Yesterday was my 28 week appointment with Dr. B. According to their scale, I only gained 5lbs in the last month, which is still too much but she said 3 when she was talking to me (not sure why, but I wasn't about to correct her!). At least I managed to slow the gain down by half. Everything's looking good, Amelia's heart rate was nice and strong, and she's such a wiggleworm that it's a little strange when she's not moving around in there. I brought my birth plan to discuss with her, but she basically dismissed most of it saying "well, just keep and open mind and stay flexible, nothing goes according to plan." I don't like how she's still dismissing most things I say, but oh well. It'll go how it goes and it's up to me to prepare anyway. She doesn't think it's necessary to get a hotel room for labor, but unfortunately there are no tubs at the hospital. :( She thinks we'll have plenty of time to get to the hospital when the contractions are close enough since first labors typically take forever. So, I guess I'll be laboring at home, or possibly at Mom's house since they have a much nicer tub than mine, and trying not to panic in the car for the hour drive when contractions are 3-5 minutes apart. It's mandatory to get an IV also... that doesn't make me happy either since it'll get in the way of movement, so I guess I'll just wait as long as possible before going in and not worry about the drive. Hopefully my midwife can help with laboring so I don't freak out too much.
B came home from the hospital on Monday. He's feeling much better this time around now that all the infection is out of there. The chest tube has to stay in until the abscess cavity closes up completely and there's no chance of the infection building back up. It's a big tube, but luckily it's in a better spot on his back than the other tubes were so it doesn't hurt him as much. He's anxious to be back to normal and is helping around at home as much as he can. We did manage to get him back up to his starting weight but now he needs to build his muscles back up. He's been sleeping heavily at night, which is a good thing for his healing, but he's feeling good enough during the day to skip pain meds. That was very much not the case the first 2 times he came home from the hospital.
As far as I know, the hospital is still working on approving our financial aid. I haven't heard anything from them lately about it but now they're probably working on adding the most recent surgery and hospitalization. There's been wonderful progress on indiegogo and giveforward as well as some direct donations so THANK YOU EVERYONE who has helped us out! I can't stress enough, without your help we would have no hope of staying afloat! The church benefit is done now so we're waiting for the check with matching funds from the foundation. I have no idea how much that ended up being, but hopefully that can help us take care of some bills at least. Once B can go back to work we'll need another vehicle too, so I'm keeping my eye out for a little pickup for $1500 or less. Might be a futile effort there, but it's worth looking, right? We'll probably have to get a few of his paychecks under our belts first so transportation to work will be interesting for a while if we're working on the same days, but we'll figure it out.
I got my rep display kit yesterday and my first Park Lane paycheck today! I'm so excited! Now I just need some parties scheduled people! Hostess bonuses are ridiculous! ;)
Feeling good this week, but tired. Starting to feel the crunch until Amelia Belle's arrival. Now that B's feeling better maybe we can start really getting the house ready!
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