Well, can't ignore it., I'm having some issues.

My doc has forbidden me to go to work at least until I have seen my OB on the sixth.

Apparently this swelling is extreme, (I gained 9 lbs of water since I saw her two weeks ago, and the swelling goes right up to my knees) and my blood pressure which has always been perfect is now up. She says that if it doesn't go away during my time off, I'm off work for a year, whether I like it or not. She said it may also be necessary to induce me early if it worsens, maybe at 38 weeks. She also said the baby is REALLY big (I'm measuring 38 cm) so an early delivery might not be a bad thing. She sent me for an u/s to confirm.The u/s revealed a perfect little hamburger, so Peanut is without a shadow of a doubt, 100% girl. That's cool because they said before that she was a girl based on what they DIDN'T see. Now she's for sure a she because of what we DID see!!

It also revealed that she is really big. She is measuring about 37.5 or 38 weeks gestation, and is currently 7.5 lbs. I am SO not ready to be off work! I was really counting on this month's pay to make the ends meet up nicely, not to mention the fact that I was planning on being a pillar of strength and wasn't going to have any problems. I know that sounds dumb, but I just really wanted everything to be just so. And now it seems things are not going as perfectly as planned. I always thought that the delivery was the thing that you couldn't plan...it never occurred to me that I might not make it to my due date, or that I wouldn't be 100% normal or healthy. Thank God, though, that it's not Peanut with issues, it's me. I wouldn't be able to handle it if my sweet baby was in any kind of distress.

Oh well, at least we got some more u/s pics. We saw her seriously chunky little cheeks, and her cutie little feet. May even have to go back for another u/s, although I forget why the tech said that...I think it had something to do with Ella's size. Maybe they will be wanting to check her lungs down the road or something...I dunno. Anyway, I will scan her newest pics a little later as it's feet up time.

Bah.