Monday, September 27, 2010

My eye!

It feels like forever since I have given any updates on what is going on with the pregnancy.
My Blood pressure was high when I went for my OB exam the 14th so my doctor lovingly decided that I needed to go to the hospital 2 times a week for Non Stress Tests or NST's. Every time I would go, my BP was normal.. until last Thursday. It was 140/73 on the first test they took and gradually declined back to the normal range. So where does that leave me? I don't know. One of the nurses asked me if I was on Bed Rest yet and thankfully I can say no. But she said I would probably be soon. Tomorrow is my next OB appointment, hopefully my BP will be low enough that I can discontinue going to the hospital every few days. But I am doubting it. I know he is looking after me and wants to make sure I don't get preeclampsia, but it is just a pain in the butt!
But though all my ups and downs Baby Avery is doing really great. She moves around (A LOT) and likes to dig her little toes, or legs or what have you into my ribs. It especially feels great when I am wearing an under wire bra. But as much as I complain about being pregnant and how uncomfortable I am, I am truly going to miss feeling her squiggle and wiggle around. And the Hiccups... oh the hiccups.. she gets them at least 2x a day. :)

On another note.. So literally this year, I have been seen by 4 Dr's for the most random things that have nothing to do with this pregnancy. And on the 17th was just another fun little visit I decided to add to that list.
On the 16th, my day off, I decided to get my nails done. I already had a set on and they were looking pretty shabby from painting Avery's room. So I decided to clip them off so I would be ready to go for my appointment. While I was clipping away, a chunk of one of my nails flew into my eye. Now I didn't think anything of it as it's happened before, but usually I can close my eye fast enough to deflect anything from harming me. No such luck this time. My eye watered pretty bad and hurt awesomely, but I am a trooper thinking that it was nothing and went to my nail appointment and to the salon afterwards to do a perm. Luckily I was perming my friend's cute mom's hair, who is like a second mom to me, so even though embarrassed that I couldn't control the crying out my left eye and the nose running that accompanied it, it wasn't horrible. I drove home and it was really dark outside because our street lamp burnt out. Todd opened the front door for me because I was struggling to see the key hole in our dark alley with one eye, and he turned on the house light when I walked in. I about went down like a ton of bricks. I have never felt such pain! I ended up going to bed at 9 pm because I couldn't keep my eye open. I woke up bawling at 2:30 am because my eye hurt so bad. Todd offered to take me to the ER but I didn't want to get up. So I waited until the morning and called my Mommy to take me to the ER. (she had the day off. And before you start thinking, "What about Todd?" I told him to save his time off for the delivery room instead of the emergency room.)
We went in and the Dr had to make my scratch bigger to make sure the chunk of acrylic wasn't in there still. Thankfully it wasn't. But he said I had made a 50 point shot right in the middle of my pupil. The doctor was really nice, but told me that when the numbing drops wear off, that I was going to be in worse pain than I was in the previous day and prescribed me some antibiotic drops and some lortab.
I went in to the eye doctors office at Contacts on Tuesday the 21st to have a check up and the dr still could see the scratch and said it was still irritated. He gave me some drops and some weird Vaseline stuff to wear in my eye at night. And I have a follow up tomorrow to make sure things are A-Okay!
From now on, I am wearing safety goggles to do my nails!

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