First of all,
HaPpY NeW YeAr!!!!!!!
I know it has been forever since I posted, but let me tell ya, it's been a crazy few weeks. So this is going to probably definately be a jumbled mess of a post. Hang on, here we go!
I am 31 weeks preggo now and I can't decide if I have 9 LOOOOONG weeks to go or ONLY 9 weeks to go. It seems like it's flying by sometimes, like when I open the door to the junkroom nursery and see stuff everywhere instead of a crib and glider rocker waiting for me and Jaxten. I just couldn't force myself to even think about all things nursery during the holidays. That would be sensory overload for me right now. But now I have no excuses (other than the whole not being able to move heavy furniture thing) so my husband and I will be tackling this job very soon. Thank goodness we don't have to paint. Just place, arrange and go. Sounds so easy in a sentence. Don't think it will go quite like that. But, we do have to get on the ball a little bit. Which brings me to my next point.
You know I have mentioned the really bad heartburn I've been having. Well, I starting getting another pain on my right side and last Sunday I had excrutiating pain for about 12 hours. I had already been to the doctor about it once and they just brushed it off and told me it was probably round ligament pain, or in other words, just muscles stretching and hurting. Well, after this 12 hour ordeal, I went to the doctor on Monday and again they were trying not to make a big deal out of it and I almost had to get downright mean with them. I told them I thought I was dying while the pain was bad and there was no way that could be from a muscle stretching. So they ordered some bloodwork to appease me and my liver enzymes were elevated a little. They sent me for an ultrasound of my gall bladder and sure enough, I have gall stones. I felt like saying a big fat "I TOLD YA SO!" I am a baby when it comes to pain, but even I knew it was a bit more serious than a stretching muscle.
I had to go see a surgeon about it and the plan is to try and wait until after I have the baby to perform surgery to remove my gall bladder. If we can wait until about three weeks after delivery, they can do it laparoscopically and I will only spend 1 night in the hospital. If we do the surgery now, they will have to make an incision of about 7-8 inches below my right ribcage and there is a risk that all the tapping around my uterus could send me into pre-term labor. The only reason they are thinking about doing the surgery now is because some of bloodwork came back abnormal. My liver enzymes were elevated a little, meaning I'm just shy of being jaundiced. A normal biliruben level is up to 1.0. Mine was at 3.0. At 4.0, you start turning yellow just like babies that are jaundiced. By 5.0, I would probably need the surgery now. So they want to check my bloodwork every Monday and I'll see the surgeon every Tuesday until either I have the baby, or the numbers change. In addition to seeing my OBGYN every 2 weeks right now. Dr appointments every week......happy happy joy joy.
Oh, and to top that off, they put me on a "bland diet". Nothing fried, fatty, spicy......in other words, taste-free food. No salads, no green vegetables, no sauces....and the list just goes on and on. It is so hard to figure out something to eat that fits in these restrictions. I guess it's grilled chicken and mashed potatoes everyday. But, if eating different saves me from having a painful attack, I'll just suck it up and do it. Cause let me tell ya, a gall-bladder attack H.U.R.T.S!
So that's where we are right now. I'll update again after my next bloodwork.
Oh, and to top that off, they put me on a "bland diet". Nothing fried, fatty, spicy......in other words, taste-free food. No salads, no green vegetables, no sauces....and the list just goes on and on. It is so hard to figure out something to eat that fits in these restrictions. I guess it's grilled chicken and mashed potatoes everyday. But, if eating different saves me from having a painful attack, I'll just suck it up and do it. Cause let me tell ya, a gall-bladder attack H.U.R.T.S!
So that's where we are right now. I'll update again after my next bloodwork.
