The last couple of days have been pretty stressful and quite busy as well. Robyn and I were back at the hospital on Sunday afternoon because we were both concerned that she was not feeling as much movement from the babies as she had grown accustomed to. This began on Saturday night, but she did a [url=http://pregnancy.about.com/cs/prenataltests/ht/kickcount.htm]kick count[/url] and did feel the normal number of movements from Baby B (or Baby A, I forget now!) and some from ther other, but not as much. We wrote it off to the growing babies not having as much room to move around. But on Sunday, she was still concerned, so after I finished hanging the curtains in the nursery, Robyn called the doctor and she told us to go to Labor & Delivery in Morristown for more monitoring.
Our concerns were allayed a bit once we got in the car and both babies seemed to start moving around a lot! We laughed about it, but decided to continue on to the hospital anyway. Once there, the nurses did the normal stuff – fetal heart monitors, contraction monitor, blood pressure, urine, etc – and we settled in to watch some TV. It was a rainy Sunday afternoon, so we didn’t mind hanging out there. All the results turned out to be good although Robyn’s blood pressure was a bit high, so the doctor said to come into the office on Monday even though we had a previously scheduled appointment on Wednesday!
Next day, I worked from home until we had to leave at around 11am for the appointment. It was business as usual at the office: the receptionist is a moron, we wait for too long in the waiting area, the nurse (Tina – she’s always there!) calls us and we go into a room. The nurse asks for a urine sample from Robyn so she goes in the bathroom to do her thing. No luck. After about 10 minutes, Robyn comes out and is upset (hormones are raging these days!) that she can’t produce a urine sample. Tina checks her blood pressure while she’s obviously upset and…what a surprise…it’s high! So, later the doctor comes in and rechecks her BP and it was lower, but still high, so she apologetically told us that she was sending us back to the hospital for monitoring.
The rest of the day went pretty much as the Sunday visit described above with the exception of me going down to the Mo’Town Cafe (the hospital caf) and bringing some lunch back to the room. If you’re ever at Morristown Hospital, I recommend the pizza and the chicken fingers. Not bad for cafeteria food! In the end, Robyn’s bp was pretty good and she didn’t have any signs of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-eclampsia]pre-eclampsia[/url] and her cervix has been holding steady.
We finally got home around 5pm. I logged into work for about an hour or so until it was time to make some dinner and go to the grocery store after throwing in some laundry. I don’t think I’ve ever been so busy as I have been over the last few weeks. Unfortunately, I think it’s getting to me a bit. With the situation at work (new boss, lots of new “projects” to work on) and the situation at home, I’m feeling a fair amount of stress dealing with everything. Part of this is my anal nature. I am definitely most comfortable when everything is in it’s place and I know (physically and logistically) where everything is in relation to everything else. Part of this is also my slacker attitude. I definitely need down time to just sit back and relax and do what I like to do and there just hasn’t been a lot of time for that recently. I know Robyn’s concerned, and I’m a little concerned too since I’ve always prided myself on being a pretty calm person who doesn’t let stress get to them.
I guess I need to put my money where my mouth is and take a deep breath when things start to get to me. I’m sure having two babies is going to be WAY more stressful than anything I’ve encountered so far! Of course, we’ll have something to show for it once they’re here and our love for those children will help us get through the tough stuff.