Baby update...39 days to go!!

Lots has been happening the past few days so I'll back up just a bit and give you the "full report". After weeks of bragging that I was going to skip the whole swelling part of pregnancy, my body decided differently and about a week ago, my feet and hands swelled a LOT! I wasn't too concerned since a lot of people experience that, namely my little sister who had terrible swelling issues for weeks during her pregnancy. So, I stowed my wedding ring and was grinning and bearing my newly formed cankles until I started to feel a little dizzy and light-headed and had a dull headache. Sunday we were getting together for Mother's Day and my grandma offered to bring my grandpa's blood pressure cuff along to check things out. The initial readings were off the charts so I started to worry since my BP has NEVER been high. After a few hours of worrying, I called the hospital and they asked that I come in to be checked, just in case. Long story short, my BP was elevated but not nearly as much as the at home cuff had said so that was a relief. They monitored the baby and I for a few hours (baby was great!) and ran some tests and sent me home as I already had an appointment scheduled with my doctor for today. After picking on me for checking my BP at home, my doctor said he wasn't too concerned at this point, he just wants me to stay off my feet as much as possible and get plenty of rest so that's the plan! He did another quick ultrasound to check baby and everything looks great, baby is head down, heart beating away at 136 BPM, and he/she was practicing breathing again! The Dr. is very pleased with Baby's progress so that made me very happy! He warned me that while we are in the final stretch, these next few weeks will seem like the longest but to hang in there because eventually, the baby WILL come out:-) I thought I'd post a few U/S pics just to show baby's progress. The first one is from 4 weeks ago (I was 30 weeks 3 days along) and the second one is from today (34 weeks and 3 days). I was AMAZED at how much the little bean has grown in such a short period of time (no, the second one isn't zoomed in, it's the same scope as the first one!)....but I guess given the fact that my belly has grown just as much I shouldn't be all that surprised!:-) Hope everyone is doing well and I will keep you posted!!