Friday the 13th

Our date night got changed slightly due to my bed rest situation. Jim and I both thought it would be better for me to just stay home and drink as much water as possible. He went to Blockbuster and got us a "movie deal" and then to Friday's to pick up dinner. Mom and Dad took Reagan out to dinner and gave her a bath before bringing her home.

We ate downstairs in the basement and watched Cop Out. I was shocked it was a good movie. We laughed all the way through. We started to watch The Bounty Hunter, but Reagan wasn't eager to go to bed so I sat with her til she fell asleep.

At one point, she had the lights on and said that Boots was scaring her. Hmmm.

Anyway, Jim and I had a nice night together - no kids. Yea! Thanks Mom and Dad!

Baby C scans

Yesterday we went back to the doctor to see how the baby was growing. On Monday, the doctor had ordered a scan because she was concerned. The tech was really good with us - she confirmed that the baby was fine. She was a little small, but all things were growing correctly according to her size.

My amniotic fluid, however, is a tad low. The measurement is supposed to be between 9.0 and 23.0. Mine is at 9.0. So the doctor put me on "bed rest" this weekend. He told me to stay inside where it's cool, rest and drink lots of fluids to get hydrated. I was also to stop all medication except my antibiotic. So - no more breathing. :) That's ok. Anything for this kid!

So Monday will be the next milestone for me. I will go to the hospital to have my fluid level checked again. If it's low, they will either put me on bed rest or admit me to give me IV fluids. Yea team. We'll see.

Keep praying!

Reagan's night

Tonight we all went out to dinner at Max & Erma's. It was a nice evening. Reagan even told us when she had to go potty - yea!!! When Reagan was crawling back up into the booth, she slipped and smacked her ear on the table. She went straight to Jordan, but was crying so hard that she didn't make a noise and wasn't breathing. Hmmm.

I crawled very quickly up next to her just in time to see her eyes roll back into her head and have her faint in my arms. OH MY GOSH!!! Talk about freaking out. My mom popped up, Jordan was yelling and I was just doing my best to get her out of the booth. My mom picked her up and went straight out to the car. She was not very responsive for a few minutes. Her eyes were open, but just not focusing on anything.

I was ready to drive to Children's when she "came to". She started talking and playing. We got a call back from the pediatrician and they said to just watch her for two hours. If she was "ok", she was probably fine. Apparently it's an automatic reation when kids have a quick and unbearable pain - their bodies shut down. He said to watch for her behavior or throwing up. Either case we would need to take her straight to the ER.

We all came home and played. She's fine. But she scared me to death. It's been a rough week at the Carman's house. Ugh!

Now I'm sick

Ok, this has been an interesting week for the Carman girls.
Jordan had a rash when we picked her up from camp on Saturday, Reagan was feverish and had the runs plus coxsackie virus, I ended up at the doctor today with a sinus/throat infection. Hmmm. What's next? Well actually, i go in Friday for my re-check ultrasound to determine if the baby is growing ok. If not, I get bedrest.

Saying tons of prayers this week for wellness!!!

Sick kid - no kidding

I just got back from the doctor with Reagan. She has the cox-sackie virus. Because there are so many strains to this virus, they were hesitant to call it anything but that. The doctor did confirm that there is a major outbreak of HFM disease. Yea - that's awesome.

I thought she only had them on her tongue - he said they are all over her mouth, tongue and down her throat. Great.

Time and motrin is about all we can do. Sigh!

Home sick with Reagan

Last night I found some more sores on Reagan's tongue. She hadn't been eating well at all and been sucking on her fingers a lot. She's always grumpy anymore, so I just attribute any moodiness to her "terrible twos".

Anyway, we woke up this morning and she had more. I only saw two last night. This morning she had four. I'm guessing she's got something contagious - hoping it's not HFM disease. We'll see.

So far today she has been able to milk the sick thing. She got chocolate popsicles for breakfast, pudding for a snack. I'm wondering what she's be able to get out of me for lunch. :)

Baby C updates

So today I went in for my standard appointment - I'm 29w3d. Yea team! Unfortunately the doctor became a tad worried when she measured me. Apparently she thinks I'm small. Now if you saw me, you would not say I'm small at all. I've actually put on about 33 pounds at this point - slightly more than recommended, but a LOT less than my first pregnancy.

She told me that my uterus was lower than expected and said "I think she might be small". She said she's either a pretzel baby (all bunched up in one place) or small. So she set me up with an ultrasound for this Friday and said "if she measures small, you will be put on bed rest." WHAT??? Yep - bed rest. Hmmm.

So of course my mind is going crazy. I know everything is in God's Hands, but sometimes it is hard to not worry and let go. I've looked up everything that could be wrong. One post said "just quit looking until you get your results because you'll likely find a bunch of things it could be that might scare you more than your results." Nice again.

My poor baby saw me crying to Jim tonight. She just kept looking at me and holding on to my leg. Poor thing was worried. Now she's not leaving my side at all. I'll be better tomorrow until Friday morning. Then I'll probably be sick to my stomach until I hear "the news".

Just keep me in your prayers!