gone I worked on the quilt I have been making for Molly. It is turning out so cute. I must be nesting, but I have so many projects I want to get done before the baby comes.