The Ramblings of a Pregnant Woman

It has been such a long time since I blogged, that I do not know where to begin. Last week was a rough week for me as I started having some pregnancy complications. By Wednesday, I was really worried and decided to call my doctor. She wanted to see me immediately, which freaked me out even more, so we went in for another check-up/ultrasound. I don't think I've ever been so scared in my life. Praise God however, the baby was fine. He/she had pretty much doubled in size and his/her heart rate was 186. The did another exam and everything looked fine. The doctor believed that the complications might be occurring because of the exam but told me that I had to take it easy and rest. So, for the last week, I've pretty much been doing nothing but laying around in the bed and watching tv. Although as good as that sounds, I have so much I need to be doing that I'm beginning to get frustrated. My parents are coming up this weekend in order to help us do some packing since I'm not allowed to lift anything, and then I'm going home on Monday in order to do some observations for school. I only have 2 and 1/2 weeks left of classes but I have so much homework it is just overwhelming. My house is a mess but frankly, I just have no desire to clean it. I think I need some powerboost from comcast! That being said, if anyone is interesting in helping a friend in need, I could use a maid =) j/k





On another note, I had previously posted a rant about my Praxis exam that I took in March. Well I now must officially eat my words and take it back because I got my scores back and did MUCH better than what I was expecting. Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I was 3 points from scoring a perfect score. So I guess the ETS people know what they are doing after all.





Well, I promised that I would try to provide my readers with information about the baby's development from the book I am reading and we are now in the middle of week nine:





"The crown-to-rump length of the embryo is 1 to 1 1/4 inches. This is close to the size of a medium green olive.

Your baby's arms and legs are longer. Hands are flexed at the wrist...Fingers are longer, and the tips are slightly enlarged where touch pads are developing. The feet may be long enough to meet in front of the torso. The head is more erect, and the neck is more developed. The eyelids almost cover the eyes...external ears are evident and the baby now moves its body and limbs." Curtis, Glade & Schuler, Judith. Your Pregnancy week by week. 6th Edition

That was something that we got to see on the ultrasound for the first time: we got to see our baby move! It was pretty miraculous to be honest, and if I hadn't been so relieved that the baby's heart was beating and everything looked ok, I might have cried!

Well I'm off to do some homework and perhaps even a little house cleaning! Until next time...