Yup, it’s my first pregnancy all over again – kind of. (Insert obligatory Deja-vu Matrix reference here.) I just returned from the ‘daycare’ (aka non-stress testing/monitoring) at the hospital. There I was informed that my 24-hour urine sample results had enough protein to qualify me as having crossed the threshold from just having ‘gestational hypertension‘Read more
One of the most aggravating things about high blood pressure issues is the knowledge that stress makes it worse. The result is this vicious cycle where the reading is high, then you start stressing about the pressure, and it gets worse from there. The way I deal with this is to take multiple measurements over the courseRead more
I have a sneaky suspicion this pregnancy will be ending much like Anna’s, i.e. getting induced because of developing pre-eclampsia. But we’re not there yet! Yes, I spent a couple of hours at the hospital today. First off: the baby is head down (way down), its heart-rate and movements all look excellent, and its weightRead more
Not a whole lot to report from today. I met my local midwife for the last time late this morning. Yes, there was a trace of protein in the urine (1+) and the blood pressure was on the high side, but tomorrow I’m to report to the hospital for monitoring etc., so we let itRead more
Here are a couple of baby-bump pictures taken shortly after midnight on Feb 4th, so they’re technically at 37w2d (ultrasound estimate). (And I seem to only remember to hand Finnur the camera for baby-bump images very very late at night.)Read more
This doesn’t happen often, but this weekend the kids and I managed to meet all their Iceland-dwelling grandparents and great-grandparent. We met my mom briefly yesterday when touring Pétur’s and Signý’s new apartment. Sadly, I was too spaced out and stressed about the remainder of the day to remember to take pictures. Today we visitedRead more
Yeah, nothing much to say about today. I did write a long ToDo list, and wondered if I should put ‘Write ToDo list’ on the ToDo list, just so that I could cross it out. Decided against it, mostly because I was out of paper-space. Happily, some stuff got done, and I live in hopeRead more
It’s February! And tomorrow marks the official 37 week count and ‘full term’. Yay. 🙂 Today was a little bit of this and that. We began by hustling out of the house considerably earlier than usual so that I could show up for monitoring at 9 am. Adorably, the Icelandic term for ‘monitoring’ (more commonlyRead more
Finally, January is drawing to a close. It hasn’t been the funnest of months, particularly with me either parked on the sofa, or hobbling about on crutches for most of it. But there is more daylight now than when it started, so at least it’s gotten something right. 🙂 Quick preggers update: No protein inRead more
All this ‘doing nothing’ is wrecking my sense of time. If it weren’t for Anna needing specific things for school on certain weekdays (for example: Wednesdays are school-swim days), I would probably be utterly lost. But yes, today’s been Wednesday. Apparently. After the high blood-pressure reading on Monday, I met with the midwife again thisRead more
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