A trip to L&D

Well needless to say I have now began to pack my bag for the hospital. My appointment on Thursday didn't go quite as smoothly as I had hoped.
I've been having some discomforts and so I wrote them down to discuss with the doc at my next appointment. After a really long, stressful week here at home (don't ask, very emotional still) my blood pressure was up just a tad, really only a tad. Anywhoo, between the protein in my urine, my blurred vision for the past couple of days and the burning feeling in my gallbladder area Vicki decided to send me over to the hospital to be tested for Pre-Eclampsia. I figured the burning was just my normal gallbladder problems or the baby pushing, kicking and stretching but as it turns out it could also be some kind of gasterinternal stuff that is caused by Pre-E.
So I haven't been going to the bathroom as often as most preggers (yeah yeah TMI) and with the protein in my urine she also ordered a cath, JOY!! So my mom-in-law walked me over to the hospital for check in and as soon as we walk into L&D a girl greets me with "Hey, didn't you play the clarinet for the McEachern band?" Great, I get to have a cath done by someone I went to high school with, talk about embarrassing! I haven't changed a bit apparently since I last saw her and even weighing in at almost 200 pounds she still recognized me.
I finally got out there almost three hours later after being poked, prodded and embarrassed with the on call doctor telling me that he's not putting me on bed rest but that I was to go home and take it easy. My blood work and urine came back ok, even though my blood sugar was 63 and I was starving I was ok. I still don't know what the burning feeling is but as least we've ruled out Pre-E. I still have to a 24 urine test starting tomorrow morning and collect my pee for a day and bring it in on Monday. Doesn't that sound exciting. Vicki worries that I have some kind of infection, well yeah, you ordered a Cath!! I hate those things!!
So, I have been taking it easy and laying on my right side per the doc and I have begun to pack my bag. I still need a nursing bra though, can you believe I'm gonna have to go to the stinking mall to get one. I've been to like five different stores out here and none of them carry nursing bras, I really should contact their head quarters and complain!
I still have to pack a diaper bag but the shower isn't until next Saturday and I don't have anything yet. Kinda scary to tell you the truth. Travis can't move the office furniture to the new office (we got carpet this week, more stress added to my week) but when they stretched the carpet one of the tack strips came up and they have to come back and fix it before we can start to move the furniture. Which means the nursery is still full of office furniture and Travis isn't going to go in the attic for the baby furniture when there's no place to put it if he gets it down. And the storage tub of Skylar's clothes can't come down either for me to wash and put them away. I can't even was some of the new clothes I've gotten cause there's no place to put them once their washed, arrrrgggggg. It's really very aggravating and stressful but I'm trying to take it easy so I will still have time to get all of this done and that she doesn't decide to come too soon. It's getting closer and I'm starting to panic. Travis is doing really well with all of this, seeing as how this is my project and he has to deal with my emotions and attitude. I will say that my attitude has been really good considering my last two pregnancies where NO ONE could stand to be around me. I was always a grump, especially when I didn't get my food. But I've only gained (according to the doctors scales even) a total of 29 pounds. I have been drinking lots (and I mean lots) of water and eating my fruits and veggies. I splurge every now and then, like Travis is on his way home with a DQ chilly dog for me, hey it's better than a blizzard or a banana split, mmmmmm a banana split!!
Anyway, I've babbled long enough that I have lost my eBay stuff that I watching, darn it. Well, I'll keep you up to date more this week or next depending on how exciting thing get.