2 Days Until Baby!

Yesterday was crazy. It's too long of a story to explain...so I'll make it shorter! After spending the whole day in the hospital ( I must add without eating or drinking) we found out that I have mild preeclampsia. It dangerous to Rickar and I, but it's still mild. The longer I carry Rickar, the higher chance of me having an emergency csection or something serious happening. My blood pressure was up to 171/117. I was feeling terrible. We did all kinds of tests....all were good with Rickar and me, except we need to get him out as soon as we can. He has plenty of fluid still. His heartrate is good, he's not stressing. My body is swelling really bad, I have bad headaches from high bp, and protein in my urine. My doctor put me on bed rest. So I have two more days, and on Friday, I'm going in to be induced. I'll be 38 weeks. I can't believe how bed rest is so hard! I don't think it would be if it wasn't the last couple days before I have him. There are so many things I wanted to do. For one, clean my house! How am I supposed to be nesting when I'm on bed rest?? lol. I wanted to get my carpets shampooed as well. I'm not sure that's gonna happen now.

On another note: In 2 more days, maybe 3 I'll have my answered prayer that I've prayed for, for soooo long. (3 years) I can't wait to see his little face. I still can't believe it's here, it's happening to us. I never imagined it would actually happen. My nerves have been so bad, I havent been able to eat since I left the hospital. I must have gotten really hungry though, cause I had a yummy supper. (thanks to a friends mom) They aren't bad nerves, I'm just really scared of labor and delivery. It's a whole bunch of emotions all wrapped up inside. I think I have postpartum depression, (lol, even before I have delivered) Just kidding. I'm trying to just rely on God and quit worrying. I know it can't be good for either of us, and RB! lol. What scares me even more is that Rickar is measuring really big. I know it's just an estimation, but they measure 3 things on him, and all 3 are big! She said his tummy is really chubby, his head is big and his legs are long. He measured 8.15 yesterday. So we might have over a 9lb baby! I just pray he's an okay size for me. You can pray to if you like. My guess is he will weigh over 8 1/2 lbs for sure. I'm half centimeter to 1 dilated, 40% effaced, and his head is -3 station.
That's all for now. Darla

Two Special Occasions Today!

1st Occasion: Full Term!!!
We have officially made it to full term! Yay! 37 weeks!! (Even though he is measuring 38 weeks.) I never thought I'd make it. This whole pregnancy has flown by! BUT I expected to go into to preterm labor, since everything seemed to go wrong always. Well . Rickar is still "baking", and I think he will be for another week, probably two! lol. I'm trying to stay away from horrible birth stories and problems after birth, since I'm still thinking of all the things that could go wrong. I think this is normal though. I told RB last night, that I still can't believe that there is a Baby in my belly! lol. We still are amazed at what God has blessed us with. I'm not sure if it will seem real until we get to meet Rickar! I'm starting to get nervous about labor and delivery as well. I plan to go ALL natural.....

NOT! just kidding. I plan on getting the epidural, but I'm still scared. I don't like needles, shots, pain, etc. My pain tolerance is not very high! lol. So I will need lots of prayers!

2nd Occasion: Deer Season Eve! hehe!
This is the day RB and I, and a bunch of other hunters, wait for all year long. It's almost like waitng for the first Razorback football game of the year, but it's even better! : ) I really expected to go into labor on opening morning of deer season because of all the excitement going on. I don't think it's gonna happen though now. I think we are good for opening weekend! I have packed our snack box, it seems bigger this year, I guess since I'm bigger...lol. I do have to keep my energy up though. Drinks are ready for ice chest. Jackets, orange, and Carharts are washing. Radios are charging. We both have our license. RB still has to sight in our guns. I told him the less I shot a gun, was prolly best. I don't wanna scare Rickar too badly! I just can't wait until morning! It's gonna be around 37 though. I'm gonna bundle up the best I can. I'm sure it'll warm up fast! who knows. Tonight we are eating at the deer camp. It'll be the first meeting with everyone since last year. How FUN! I hope I'm posting pictures of my big buck soon! : )

Interesting Day! Turned Out Good Though.

Yesterday, I got my Christmas tree up and RB moved furniture around for me. We created so much more room in our living room, which was what we were trying to do. We are about to have lots of visitors coming and going.

