Bed Rest, Bed Rest, & More Bed Rest

As much as I love you baby boy, you need to stay in there a little longer.

     Friday, we had another visit to the hospital because I was still having contractions. This time we went Florida Hospital Altamonte, which was the best decision we could of made. If we would of went there Thursday night we would not of had to go again on Friday. Nothing will ever compare to Florida Hospital Altamonte. The staff and they way they treated us was amazing! We were admitted around 1pm and you know what, they didn't make me walk up to labor & delivery. 

     After all the paperwork and getting put on monitors we had our answer in a matter of an hour or so. The reason for my contractions? A FREAKING BLADDER INFECTION. The nurses were shocked as we were as well because the DeLand Hospital didn't run my urine test to determine that. If they would of just ran that one simple test, I wouldn't have been in the hospital for 7 hours for a second day in a row. Once we had our answers all we had to wait was for the pharmacy at the hospital to receive my antibiotic shot I needed for the infection. It took the pharmacy over 4 hours to get the shot. I honestly didn't mind the wait because of how amazing the staff was, they kept us updated, and they even gave us dinner. It wasn't much: turkey sandwich, pudding, and apple juice. It's the thought that counts especially since it was a RN that brought it to us and even brought Jordan some. When I finally received the shot (most painful burning sensation ever) we were finally able to leave with the hope that we won't have to be back in labor & delivery until it's time to actually meet our baby boy this fall.

     Now that we know what is causing my pain, discomfort, and random contractions, my mind is at ease (somewhat). I'm not rushing to the hospital at the contractions I am still having today because once the infection is gone then the contractions and discomfort should disappear. It doesn't help that I'm on bed rest memorial day weekend and when my husband who works 12-15 hour days has a 4 day weekend. 

     So expect non stop pinning on pinterest, random acts of craziness, and crazy blogging updates in the next few days!

XOXO

How About We Let You Cook A Little Longer Baby Boy?

Breathe just breathe, It'll all be worth it in the long run.

   Yesterday was a roller coaster and even with a day like yesterday I still haven't let myself get down. We had quite a little scare yesterday with our baby boy. 

     On Wednesday afternoon I took a small fall. I was at the door with my sisters Australian Shepard (Cinnamon) on leash in one hand, holding her Pomeranian (Cicely) puppy , and holding a bag of items to return at the mall for her wedding. As soon as I opened the door my Siberian Husky (Thor) bolted.

This is the little devil himself. Isn't he adorable?

In the process, he tripped me. With me being so clumsy and off balance with this giant soccer ball underneath my shirt, I fell with my back against the doorway and continued down to the ground. I didn't land on my stomach so I didn't think anything of it. My back has been hurting so that's all I thought it was. 

     Well, hours later the cramping started.  I just came home and slept it off the rest of the evening. The next morning they were still there, so the google search began. I tried stretching, laying in different positions, a warm bath, drinking more water, and increasing my potassium intake (it's a good thing I like bananas). Nothing worked. As the day went on the cramps increased so I decided that when I go and pick my husband up from work we would go straight to the ER. 

     I'm not really a fan of Florida Hospital DeLand but since Florida Hospital Fish Memorial doesn't have a maternity ward and I didn't feel like driving to Daytona, I had no choice. We walked in, registered, got the annoying arm band, and was admitted to labor & delivery. The person registering us asked me if I could walk, I said yes. Well, she gave me directions on how to get up to labor & delivery and I WALKED MYSELF UP TO THE THIRD FLOOR! I was not a happy camper! 

     They put the baby heart monitor on Baby Granados and the contraction monitor on me. Hunter didn't like the heart monitor one bit. He would move away from it and then the annoying beeping would start. He hated that even more. He was punching and kicking and doing straight up karate. Jordan was even able to see the punches on my stomach! The nurse decided that he was healthy so I could have to monitor taken off since we couldn't track the cramping real well because of how active he was. As soon as he had the monitor off of him, he settled down.

    After we got Hunter to settle down, now the mission began to figure out what was going on with mommy. I was having some abnormalities on the monitor so now they were determining whether they were contractions, ligament stretching which is causing the cramping, or I may have just strained a ligament in the fall. CONTRACTIONS!! Not Braxton Hicks contractions like I have been having but real contractions. Apparently, I have been having contractions on and off for 24 hours. Yikes!! Way to scare a momma!!

Still with the caulk on his hands, straight from work.

They wanted to monitor me a little longer. The nurse checked my cervix and it was closed. The pre-term labor swab came back negative so there is a 99% chance I won't be going into active pre-term labor within the next two weeks. After an hour or so of monitoring and blood pressure dropping it turns out I was having contractions,

    Long story short, I received some medicine to stop the contractions. That medicine absolutely sucks! The needle is bad but that medicine burns going into your system. We were able to get the contractions to stop and were discharged. 

    I am now unable to go to the Ft. Myers  show this weekend with my family but that's fine because I'm on strict orders to rest. They didn't classify it as bed rest but I'm going to be laying around the house all weekend to let my body recover and heal. False labor and some strained ligaments are no fun. 

