Sorry I have been MIA for the past couple of days ladies. On Thursday, I had to leave work bc I was having so many contractions and a lot of pressure. I was at the hospital for 3 hours Thursday night and ordered to stay home from work on Friday (which is normally where i check in from since we dont have internet at home right now). My blood pressure ranged from 150's-140's over 80's, so I had to have blood work done and do a 24 hour urine collection so they have a baseline to start keeping an eye on things. Looks like we are maybe headed down the line of pregnancy induced hypertension/preeclampsia all over again, just earlier this time.

I just have to watch for certain things, make sure I am taking in enough fluids and what not. Hoping to make it as long as I can without being pulled from work since i was pulled at 33 weeks last December.

I just got to work after going to my 24 week appt. What I found out today has made me very upset and I am not sure how I am going to handle it.

First off, I have gained a total of 13 pounds total this pregnancy. Which is good......and she told me to just be careful around the holidays (yea, like thats going to happen!)

Anyways, the part I am so unhappy about is the new hospital policy having to do with the whole swine flu pandemic. Where I will be delivering they have a separate part of the hopsital called the snuggery, which is awesome. Well, probably until about April (when flu season will end) they are not allowing anyone under the age of 18 in to see mom's or babies (I guess it was 13 and they just changed it, which i wasnt aware of the rule at all until today).

This means that my daughter (who will be 1 then) will not be able to see my during my entire hospital stay. We are talking 3-4 days (cesarean). This is not okay with me. I understand that they are just being precautious with everything going on but I have not been away from Sarah more than 8 hours for daycare some days while I am at work, this is going to break my heart. I wanted Sarah and my DH to be the first one's to see the baby when she is born, and this is not going to be able to happen and it hurts so much. I left the doctors office crying today bc I was so upset about this.

I hope no one else has to deal with this, as much as its a good thing that they are looking out for us and our newborns...it breaks my heart to know I will be away from her for that long!

Sarah weighed 20 pds 14 oz (75%)
Height was 28.5" (75%) Doc says its 1" above average
HC was 18"

Lead test came back normal.
First of two flu shots given

Sarah

16 week appt was today and everything measures and sounds good. Baby's heartbeat is in the 150's. I only gained 1.25 pounds in an entire month so my weight is great! Our anatomy scan is schedule for Tuesday, October 6th at 930 am!! Cant wait!

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