One full week of bedrest and losing my mind!

Well it has been one full week of bed rest and I am getting even closer to losing my mind! I have been watching lots of daytime TV, internet surfing and reading some books, but I still think I'm starting to lose it. All this time at home has made me think of all the things that I could be doing, but am not allowed to do. It's pretty sad that I'd rather be doing laundry!!!

On another note, we had a friend from high school come to our house this weekend to take some pregnancy photos. Whitney Ulm is now running her own business called Eminence Photography out of Columbus, Indiana. Today she gave us a sneak peak of some of the pictures that she took. Whitney will be coming back in a few weeks to snap some pictures of the baby. We can't wait! Enjoy the pictures. Here is Whitney's website if you would like some more info: http://www.eminencephoto.com

Quick Update

I had a check-up today and my blood pressure was much better than the last visit. Bed rest has made a big difference so far. According to the ultrasound, the baby weighed in at a whopping 4 lb 14 oz but Dr. Odaffer did remind me that the accuracy of the ultrasound is about +/- 1 lb. She was pleased with the growth of the baby and with my improved blood pressure. I will continue to go in twice a week and we will do some more lab work at my next visit. I'll keep you posted!

Baby Update (35 weeks and counting)

As of Monday I am officially on strict bed rest. If you've never been on bed rest, you might think that this sounds great, but it just makes you think of all of the things that you could be doing and aren't allowed to do. My blood pressure was pretty high on Monday so Dr. Odaffer decided that it was best if I lay around and rest so that we can get to 37 weeks.

This morning I had an ultrasound to check on the growth of the baby and it looked as though everything was great, but I won't know any details until my appointment tomorrow. The image below is of the baby's profile, but you might have to take my word for it. I'm not too good at figuring out what is what on these things! Be sure to keep us in your thoughts. It looks like it will be about two weeks and we'll finally get to meet the little one!