     Thank you to everyone who kept my little family in your prayers. 

XOXO

There's Always A Rainbow After It Rains

Shelby from Nystroms and Nugget. came to visit me today!

I can't even begin to explain how much of a roller coaster life was last week. Last week was full of hormones, mood swings, and unpacking stress. I don't think anything can ruin this week and it's only Tuesday! I'm just going to give you a day by day playbook of what's been going on since Sunday!

SUNDAY (Let The Baby Registry Begin)

     We are officially registered at Target, Walmart, and on Babyli.st! I don't know when you last walked thru the baby section but I was in shock! There is so many things, gadgets, and whatchamacallits. Some are pure genius and others you just want to shake your head at. I had my mind made up when my husband and I walked in that I wouldn't go to crazy on the registry. I scanned a few items before Jordan stole the scanner and started acting like he was on the M.I.B ride and all the price tags were little aliens that were going to suck out your brain! Sound effects were made along with several laughs. The most disturbing thing that I did see was the following.

As much as I love my son, I don't think I will ever have the stomach to do this. I'm just going to stick with the blue boogie bulb they give you in the hospital. If any of you plan on going to register at Target soon, I suggest opening up the goodie bag first because they have a list of all the suggested items. We are just beginning the registry at Walmart (we're still working on that registry) because they have some items that Target doesn't have which sucks because I love Target baby but Walmart is a lot more budget friendly even though I don't think the words baby and budget friendly go together in anyway. 

     Now, I'm not going to go into full detail about my new favorite site since that's a whole nother (I don't that's gramatically correct--- oh well) post. To the inventor of babyli.st, I bow down to you. If you have ever been pregnant then you know about the pregnancy brain. Babyli.st is like pinterest for registries. You download the "Add to BabyList" button into your toolbar and you can "pin" items from different websites onto one registry. You get a customizable url that you can share via facebook or give out on your invites. It's just fantastic. You can organize the pins into categories and it's easy to check off when someone buys an item. Favorite site ever!!

Monday (Finally Unpacked)

     We are officially unpacked 100% and organized! I have caught up on all of the laundry and basically the only dirty clothes we have are the clothes we are wearing! I have the nursery cleared of all moving boxes so I can actually start making it look like a nursery! I put together the changing table so now people won't see it as just another empty room with pieces of wood on the floor. All we are waiting for is the nightstand and TV we left in NC which will be down here in a week or so! 

There's just something about a splash of yellow. I think it's thanks to Heather Burris at Tickled Yellow!

"From there to here, from here to there, baby things are everywhere!" 

Tuesday (Nystroms and Nugget. & The Doctor All In One Day)

     Today, I was honored with the presence of Shelby and her husband Josh today. They are expecting a little chicken nugget this winter. Shelby is 10 weeks behind me so I guess I'm going to be the experimental mother. If I find an easier way to handle things then she'll know and won't have to go through trial and error the first time around. She'll thank me later.

     With 3 dogs running around like crazy fighting over toys, with it raining cats and dogs outside, and with the pomeranian chasing the husky around the couch it's a miracle we were able to have a conversation. We vented about all of our pregnancy stories and it was nice to finally talk to someone other than a dog or my family in person! I feel like a normal person again that has friends and not someone who is stuck in the house day after day. Jordan has been working 12 plus hour days so it gets pretty lonely. We talked about bumps, how we found out we were pregnant, and of course everything to do with babies! I was actually able to show off the nursery, our cozy bathroom, and our amazing backyard! It's nice to have a friend that can relate to pregnancy brain and all things baby. 

    I also finally got the call that I've been waiting for. I finally heard back from the doctor's office that I've been waiting to approve my medical records for weeks! I go to the doctor June 6th to check up on little Hunter. I've never been so excited for an appointment. I hope they do an ultrasound to check up on my cyst and of course the little bundle of joy. 

I just hope the rest of the week goes as smoothly as the last few days. I have plenty to look forward to this week. Tomorrow I'm catching up with another high school friend and I finally get to meet her gorgeous  5 1/2 month old princess. Thursday I'm packing for the dog show in Ft. Myers which will be Jordan's first. Friday we are on the road with the family to the show where we will be selling all of our homemade goodies from all natural treats to paracord collars and leashes to show leads! I just hope the weeks after this keep getting better as we are getting closer and closer to meeting our prince!

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XOXO

Just A Little Update (Moving, Graduations, Baby, and Wedding)

            Home Sweet Home

I haven't forgot about the blog for the few that follow. Life has just been super super hectic. We have moved into our new house over the weekend and I will be doing a new house blog this week once we get everything unpacked. Jordan has settled into his new job, Ashlee graduates college this week, and then she'll graduate high school June 2nd. Ashlee & Andrew's wedding is less than a month away. We have to get the house in order, the backyard in order (when I post pictures you'll understand), finish the nursery, and figure out where everyone is sleeping by June. There is so much to do in so little time! 

I'm also going to start doing weekly pregnancy updates on here to keep everyone who wants to keep updated with all the planning of little Hunter Granados. Look for one on Thursday!

XOXO