36 Weeks and counting....

Well it's been forever since I've posted pictures so hopefully I will get those up later this week. Apparently I will have time because today I got cut back to 2 days a week for the remainder of the pregnancy. This weekend I had some really bad swelling in my legs and feet. On Saturday we were at my parents house and my feet were huge and a little discolored. Dad asked if I was sure I should be working and I pushed it off because that's the way they have looked since my last appointment and Dr. Shepherd didn't seem too concerned then. Then Sunday we got up for church and both of my feet were pitting (for those who don't know, that's when you push on the swelling and it leaves an indentation). I was pretty worried so I had my feet up all day. At bedtime, nothing had changed, the color was bad and they were still pitting. I was even more concerned at that time so I explained preeclampsia to Andrew and why I was so worried. I called the Dr. on Monday and they wanted to move my appointment up to Tuesday to check my blood pressure and urine. My diastolic pressure was more of a concern but the urine looked fine. I also had almost a 7lbs weight gain since my last appointment which was also very concerning. (after going home and resting I weighed myself again and was down 5 lbs...amazing what fluid does)!Aubrey (the nurse practioner) asked if she needed to put me on bed rest and of course I told her no! So she said that I needed to cut back at work if nothing else. She wants me to check my blood pressure at work and keep a close eye on it and of course put my feet up whenever possible. She doesn't want my appointments any further than seven days apart either. They decided to order preeclampsia labs to have a baseline and I will get the results tomorrow. She went ahead and checked me since I was there and I am 1 cm dilated, not that it means anything at all but it helps after "not so great" news!