Just Waiting..

Well I am 37 weeks now (and 3 days). He really could come anytime at this point. I had a doctors appointment yesterday with a few unexpected problems. First, the nurse came in to check my blood pressure.....140/90. Not so good, especially considering it was 120/60 my entire pregnancy. To someone else this may not be a huge deal, but I know all the things that go along with elevated blood pressure in pregnancy including not enough blood flow to the baby, and potentially seizures. So I expressed concern to her, and she kind of brushed me off like it wasn't a big deal, which I wasn't too impressed with. Then the doctor came in and he immediately said "you're blood pressure is up, lets recheck it and get labs done." I was glad he was concerned. The same nurse came in and rechecked it, and seemed a little flustered. Finally she told me that it was one of her first days and she is just getting used to how things are. This time though it was 145/100.....even worse! Of course at that point Im telling Devry all the things he has to go home and get if they send me right up to the hospital to be induced (which they would do if payton didn't look so good, or if my labs came back bad). No wonder my blood pressure keeps going up, i'm stressing myself out!
The doctor comes back in and says "you know the deal...labs and an NST." ( I think the doctors like that they don't have to explain everything they are doing because its all familiar to me....an NST is a nonstress test. They put the baby on the heartrate monitor and look to make sure his heartrate is good.) Then he measures my belly.....and Im measuring 2 1/2 weeks ahead! Yet another thing to add to the growing list of problems. He told me he wanted to do an ultrasound to check his size. First I go down and get hooked up for the NST. That was kind of funny because the nurse I had seen the whole time came in with another nurse. Apparantly the new nurse didn't know how to do this. The more experienced nurse asked me if I knew how the monitors worked. I simply said yes...then she was like "oh so you must have had them hooked up before", I was like "no, I'm a labor and delivery nurse." Then the new nurse looks at me and says "you must really think I'm an idiot then." I assured her that I didnt, and was glad they were double checking things with my blood pressure being up. I think it made her even more nervous, because when it came time for her to draw labs, she looks at my arms (and I don't have great veins for drawing blood), and says "I'm not even going to try, I'll go get someone else." Well... The NST was fine. On to the biophysical profile (ultrasound). The tech first made sure he was still a boy (that was nice of her :) ), then went and measured various parts of his body (femer, abdomen, head, etc). From this she could tell me how big he is. He was measuring right about 7lbs, which is not near as big as the doctor feared. 7lbs at 37.2 weeks is in the 64th percentile. The tech said that if I go to my due date he will probably be around 8lbs....still to big in my mind. Hopefully Payton will be nice to his mommy and come a little early before he hits the 8lbs mark. The ultrasound also tests the bloodflow from the placenta to the baby, and his movements. He "passed with flying colors" as the doctor put it. I went back into another room (this is room change number 5)...and I hear the doctor ask a nurse to come in and recheck my blood pressure. This time it was a different nurse....probably my favorite one that works there. She comes in and says "I hate the blood pressure cuff in this room, I'm going to get a better one." She comes back and checks with a different cuff...120/64. Just fine. The doctor comes in, and tells me my labs are all great. Im thinking at this point, did I just get a million VERY expensive tests done because the blood pressure cuff she used isn't good?!?! Well the doctor told me he wants me to come back in every 3-4 days to have my blood pressure checked, and to check the baby. He also told me to check it on my own at work whenever I get a chance to sit down for a few minutes. He gave me permission to finish my last few shifts of work as long as my blood pressure stays ok, but while I am at home I am supposed to restrict my activity (basically sit on my but with my feet up and watch movies and read books). So here I am...sitting on my butt blogging when there are dishes, vacumming, organizing, and a million other things I wish I could be doing. One thing I know, when I go into the office on friday for a blood pressure check I am asking the nurse who took it last to do it so I know its accurate. Devry got out of class to come to my appointment with me and told his teacher it would be a quick appointment (which it was supposed to be)....then an hour and a half he makes it back to class. Luckily his teacher is very understanding. I;m glad that although we hit a few complications, Payton is still looking perfectly healthy and I'm still feeling fine. Hopefully everything keeps going ok, and he comes without any more problems.
I am finished his nursery and made a bunch of blankets and burp clothes that I will post pictures of.

Here are some fun burp clothes I made....I have a ton made in the same patterns, so these are some samples of the 20 I probably made.

His crib and name.....nothing has changed really, I am just really happy with it!

His changing table. I found the CUTEST basketts to go in it. They have brown and blue polka dots. I have the same baskets above his closet too, and in a nightstand (see the next picture)

Here is the nightstand. I found it at target for 19$! I was so excited! The lamp is already on it, and his monitor will go there too. The baskets I found fit perfectly too.
This is a flannel blanket I made and crocheted. I love the little trains on it! The back is just plain blue, I forgot to take pictures of the back.

And this is the minke blanket I made. It is sooo soft!!

I am working on 2 more blankets, which I will post pictures of when I am done.