That's right! Only 9 days until my due date! I am being induced on Sunday (2 days away) if I haven't had Berkley already! Aaron and I couldn't be more excited! Her bags are packed (with way too many outfits but we honestly narrowed it down quite a bit), her new carseat and base are in the living room along with the stroller, and our bags are pretty much ready other than things that will have to be grabbed last minute because we use them every day. Santa gave us a sweet new camera for Christmas too and I can't wait to use it to take pictures of our sweet angel! Aaron bought a new memory card just for the camera today so we will have plenty of memory available for the thousands of pictures soon to come! The nursery is adorable and ready for our princess and the house is pretty darn clean (thanks to nesting syndrome) and all that is missing is our sweet baby girl!
She has been squirming a ton lately and I tease her that if she is so squished, she should just come out! My contractions have become more and more uncomfortable and yesterday I was down in bed literally the whole day because I had some sort of 24 hour flu or something. I am feeling lots better today, thankfully!
I had to stop working last week because of gestational hypertension. My blood pressure while I was working my last shift was as high as 163/103, which is pretty bad, so the doctor had me do a 24-hour urine to check for protein and make sure that I don't have preeclampsia. He said that my protein levels were within normal limits though so he decided that I have gestational hypertension and that working could be harmful to me and Berkley. I started bawling when he told me I couldn't work anymore. All sorts of stressful thoughts flooded my mind, mostly the concern of having to use my maternity leave without having my baby girl home. I am still bummed but I have come to appreciate having this time to relax and wait for Berkley.
I constantly have to pray for patience though because I just want to hold my baby girl so badly! Honestly, I am very uncomfortable lately but more than anything, I want to have her just to have her, not so I can be more comfortable. I'm not gonna lie though. Comfort will be a HUGE bonus! Thank heavens for ambien! I didn't sleep well for about 5 nights in a row thanks to all of the pain I have had and then with being sick so last night I took 1/2 of an ambien and I slept SO well!!! I think it was just what I needed to prepare me for the sleepless nights of being a mommy!
I really can hardly believe that she will be here with me so soon! It seemed like it would never come but her day to join us is nearly here!!! I am so grateful that I have had this wonderful opportunity to be pregnant and to love such a sweet spirit that Heavenly Father trusts me and Aaron to raise! I am so blessed to have Aaron as my husband and I can't wait for him to prove everyone right by being an amazing daddy! Happy New Year's everyone! I hope you celebrate with those you love!
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