GROWING PAYNES

 Most of the time the beginning of your day sets the tone for what the rest of your day is going to be like.  Well, today that was not the case.  My morning started off pretty rough.  I had my 28 week appointment.  Not only did I have my usual nervousness but on top of that I knew I was going to have to do the evil glucose tolerance test   Turns out the test was the least of my worries.  Before I could even get 1/2 of my drink down the nurse had taken my blood pressure and it was extremely high…160/110 on my right arm and 152/90 on my left arm!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow…that was a first for me.  She calmly told me my blood pressure was high and sent me in for my normal exam. It made me a little nervous but I thought they would just send me home and tell me to rest.  As my doctor was finishing up the exam I thought I was home free and then she said out of no where…”I think I’m gonna send you to the hospital.”  (Ohhhh boy I hate hospitals) Automatically, I thought does “she think I’m in labor.  The only time you go to the hospital is when you are ready to deliver…isn’t it???”  Apparently not.  She informed they would monitor me for a few hours and if my blood pressure didn’t go down they would probably keep me over night to run some more test.  Surprisingly, I remained pretty calm but automatically started dreading that sterile environment.  Maybe I would pick up a plant or some flowers on my way over just to make the room feel more homie   Thankfully, Josh was able to get off of work and meet me there.  Turns out everything was fine…my blood pressure was on the high side but stayed in the 130-140/70-80 range the whole time I was hooked up to the machine and little Easton’s heartbeat was a consistent 150 the whole time.  And of course as soon as they hooked up the monitors to Easton he started showing out!!!  Josh and I passed the time watching my belly move around and listening to Easton’s heart beat.  They also ran a bunch of blood tests and checked my urine for protein and all came back fine.  I didn’t get off that easy though…I get to spend Sunday collecting my urine and then go drop it off at the lab on Monday!!!!!  Fun times!!!  

But after what seemed to be pretty much a wasted day…I came home to experience a mini-Christmas.  The remaining fabric for the nursery came in (for the curatins and chair) and also the cd with my maternity pictures on it!!!!!!  So the day ended up on a high note and now I have some new pictures to show ya’ll.  But let’s talk about this maternity photo thing for a minute…it is not a glamourous as they make it out to be.  Don’t get me wrong we did get some great pics out of it…but pregnant bellies (without a bunch of airbrushing) just aren’t that precious looking in their raw form.  My sweet friend Teah runs a portrait studio in St. Louis and she was so patient with me.  Probably every other picture we took I said…ummmm no that won’t work….ummm don’t like it…ummm can you get a different angle of that…ummm lets do that again but put the light more over here   In the end, I just didn’t really like seeing my bare belly but there are some other very cute ones.  So I hope you enjoy!!!!  

 

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