31 Weeks and Various Other Stuff

Today I saw Dr. Sherren for my check-up, I am 31 weeks pregnant as of today. The baby had a good heart rate (in the 140s) and I am doing good otherwise, my blood pressure was slightly elevated today, but that may have been due to some stress/sadness I was experiencing today...more on that later! At the end of the appointment, I had to schedule the appointments for the rest of my pregnancy. Some of you may remember that I mentioned that at 32 weeks I will have to start going to the doctor's office twice a week for the rest of my pregnancy. This is true. On Wednesdays I will be going to St. Louis Park to have a Biophysical Profile/Ultrasound done weekly. On Fridays I will being going to the Bloomington clinic to have a non-stress test done (basically fetal monitoring) every other week (also on Fridays, I will see my doctor) until I hit the 37 week mark, which then I will begin weekly visits with the doctor on the same day as my non stress tests. This way they are able to keep a close eye on the baby and on my blood pressure to make sure that all is well. So far so good.

So now, on to why I was stressed. It was a tough day at work. We have some really hard babies in the baby room right now. Several of them are what we like to call "high-maintenance" meaning that they are not happy unless they have one on one attention. When your ratio is 1 to 4, it is very hard to give one child your undivided attention! Then when I got home, Brad had to tell me some very sad news for me. My mom's dog Morgan passed away in her sleep last night. She was 8 years old, and we had just found out a few weeks ago that she was suffering from congestive heart failure. We did not expect her to go this fast. It was very heartbreaking for me, and I just really want to be with my mom right now, but I can't. If you read this mom, I LOVE YOU!

On another note, we were given reason to celebrate today! The lawsuit for Brad's court case (from the car accident) has been dropped! Hallelujah!! We are so happy that we can finally close the book on that! Brad's lawyer told him he thought that I was more excited than Brad was!

Well, that is all for now. We hope everyone has a Happy Easter. Please keep us in your prayers.

Love,
Stacey, Brad, Sydney, Christopher, and Baby Maller