T-minus 56 days or less

So it is official folks Mr. Baby Boy Hoobler will be here on or before his due date. I have borderline preeclampsia which has put me on a watch and wait list. I will start this by saying I am fine and he is doing fine and they have been taking VERY good care of us. It actually all got set up crazy fast and I feel much more relaxed knowing we are in good hands.

Preeclampsia is high blood pressure along with a high level of protein in your urine (this has do with decreased kidney function). I am borderline which means I am not officially diagnosed with it, but that they won't be surprised if I do develop it before the end of my pregnancy. It is most common with your first or second pregnancy or if you are carrying multiples. To give you an idea of where I sit my blood pressure was 142/90 when I got referred (150/90 is their cutoff) and my protein was 269 (the cutoff is 300). This is why I am borderline...neither number puts me over for the official diagnosis, but both numbers are higher then they should be. The problem with all of this is that you can be fine one day and not the next. I am getting monitored 3 tomes a week now at the doctors and am doing my own checks at home every morning and evening.

We saw an Ob/Gyn doctor this morning and he said what my midwife had previously told me. I would not expect anything to change this month (February), but that any time in March (especially last half) would not surprise me if things were to change. Ideally we have no further issues and my blood pressure and other numbers stay the same and we can go all the way to my due date. If something changes then ideally we get to March 11th which will put me at 37 weeks or full term and he would no longer be premature. So my new goal is to get to March 11th and then he is welcome to make his entrance into this world.

So again WE are both doing very well and aside from the normal pregnancy related stuff I have no complaints :) As for RSVPs I am a maybe for everything in the month of March ;)