38w2d - sick husband

I had my 38w check up today. My blood pressure is down even more, it's still slightly elevated but no where near the scary numbers of last Monday. I don't think I said exactly how high it was last Monday, it was 169/90 scary high. Friday it was 154/100 and today it was down to 135/94.

I keep taking the 500mg of Aldomet twice a day until the c section, I don't take it the morning of the c section but I'll probably be on it while I'm in hospital recovering. Fingers crossed it goes down after baby is here and they can wean me off of it and it's not a long term thing. Chances are it could be, nearly everyone in my family has high blood pressure so I'm a bit worried this is something I'm going to have to be really watch.

It was our wedding anniversary on Saturday, Tony was pretty quiet all day. We went out to dinner and he kept saying he was really tired. But Sunday he woke up with a sore throat and the beginnings of a cold :(

By Sunday night he was well and truly sick. He's still been going to work because it's better he's at work than at home coughing and breathing over me. I've got vitamin c, a giant bottle of hand sanitizer, glen 20 spray and I've been sleeping on the couch. The last think I want is to get sick this close to my c section. Even my OB told Tony today not to breathe on me!

But it's not the way I wanted to spend my last week of being pregnant. This this more than likely going to be our only child. I've been trying to take time to enjoy these final days but it's hard when I can't share them with Tony. I got all emotional last night over it, and again today.

I emailed my family directions to the hospital over the weekend. I know they could just use a gps, but my parents don't own one and I hadn't given them the hospital address either. The hospital is listed as being on one street but the car park is on another street and it's a bit of a maze. So even if they don't follow the directions I sent, at least I feel better having sent them.

This weekend we're going to do the last minute things to Baby's nursery and take some photos. Put the pram in the car and if Tony's well enough, go out for dinner one last time before Baby gets here. And maybe we'll buy another baby name book too, because we still don't have a name for this little guy. We're not even close to having a name!