32 Weeks

I am now at the 32 week mark in my pregnancy.  My visits with the OB are sometimes one week apart and sometimes two weeks apart depending on what craziness is happening.  I am checking my blood pressure daily at home; it has been behaving for the most part.

A couple of weeks ago, I had a little adventure.  After a few high blood pressure readings at the doctor's office, I have been instructed to call the doctor right away if I experience any symptoms of preeclampsia.  On Sunday morning (July 22), Coley was attending his early morning meetings at church.  I was home getting the rest of us ready for church when I started having blurred vision.  I was also experiencing a terrible headache.  Blurred vision is one of the symptoms on the "call the doctor right away" list.

I knew since it was Sunday, the doctor on call would inevitably send me to the hospital to do blood work and check my blood pressure.  Sure enough, a little while later, Coley and I headed to the labor unit and my sweet neighbor came over to the house to watch Abby and Michael.

Coley and I spent the next several hours hanging out in the labor unit.  My blood pressure looked pretty good and the baby was doing just fine.  The long wait was to see what the blood work showed.  When the results were finally available, everything looked really good except my iron.  In a matter of a month,  it had dropped significantly.

I am now taking more iron in an attempt to get my levels back up.  The doctor said it should help with fatigue.  It has, but now I find myself doing more, so I am still tired. :)

In any case, I'm very grateful that everything is still moving along without too much drama.  I am hopeful that I can make it through the next several weeks without being put on bed rest.  I have 5 more weeks until the baby is considered full term and 8 weeks until my due date.