Catching Up Part Two

My computer froze and shut down on me in the middle of my last post. So the big thing that has happened this month was surgery. I was having major abdomen pains all through Christmas Break. At first I thought it was preterm labor pains. After a call to my doctor he scheduled an ultrasound and some tests. The ultrasound showed that Austin was doing fine and there were no problems with the pregnancy. They also did some blood work, a kidney scan and a liver scan. This all took place on a Friday and we had to wait until Monday to get any results. When they called me Monday the nurse explained that I had issues with my gallbladder. I had stones and the gallbladder did not look healthy. The doctor said that he would recommend taking pain meds and waiting until after the baby is born to do anything. he said the other option would be to be induced early and then have the surgery. I really didn't like either option but we decided to give the meds a try. Well, Lortab is not for me. It made me so sick and dizzy that I could not function. So I called the doctor back and asked for a second opinion. He sent me to a general surgeon. The surgeon said he had done the surgery several times on pregnant women and said that he wouldn't wait and set up the surgery for the next day. All went well with the surgery. They had me show up at the hospital 2 hours early to be monitored by Labor and Delivery to watch Austin. During the surgery there was a nurse whose sole job was to watch the ultrasound and heartrate of Austin to make sure he did OK. Then after surgery I was in Labor and Delivery again to make sure everything was OK with Austin. It was all fine. Recovery was long and painful. I am not very patient when it comes to staying in bed all day so I was looking forward to going back to work, atleast for now, until Austin is born.

Some day, I promise, I will learn how to post pictures and I will update my blog. Thanks for reading anyway!

Catching Up

It's been a busy month since my last post. So here are some details in a nutshell. It was nice to have 2 solid weeks off (without pay, of course) for the holidays. I really like that Ben and I have the same days off so that we can do stuff together. Over the break we painted the baby room ocean blue and wallpapered one wall in blue, yellow and tan plaid. Actually I should say Ben painted and wallpapered, I spent most of the break being sick and in pain (which will lead to another story). It looks really nice, we only wallpapered up half the wall and then there is a natural wains coating that goes on the wall. We also installed a new ceiling fan and blinds. We also ordered a crib and changing table which should be delivered shortly. We bought a new rocking chair and have new carpet ordered and just waiting for an installation date. We also went to Target and registered. ben loves to use the scanning gun. Christmas Eve and Christmas were long days. We decided we are not going to try to see both families on both days anymore. From now on we will do one family each day and call it good. We hated all the snow that we received around the holidays. Even Ben admitted that he was tired of snowblowing, which he had been looking forward to using since he got a brand new snowblower for his birthday. We can't wait for Spring.