Last week of work cut short!

This week was supposed to be my last week of work. I went to school on Monday and Tuesday and had a Dr.'s appointment on Wednesday and was supposed to finish out the week. This little guy has other plans apparently!

There may be TMI below, but I am just trying to document all that has been going on this week.

This has been an easy pregnancy so far, but on Wednesday I had high blood pressure and that concerned the doctor because that means that I could have Pregnancy Induced Hypertension or Preclampsia. So the doctor sent us to the hospital to have my blood pressure checked and monitor the baby. We were there for about 3 hours while they did blood and urine tests. Everything checked out fine and we were sent home, but I have been placed on modified bed rest - so no more work. I also had to do a 24 hour urine sample at home. Quite an experience!!!

I went back into the doctor on Thursday to have my blood pressure checked again, and it was still high, so Dr. Huh ordered a non-stress test and amniotic fluid index test for Friday. For the amniotic fluid test we got to see the baby again! He is head down facing the right way, we reconfirmed that he was a boy, and got to see his heart, lungs, little toes, and spine. The nurse predicted that he will be an 8 pounder! Again, everything checked out fine, but I still have higher than normal blood pressure and am still on bed rest. I will go back to the doctor on Tuesday for a blood pressure check and have another NST/AFI on Tuesday as well. Wednesday we'll go back in to see the progress. As of now, I am 50% efaced and 2cm dilated! We're making good progress!