Swelling!!

I posted this in another post but I had posted so much yesterday that this wasn't popping up when people would stop by and visit! So, I wanted to post it agian incase anyone had some suggestions for me!

 

a. my cankles that have appeared!

b. one of the swollen ankles.

c. if you press on my ankles or my legs it leaves a indent like the one shown above that stays for quite awhile it is not pretty & I'm thinking its pretty bad but I never noticed swelling until the other day and they were already like this!  

These pictures don't do the swelling of my legs and ankles justice-- It looks worse in person!

{any suggestions other than to keep my feet up & to watch my sodium would be awesome}


I've looked up the symptoms and it is a condition called pitting edema it can be a sign of a couple different things but I'm thinking I don't have any other problems other than just the pitting edema but I have an appt on Friday so we will see what the doc or Nurse Prac. has to say about it! Like I said earlier any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Tasty Tuesday!



{to see this larger just click on the image}



I posted this recipe last month

But I have been wanting them lately so I will probably be enjoying these while watching the biggest loser tonight!!

--anyone else watch Biggest Loser?? Who's your favorite team?? I love the aqua team & the yellow team.  I swear when I watch it it makes me want to eat though! :)

Enjoy the Recipe!!

Motivation?= Success!

So I was able to clean my living room, kitchen & the bathroom!!

I still need to do the computer room & our bedroom-- I also need to do laundry.

Yay! For what I did accomplish though!! :)

Thinking I may need to reward myself by going & getting a pedicure!

But I've used all my energy & not sure I feel like getting ready.

Onto the swelling & water retention I wrote about on my previous post!

a. my cankles that have appeared!

b. one of the swollen ankles.

c. if you press on my ankles or my legs it leaves a indent like the one shown above that stays for quite awhile it is not pretty & I'm thinking its pretty bad but I never noticed swelling until the other day and they were already like this!  

These pictures don't do the swelling of my legs and ankles justice-- It looks worse in person!

{any suggestions other than to keep my feet up & to watch my sodium would be awesome}



33w6d. survey!

How far along?  33 weeks!!--7 more to go!

Total weight gain/loss? I gained a couple pounds but I'm still around 20-25 lbs.

Cravings?. well since I have been told I can't have sweets or pop--I really really want some sweets :[ I haven't had any though!! So, cravings I had to get some cheetos puffs this week but other than that I haven't craved anything. :)

 

Best moment this week: I haven't really had a good week--been very miserable so the only really good thing that happened this week is Grandpa got to come HOME!!

Gender:  Boy.

What I miss:  the nice enjoyable pregnancy I was/(kinda am) experiencing I have been nothing but miserable this week I feel like every part of me aches I think this little guy has ran out of room in there and its causing me to be nothing short of miserable. 

 
What I am looking forward to:  I am so going to get a prenatal massage THIS week!--After all the aches and pains this week I am in desperate need of one I was trying to hold on getting this because I have a feeling this is only going to get worse but I can't wait anymore.

Symptoms: aches & pains for sure!!

Belly Button in or out?  getting closer & closer to popping every week!

Movement: all the time!

Sleep:  I don't get much of this anymore I am up at least 4-6 times a night!

Emotions:  good :)

Milestones:  getting closer & closer to the EDD Can't believe that as of tomorrow I will only have 6 weeks left!! crazy!!  

 

Stretchies:  no new ones.

This week has been a rough one.  I have been reduced to tears because of the pain in my back/shoulder! I don't know what it is but I can't hardly move without sharp pain.  I'm thinking it just means that the baby has ran out of room which would make sence considering I'm 5 foot nothing so their isn't much room I'm pretty short & not much of a torso.

We have started taking guesses on this little guys weight & whether he will come early or late.  all the guesses on weight are between 8lbs-almost 10 lbs. (my dad guessed the largest weight so far being 9 lbs 13 oz--he wants to kill me!) Hubs & I both guessed 8 lbs 11 oz. so I thought it was crazy that we guessed the same guess! I think he coming early and so does a lot of other people only 1 person has said they think he will come a week late.  I also thought forsure that this little boy was a girl so, I have a feeling that he could come late since I think he is def coming earlier. :)

Like I mentioned earlier Grandpa is HOME!! He was able to come home because he didn't run a fever-- come to find out the medicine they were giving him was what was causing the fevers and making his stay extended!! Now he is home just waiting for his surgery! So thank each and everyone of you for all your thoughts & prayers!! :)

I hope everyone has a very relaxing Sunday!! I'll be stuck watching the superbowl with the Hubs & his family!! I'm hoping that the Packers win--My husband wouldn't be happy if he saw that since we are Bears fans! :) I am also hoping for noooo more snowww!! Have a great week everyone!! :) I know I will starting Tuesday (I get caffiene back!! I am going to def be watching how much I eat/drink of it but hey maybe I won't want it so bad if I know I CAN have it)

Playing Catch Up!

