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She's here!!!

Lucy Virginia Gilbert was born on Friday, November 18th, 2011 at 5:17pm. She was 6lbs 10 oz and 18 inches long. We are all adjusting to being home and the new sleep schedule. I love this little girl so much, and Nick is so cute with her.

almost

Thursday morning I went to my OB appointment and my blood pressure was high. My doctor was worried about toxemia and pre-eclampsia so she sent me over to the hospital for monitoring and said that if my pressure didn't go down they were going to deliver me that day. Well, judging by the fact that you all know I'm still preggers and don't have a baby yet you know my pressure went down, but boy was it an adventure. When I got to the hospital they were trying to draw blood but they couldn't get a vein. they tried each arm and then blew a vein in my left hand and finally ended with my right hand. I felt like a pin cushion. I have nasty bruises on the back of both hands. Well, I got a two hour nap interrupted every ten minutes by a blood pressure cuff and listening to little Lucy's heart beat on the monitor. Luckily my BP went down and I got to go home. I was freaked out about needing to deliver so early and abruptly so i'm glad that it didn't happen. Today I am officially 37 weeks and I am much more ok with delivering when ever she is ready to come now. I am already dilated to a 4 so it may be sooner rather than later. We'll just have to wait and see.

Counting the days!

Well I'm down to less than a month, 30 days to be exact, till my due date. But according to the doctor yesterday i'm already dilated to a 3, so let's hope it's sooner, but not too soon. I'll keep you posted about Little Lucy's debut.

Little Girl Gilbert

I can't believe it has been almost a year since I updated this blog! Especially when there is SO much going on in my life right now. Nick and I moved into his parent's old house last December and we are actually closing on it in about a week from now. We are excited to have our first home. About two weeks after my last post I started a new job at Integrated Employer Solutions. I started as a receptionist and in March was moved into the Payroll/HR department. I wear a lot of hats at work and it requires a lot of effort and energy and LOTS of overtime. The biggest change in my life however is the fact that Nick and I and I are going to be parents around Thanksgiving to a little girl. I can't say that I absolutely LOVE being pregnant, it has been an interesting and different experience, but I am SO happy to be able to experience it. Especially now that she is getting big and making sure I know (by kicking) what she likes and doesn't like. I am so excited to meet her in about 10 weeks! Oh man.... 10 weeks.