Preparing..

I'm so very glad that we took advantage of our free museum admission pass (thanks to the library and Maddie's insistence!) yesterday and got the little women out there. It's so funny because they absolutely LOVED the darn museum.. exhibits (or, as Maddie says 'zibits' and then giggles) such as Mesoamerica and Eurasia and all. We had a really nice afternoon with them, and I feel as though we really have spent the last 9 months of this pregnancy spending quality time with our little girls before they become big sisters.

This gives me some reassurance as to what will happen tomorrow, and yet I'm still so extremely anxious and nervous. Moreso about the transitions for them and their feelings, than about bringing little Abrie into this world. I am going to be a mess having to say goodbye to them tomorrow morning, and I'm choosing not to think about that right now. Maddie's only ever been away from us when her Beebster was born, and Faith has never been away from us. I like it this way. Not even knowing that their beloved Nene is here with them gives me too much comfort, but I know that they will be OK. It's me that I am worried about being without them.

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Crannie was my buddy for my appointment this afternoon. They couldn't get me in at any other time besides 2:30pm, and Faith was still napping. Cran insisted she wanted to come with me though, and I'm so grateful she's my little buddy because I definitely needed her today. I truly thought they would give me the green flag today that my 24 hour urine results and bloodwork were completely fine. Completely the opposite. The doctor came in after a good while and told me he'd be checking my cervix today, which I hadn't been expecting especially with having Madison there. I knew something was wrong. He came in and said I am 2 cm dilated, and he would have to induce today because I'm spilling obscene amounts of protein into my urine. He said it should be at a 300, and I'm spilling 2,400. My blood pressure remains steady though, but he said the protein levels is an indicator that I've already begun with pre-eclampsia. I was feeling the opposite though, since my feet and legs have noticeably gotten better since Tuesday. I even lost a pound of pure water weight in my legs and feet (total gained of 14 lbs) and thought for sure I'd be in the clear today.

I was totally taken aback with what they were telling me. I asked if they could wait, at least, until tomorrow morning to induce. So he sent me for a non stress test (Crannie in tow and drawing with the magna doodle that they let her borrow.. of course, also with her little Tweety purse full of "accessories" and sitting on my lap half of the time getting a kick out of baby sissy's movements during the NST test!) and told me if the baby was doing OK, that we could indeed wait until tomorrow morning. Thank the Lord, it came back OK.

So, now Dan and I have to be there tomorrow morning at 8:00am, and we're both extremely nervous and yet excited at the same time. How could we not be excited considering we get to hold our third baby daughter in our arms tomorrow? At the same time though, I'm extremely anxious about the whole Group B Strep and labor for the third time, etc etc etc. 

I'm so hopeful tomorrow goes well. I can't wait to see our baby Abrielle, and have our three little girls all together soon.