I feel like I have tons to blog about so hopefully none of it slips my mind! :)

First off to get everyone caught up on my personal January Challenge--Cooking at Home.
Last week Jayce & I ate at my parents all week but Wednesday and we ate out--with them though!
With my grandpa in the hospital we spend most are evenings there so before we go to the hospital we go to my parents to just visit and of course eat dinner then we all head over to the hospital.  So I'm not doing to hot cooking at home but I am at least still eating a home cooked meal. 
So far this week we ate out with my parents on Monday & we ate out Wednesday night also. Tuesday we cooked at home though we had Biscuits & Gravy, of course!
So.. as all of you can see I'm not doing to hot anymore but thats what happens when my life gets busy & I don't spend much time at home.  I'm hoping my grandpa gets out of the hospital soon that will help slow my evenings down a bit, also the poor guy has been stuck in that hospital for wayyy to long.

Update on my Grandpa.
Well as you already know he is still in the hospital.  They figured out what was wrong with him a couple days after being admitted but they can't seem to fix the problem.  He is still getting a very high fever at times & they can't figure out what is causing the fevers.  He is exhausted, I mean you can't really "rest" in a hospital.  He also has developed a horrible cough.  When he was first admitted they wanted to do the surgery in 6 weeks well now they are saying that if he can't get rid of this infection & the fevers soon that they will be doing the surgery sooner, which isn't a good thing they are afraid that if they open him up the infection could spread so we are hoping to be able to hold off on the surgery for as long as possible.  These past couple weeks though have been so hard to go into the hospital each day and one day he is great and should be getting to go home within the next couple days and then you go back the next day and he doesn't look good and you know that his fever came back and that he won't be getting to go home within the time frame they had said the previous day.  He seems to be getting frusterated, as is everyone else.  Something needs to be done he got another Ct Scan done yesterday so the results should be back in today so hopefully we have only good news from that!

Pregnancy Update
Well this past week I noticed a few symptoms of pregnancy that concerned me.  I told my mom about it and she told me a couple of things she thought it could be... one being that I possibly had a urinary tract infection--I told her I didn't think it was that because I wasn't peeing that often & it wasn't painful.  Well on Sunday & Monday I had been having Braxton Hicks contractions off and on.  I also was still experiencing the creepy concerning symptoms and I was having a lot of lower back pain over the weekend.  I was searching the web reading all about the possible things that could be wrong with me, something that I do that I know I shouldn't.  I always get myself worried thinking that worst thing possible.  Well I had emailed my doctor about everything and they wanted me to come in so I had scheduled an appt and went in on Tuesday.  I met with the Nurse Practioner.  She was nice & new exactly what was wrong.  I gave them a urine sample like always and she said that I defiantly had a pretty bad urinary tract infection & that I had a lot of sugar in my urine so she told me I could have absolutely NO caffiene & little-to-no sugar.  I was so glad to know what was wrong with me but sooo bummed about the no caffiene--anyone that knows me knows I am addicted to reese's and well that had been my breakfast for the past couple weeks I would eat the valentine reese's every morning and now I can't have them because of the caffiene in the chocolate!! That really sucked! I had also been eating a chocolate chip cookie everyday from the hospital and now I can't have that either. I drink pepsi not a lot but I had been drinking it & obviously you know I can't have that either.  She said that I couldn't have any caffiene for a week.  I'll survive but after being told what I can't have of course everything that is off limits looks delish & makes me feel like I'm highly deprived even though I know I'm not. 
Some of you readers may remeber back when I was like 18-22 weeks I had a lot of sugar in my urine so I had to take the glucose test & barely passed then I had to take it again at the normal 28 weeks & I again barely passed well... I'm almost wondering if I've developed Gestional diabetes-- I am going to go get a little blood sugar tester thing and test myself to see if that reads normal.  I'm praying that this isn't the case but my doctor told me numerous times you can develop it at any time during pregnancy so its a possibility!
Jayce & I were suppose to have our first birthing class last night but due to this wonderful snow storm we recieved the class was cancelled so we have to start that next Wednesday, I am so excited for this I'm just so curious about everything I'm def looking forward to it!! Oh & I almost forgot to mention the Nurse Practioner did check me & sadly enough my cervix is still closed!

I'm hoping you all have had a wonderful week so far-- I'm a over this snow storm! Hoping that Spring is right around the corner & it begins to warm up before the little one arrives!! :)

Thanks for reading!!

xoxox