I check my blood pressure twice daily, once around lunch, and next after supper sometime. When I checked it after supper it was extremely high. So we checked it a few more times and it wasn't going down. So Britt came and checked it and it was still high. It fluctuated from 150-158/90-95. So I called Labor and Delivery, they told me to rest, as long as I was laying down, (not even sitting up a little) it wasn't too high. So they told me to call my doc this morning. I was hurting under my arms when I took breaths. So I took one tylenol PM to help me sleep, especially with my nerves really bad and I was upset it had gotten so high.

When I woke up I thought it would be all back to normal. I had a really bad headache when I woke up. (which didn't go away until this afternoon) When I checked it, still laying down without even getting out of bed it was 137/87 which is okay for me. I usually check it a couple times to get an average. I got up, walked to the kitchen to get some water, walked back to my room and sat down. I took it again sitting up and it was 158/95. So I decided to go ahead and call the doc. They wanted me to come in with it being high. They checked my bp, it was still a little high, just not as high. They did a NST and it was good. Rickar wouldn't be still! He moved almost the whole time, like moving the monitors and all. The nurse came in once cause she heard all the racket he was making! lol. I had a few contractions in that 20 minutes. Only one BIG one that took my breath away! The maching got up over 80! it also made a huge mound. BUT no pain just pressure. After seeing those, Dr. Jay wanted to check me again, eventhough he checked me on Monday. Rickar has moved down some, but my cervix is closed still. : ( It's crazy these hard contractions aren't doing anything at all. I guess they are just getting my uterus toned. lol. Back to my story: They did an ultrasound to check the fluid around Rickar, which was good. The ultrasound tech is always so blah. She really doesn't like her job i guess. :/ She didn't show us anything. We could see his legs at one point but only for a second. She wasn't even doing anything. Afterwards, she just sat up there talking to the other nurses! I know she didn't have to, but she's always like that! She could have showed us him or measured him, ugh. Neway, I hope she retires before my next one! : ) With all that said, If it gets back up, I have to go in, but otherwise I think I'm good! I have to do a 24 hour urine test. Dr. Jay said preeclampsia might be 'brewing', and if it gets 'hot' then they'll do something about it. lol. I start it Sunday. Which sucks cause Saturday and Sunday I'll be in the deer woods hunting all day long! lol.

I'm so glad today turned out so well. If I pass this last test, maybe we will breeze through the next two weeks! YES, 14 days until we go to the hospital!! : ) I'm thinking, maybe, just maybe, he will want out sooner. lol. Just so he waits until after this weekend I'll be happy! : ) Tomorrow will be 37 weeks, plus I'll have one whole weekend to hunt! hehe! After next week, I'll have a week left until induction, I might start walking to see if I'll go into labor myself, or it might help move him down some more.

Tomorrow, I hope to finish our maternity pictures. That's the last thing on my list...i just hope we get it done. I've been trying to do it forever, and RB is just too busy. :)

Catching Up!

This post will be to try to catch up from changing over from my Xanga blog.

Here is a some quick info about us, RB and Darla.

RB is 30, and I'm 25. We met while out with some friends on January 3, 2004. We were married on May 19,2007. We have prayed for a baby for 3 years now. After 1 year we started seeing doctors. We did fertility treatments for almost two years before being blessed with a little miracle. We have had a great pregnancy with a few minor complications. I LOVE being pregnant. We are having a BOY, and naming him Richard Bruce Fawcett IV. BUT we are calling him Rickar. He moves constantly and I love it. We are so in love with him and can't wait to meet him face to face! We have 15 days until we go to the hospital for induction. Yes it's also Thanksgiving night! : ) We will prolly have him on Black Friday though.

We are members of Williamson Community Church in Horatio and WE LOVE GOD.

RB is vice president of the board for Farm Bureau. We own four chicken houses. I'm certified to teach prek through 4th grade in Arkansas and Texas, and will hopefully get a job before next school year. We enjoy spending time with each other and our family. We have many family and friends that live close. We love the Arkansas Razorbacks! We have two Godchildren that we love dearly, Melanie and Seth. Melanie has stayed with us many weekends since she was 4, but kept her since she was 2.

I know I've missed a few important details in our lives, but this is all I think of at the moment!!