Epidural is In

Ouch! Veronica just got her epidural placed. She is taking a nap now. Morphine makes you sleepy.

Read to Go!

The doctor just started Veronica on pitocin and broke her water. He says we're likely to have a baby by 6:00 tonight!!

On the Way to the Hospital

Were a little stressed because were running late to get there! We are delivering at American Fork Hospital.

Veronica Off Bedrest

Thankfully, the torture only lasted a week. Veronica was re-evaluated for pre-eclampsia and her blood pressure was rechecked and was below the caution line. She was taken off bedrest but isn't allowed to go back to work. So now she gets to practice being housewife for a few weeks before baby arrives.

Veronica is on Bed Rest

On Friday, I went into the doctor's because I was concerned about my swollen feet not going down with elevation, like my doctor said they would. The nurse checked my blood pressure and it had increased from 102/80 to 130/80 in two weeks! Usually an increase in blood pressure combined with swollen feet indicate pregnancy-induced hypertensia (PIH), or preeclampsia or toxemia, which they are thinking I might develop. This condition doesn't necessarily harm the baby, but it could mean bad news for me in labor and delivery.

The on-call doctor (my doctor was out of town) put me on modified bed rest to prevent any more influx to my blood pressure. He said he wanted to get me at least through the next few weeks until I am full-term at 37 weeks. I can't go walking, go shopping, work, or even do major household chores. He even said I had to quit my job cold-turkey after I got back from my appointment because he didn't want me doing anything else for the rest of the day.

So now I am stuck at home at least for the rest of this week. I have a regularly scheduled appointment on Friday with my real doctor to see if he has a different opinion. I am sure they will check my blood pressure again to see if the bed rest has done any good. Either I will get off bed rest or I will stay on till I can have the baby. Since I am already almost 36 weeks, the doctor might choose to induce me at 37 weeks just to prevent labor complications.

I could have this baby in a week and a half!!

Return of the Living Dead!

No joke, we thought this crab was dead. Boy were we wrong! Here's the story.

Recently Brian and I acquired a 30-gallon fish tank from Brian's brother, Tim, which we filled with 6 orange platies (now 7 because they reproduced), 3 silver red-eyed tetras, a dalmatian molly, and a fiddler crab. All were living harmoniously until the crab, whom we affectionately call Hermie, started to climb the hoses in the tank and hang out by the filter at the top. Even with constant discouragement from us (we kept pushing it back to the bottom), Hermie wouldn't leave the top of the tank alone and I was afraid that one day it would try to get out, since the top of the tank is open.

While Brian was away in California, helping his parents with their house, Hermie disappeared completely. I woke up one morning and he was no longer in the tank and it freaked me out! I didn't want to think of it crawling around our apartment with its pinchers. But since it's so hot in our apartment, we just figured he would start to stink somewhere.

Two weeks later, today, Brian decided to clean out the tank filter. Guess what jumped out to meet him in all its creepiness: HERMIE!!! We were shocked that it survived that long being crammed into the filter. But somehow it lives.

I wasn't very happy to see it again. It really gives me the creeps now.

We've Just Switched to Blogger!

Since November, we've been using .Mac for our blogging needs. Most of the features just got unnecessary, so we have recently switched to the simpler Blogger. What do you think of the change? We're so excited to stay in touch with everyone and now we can do it faster.

Brian took the DAT

After six months of consecutive studying (the last 2 months were full-time studying), Brian has finally taken and passed the DAT (Dental Admissions Test). The scores he got today will make or break our future in dentistry. Brian did very well, scoring at or above average in all but one area. He is so relieved it’s finally over, since it’s been a cloud over our heads the past year. So proud of him! Now we just have to get some interviews to dental schools and our future will be set. Please keep us in your prayers.

BYU Graduation 2008

Finally made it! Didn’t think it could happen any sooner, we have finally graduated BYU. It’s been a fun experience and we have learned a lot. But we’re excited to move on to bigger and better things. BYU will always have a special place in our hearts

We're Having a Baby!

Uh oh! We got a plus sign! ...And then we took 3 more tests, just to make sure.

We decided to start trying after being married for a year. The timing was perfect with life and school: it was either now...or in 5 years. We chose now and then were pleasantly surprised our first month of trying. We are so excited to be starting a little family. Hope everything goes well in the pregnancy!