He has arrived!

well after all sorts of drama, PIH, inductions, blood pressure medications, etc... Little Hank Leland Bremner has arrived! January 17, 2009 at 4:55 pm. Weighing in at 8Lb 11 oz, and 21 1/2 inches long. He is the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. I know it may sound strange, but he has a remarkably perfect head, it is so cute. We are tucked in for the week, and enjoying the little guy!

almost 36 weeks

well i made it 16 more hours at work before they slapped me back on bed rest. there seems to be a great amount of confusion and disagreement with my doctors as to what they want done with me. instead they tell me to wait until such and such day, i show up expecting a plan, and am told to wait again. i suppose baby's can't be convenient or planned. so here i am, reasonably bored, trying to suppress the urge to clean the apartment from top to bottom!

3 and counting

Well bremner baby gave me quite a day yesterday! We had decided yesterday would be my last day to take the car because doing so leaves Sean in K.O.P. 46 minutes away with no way to get to me if I go into labor. I had planned my day accordingly, trying to fit in appointments at the OB, and salon to get my hair done, etc... Well i never made it past my first appointment of the day because the doctor sent me to triage with high blood pressures, and triage held me for about two hours, and of course Sean was stuck at work with no car to come be with me, and our families are so far away, and I had not packed a labor bag or bough diapers. You know, the things most girls get done like around 32 weeks to be ready. Luckily they let me leave, but now I am on bedrest til further notice. I am not a good bed rest candidate. Typical nurse, I ran strait to traget to buy diapers, and then got my hair done before commiting to bed for the next few days. So I am here, and I am bored already!

4 to go!

Well there are about four weeks left in this here pregnancy, but the consensus is that it will more than likely be two or three! I have tried my hardest to seize the moment, enjoy the here and now, etc... Then, aboot two or three weeks ago, I started mentally throwing in the towel. I am tired, my body is tired, bending, walking, sitting, working, and even sleeping seem to take a tremendous toll on me. Additionally, I find myself less than pleased to answer questions like, when are you due, are you sure you aren't having twins, what is it, what will you name it, are you sure you should be my nurse!?! As if, in the event I went into labor, I would just bail out and no one would step in to care for my patients. If I was just asked these things once a day I could manage, but every patient, family member, visitor, grocery store clerk, and even the cafeteria cashier asks them. I need a shirt that says, "Due date FEB 2, pretty darn sure it aint twins, we don't know the sex, and yes I am competent and able to take care of your every whim and need today!"
Now, back to seizing the moment, I am trying to still enjoy all the little kicks and rolls because I am sure that is a phenomena that I will miss when it is gone. And now to go to bed, after peeing once more just to try and stem off my first bathroom trip of the night!