Ramble.

Saturday was Spencer's (that's what we've been calling him) baby shower. He got all kinds of great stuff. He did manage to get a pair of shoes, which an out of town friend sent with my mother in law. I guess she missed the memo. We laughed it off and I sent her a message later thanking her and then telling her about his feet. She took it very well.
A lot of people got bath stuff and onesies. Onesies are safe, which I told everyone. One person got a pack of gowns and another a combo gown/footless sleeper. He has enough lotion to last him until college, which I'm exchanging some of it tomorrow.
My in-laws came in for the shower, so we went shopping during their visit. After the shower we went to Babies-R-Us and spent a small fortune- mostly on outfits. I think I picked out what will be his homecoming outfit. The next day we went to Target to track down his high chair and we got the Baby Einstein Baby Neptune play mat set. If the baby doesn't like it, the cats surely will. My mother-on-law bought him something very similar to the glow worm dolls we had when I was little. It plays a lot of music.
We picked up his crib set over the weekend. We figured he would destroy his crib between casts and braces, so we bought a cheaper set from Walmart. It got really great reviews- it's the Baby Relax three piece set. We special ordered it in natural because I think cherry wood looks weird. We'll be setting it up sometime this week, which I'm really excited about.
I have to go for my stress test in the morning, which stresses me out! My belly has gone numb, which apparently is common. I read it's because of stretching nerves. I'll double check when I'm there tomorrow, just to be on the safe side.

Wake me up in ten minutes

Since I'm waiting for my husband to get out of work, I figured I'd talk about my wonderful doctor's appointment last week.

So I went in for a simple stress test. Little did I know I would be stuck at the hospital for five hours. The little guy didn't cooperate, even after being buzzed sex times(he's a heavy sleeper), so they made me do a battery of tests after wards. I went to ultra sound after waiting like an hour to go, where they assigned him points for each movement he made and if he tried to breathe. He got an 8 out of 8. Then I had to go over to triage, which will cost me a thousand dollars because it's out of network (in the same building), for like a 2 hour stress test! I thought they forgot about me. The bed was horribly uncomfortable and I had to stay in an awkward position, and I was running on little sleep. Turns out he's fine, which I knew the entire time. Even the ultra sound tech said he was sleeping and being stubborn, something I have told the doctor's the entire time. He's the most active in the middle of the night most likely because it's when I relax because I get off work late.

This little guy is going to make us bankrupt before he even gets here.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. I skipped my stress test yesterday because we have a foot of snow and I couldn't really get out of work anyhow. My next stress test is Thurs. I'm refusing going for more testing if he doesn't cooperate.

Many visits!

A good doctor visit today! It was a very busy day. I first turned in my pee...all 24 glorious hours of it. My only guess is they were looking for excess protein. Then I had an ultra sound done. Our little guy is up to 4 pounds and 2 ounces. He's still little, but in the 31st percentile. We got a good look at his profile and he has his dad's face shape and most likely my giant nose. We got a good look at one of his feet and it was only turned in slightly. We didn't get a good look at the other foot enough to tell how bad it is. I'm secretly hoping he doesn't have to do the full onslaught of the Ponseti Method. If he does, that's ok too, but it would be nice to not have to go through all of it.

After our ultra sound, we went to see the doctor. My blood pressure was good today so I'm cleared to function like a semi-normal human being again. Then we went for my stress test, and the little guy didn't cooperate at all. It took forever to get my time in. He was crazy today. I guess it was payback for being poked and prodded during the US.

Ugh

Bad visit at the doctor today. My blood pressure is too high and he took me off work for the weekend. Hopefully it's back down when I got back on Monday, because I've only been home like 3 hours and I'm already stir crazy. I have to keep an eye out for swelling extremities, headache and liver pain. I get to pee in a jug all day Sunday. I almost giggled when they told me I had to keep it in the fridge. Not exactly sure what they need all that pee for...
On Monday I get another ultra sound done to check his growth. Then I get to go back to the doctor and get re-examined. Then after that I have to go get a stress test, my first of the week. Then I get to go back for another on Thurs. I get to have those for the rest of the duration. I guess this means they will probably take him as soon as he's fully "cooked." I've got about four weeks to go until he's in the completely developed stage.
Not exactly sure what I'm going to do if they put me on bed rest. I can still do my two online classes. I'm sure they will still let me waddle to my other two classes that I have once a week each.