The countdown keeps getting smaller... 3 Days!!

Today I'm 39 weeks and will now be induced on Sunday night (May 31).  I got to the doctor today, and after 3 attempts at getting my blood pressure it was determined it was as high as the nurse was reading - 140/100 to be exact. With the combination of gaining weight, serious swelling and that I've had pain under my ribs for a few weeks my high BP seemed to indicate I could have pre-eclampsia. So, Dr. E moved my induction to Sunday night at 8PM and put me on bed rest. They did some blood work before I left, and hopefully I won't get a phone call tomorrow confirming the pre-eclampsia.  IF that happened, we'd be headed to the hospital sooner than Sunday - but I'm feeling pretty good, so I'm hoping all these symptoms just happen to be occurring at the same time and are not a true indication of pre-eclampsia.  Also, for selfish reasons I want Jacob to wait - Dr. E is not in the office on Fridays and is not on call this weekend.  So long as nothing else happens in the next three days, Dr. E will deliver Jacob sometime Monday.  

Hopefully tomorrow Jennifer and I will be able to wrap things up at the office from my house. I've made an attempt at getting things wrapped up before I left the office each day, just in case something happened.  I've made a list of items to address with her tomorrow while in the comfort of my bed or couch... I've already written a draft e-mail letting work people know I'm on maternity leave so Jennifer will have to go to my computer and hit "send" and I previously set up an auto response from work that just has to be turned on.  Sometimes having a type A personality pays off with low stress levels when everything has to come to a halt :)  Pat is in the process of working out the time he will take off from work and should have that taken care of tomorrow. 

In the mean time, I'll just hang out at the house and hopefully catch some extra sleep.  I did beg enough to get permission to go to a bridal shower Saturday night by promising to sit in a chair the entire time, since it's just around the corner from my house.  I'm looking forward to getting to see some good college friends!

Currently, Jacob's room is ready, the car seat's installed in the car, the house is picked up and ready for visitors, the fridge is stocked and the freezer has a hand full of lasagnas and frozen pizzas to hopefully get Pat and I through the next week.  

It looks like I'll be spending my birthday in the hospital, but I'm pretty sure I'll have the best present in my arms come Tuesday.  Maybe we'll have a cake and party hats to celebrate :)