9 weeks to 8 months...thats not THAT long is it!?!?

Really has it been THAT long since i blogged? My whole plan was to blog my pregnancy so I could look back and say....AWWWWW or I remember that- but some how time just flew by and here I am far too many months later and I havent blogged anything. Shame on myself!

SO i thought I would post the beginning stages of the Nursery- it has changed "some" since this picture- Aidan's name is now above the Crib but other than that its not too different.

There have been many "fights" about what name i have decided to name my child. Inang was all on board with the name until his family got involved. Because we are not married (his choice not mine) i said i wanted the birth certificate to read "Aidan Christopher Grace Ekah" well then his family found out and started a HUGE fight between us saying that i was being in control and he needs to put his foot down and tell me that HE is naming his son and he has 100% say and that he needs to have a Nigerian name. Well im sorry im his mother, his WHITE American Mother, im carrying him for 9 (hopefully) months and im going to be his provider im going to name my son and yes i value Inangs opinion but this is something that WE have to decide NOT his family. Yes the name Aidan is Irish- im not Irish and neither is Inang but i like the name and i think it fits him well. "little fire" is what it stands for - and he sure does give me heart burn so there for fitting right?!? :) Well his family HATES the name so now Inang hates the name and so the fight continues. Technically speaking because we aren't married i could name my son John Smith if i wanted to and that would be his legal name but im trying to compromise. So as of right now this little guys name will be "Aidan Christopher Ekah" if Inang continues to cause me stress over this then im putting the Grace in there and he can sign the certificate or he can give up his rights as his father. I dont need the added stress and i dont need the extra drama his family is trying to provide. SO with that being said- lets continue on with the good (and bad) of the pregnancy :)

OH and I also decided to post a "7" month picture of myself since thats really the only picture I have on this computer, and here is a bit about what is going on in Pregnancy world.

So yesterday was an interesting day- to say the least. I could have actually gone with out it at all. It started out normal- my kick in the gut to let me know its time to get up because he doesnt want to be sleeping anymore :) Got ready for work, headed to work sat down in my cube and started the day off. After about 10 min of sitting in my cube I got tunnel vision, which i didnt think much of because the lighting in here always gives me a headache but i figured man- massive headache coming on this day is going to suck! WRONG- (well the day did end up sucking...but we will get to that) After the tunnel vision started I started to see flashing spots like fireworks in my eyeballs and when i closed my eyes and opened them and looked around the flashing spots had little tails of black stuff following them every where i looked. Kinda scary if you ask me. But it went away so again i thought oh headache coming on- but nothing no headache NOT that im complaining about that one. So I go about my day (all 5 min of it) and it happens again so this time i get a little freaked out since its not normal to see swimming flashing lights in front of you. SO i called my clinic. I said to the lady maybe its just because its hot!?! She just kept saying you say your seeing floating objects- like im a retard just prank calling her. SO she says she will talk to my doctor and get back to me. Well i hear nothing so i think ok maybe i WAS just over reacting and nothing is wrong. WRONG i get a call back in the afternoon- almost 4 hours later saying that the doctor needs to see me RIGHT away. I said like NOW and the lady says no like 3:50- mind you its only 2 when she calls me but to doctors thats right away i guess! So i get to the clinic and they have me lay down for 45 min after they check my blood pressure 149/89, not TOO high but high enough to cause panic to some I guess. After 45 min they check it again STILL 149/89 and this is after laying DOWN not sitting not standing laying down for 45 min. so she has me pee in a cup- oh joy as if i dont do that enough all ready! Every 2 weeks i have to pee in a cup and carry it around in my purse until my appt that day- YES :) I love being pregnant. So after my pee comes back with traces of protein in it she starts to get a little "worried" look on her face. BUT she says that i have stumped her and she really has no idea what is going on since my WHOLE pregnancy has been normal. Ive only gained 6lbs in the 8 months ive been pregnant and my glucose came back great and all my blood tests have been great so why NOW is something going wrong. SO she says that i have the PRE- stages of Preeclampsia - the PRE stages of something that is PRE itself! I have no idea what this is so im like ok ive heard of it but please explain. Basically she said preeclampsia is something that happens after the 20th week for SOME people but normally people who have had high blood pressure the whole time, and have diabetes and some other things. well ive been perfectly normal the whole time so she doesnt know WHY now something like this would be happening. But she said preeclampsia can cause liver and kidney damage and can turn into eclampsia which can be deadly for both ME and the baby. So she takes some blood, schedules me for another ultrasound to see if Aidan is big enough to be born if it comes down to it and sends me home. I have a colposcopy tomorrow so she said that we will talk again then and see what is going on. IM PRAYING i dont have to go on bed rest or any restrictions because there is a LOT do be done before Aidan comes and i just can't deal with more stress! Im trying to stay calm and pray my way through this one but sounds like little Aidan is going to be born sooner than we planned if things don't change. So thats whats going on in pregnancy world.

In other news, i have my 3rd and final shower this coming saturday- how excited am I :) Im hoping to see some LONG time family friends that i dont get to see often enough and just enjoy the day with out getting stressed- which means I hope my aunt Teri isnt there because if she is im going to end up in a cat fight the whole day :) lol Just kidding but i would enjoy it 1000 times more if she would just stay home for the day :)

I'll try and update again soon!!