Well, until today (August 6th) life had been pretty uneventful since we returned from Texas.
Sam started his LSAT class which is 3-4 days a week plus LOTS of homework time. He usually works on LSAT several hours during the day and then, after putting his sleepy wife to bed, works for another few hours. When he isn't doing LSAT he is usually running.
I have just been working the usual hours and trying to stay as active as I can. Sam walks with me and I try and get to the gym at least three times a week. I have also found a prenatal Pilates program I love. I don't want this baby to immobilize me anymore than the expected difficulty of essentially having an 18lb medicine ball attached to my belly.
Last weekend we went to an orchard about an hour out of Philly with our small group from church. It was a lovely day out of the city! The orchard was beautiful, we picked blueberries, raspberries and blackberries to last a couple of weeks and they had the most delicious market for lunch. A very fun retreat.
Loving the gravel roads and greenery.
This is what Sam had for lunch. Then ice cream of course.
Soaking up the sunshine.
Now, here are some belly pics. A little more up close and personal so scroll down quickly if you're not interested in seeing skin.
It just keeps on growing! Sam seriously believes it gets bigger every day. I sure hope not considering I have three months to go. Yup, third trimester started yesterday (August 5th). I have accepted the fact that things are just going to get less and less comfortable from here on out.
So here comes the 'bang' I referred to in the title...
Monday morning (today) - wake up, get ready for work, eat a good breakfast and drink two glasses of water before heading out the door. I was feeling totally fine. Start driving to work and about 10 minutes from home something is very wrong.
I suddenly feel light-headed, dizzy, my vision is bright/blurry, I'm nauseous, sweating buckets and just know I'm about to pass out. This all comes on within a matter of a few blocks. I was able to pull over (in a NO PARKING ANYTIME zone). I called 911 and was able to slowly slur out the fact that I was 6 months pregnant and about to pass out. The problem was, I could not tell them where I was. For the life of me I could not think of the name of the cross streets I was at.
I tried yelling out the window to ask people walking by but no one seemed to hear me - just like in a nightmare!! Finally, one guy noticed that I was hanging half out of the car and came over. He took one look at my ghost white and sweating face and when I asked "Where am I?" he said he would drive me to the hospital! Kindness in Philly???
So this sweet guy drives me to the hospital, I never even got his name. We hope God blessed his good deed! I made it to a bed before I started throwing up. Somehow I managed to remain conscious through the entire thing - barely. Poor Sam got a text message saying "Come to Pennsy ER". A kind friend from church drove him to meet me. They did all kinds of tests which all came back normal except that I am still anemic. I've been working on getting my iron up for months now - gotta step up my efforts :(
Anyways, what they decided happened was that probably the baby just settled in a position that constricted some big important vein that delivers blood to the brain. So my blood pressure plummeted and I very nearly passed out. Thank goodness I didn't. Also glad I wasn't driving on the highway at the time! The doctor called this a vasovagal episode which I think is essentially fainting.
They gave me lots of fluids, we got to watch the olympics on T.V. and then went home. Exhausted form the whole experience but baby Lacy and I are fine! Just kinda scary that they could not say with 100% certainty that is what it was and also that there is nothing I can do to prevent it from happening again.
Praying, praying, praying for God to get us through 3rd trimester healthy. I can't wait to have this baby on the outside of my body!
Hoping nothing more eventful will come up until the baby comes. Except our trip to MN for my dear friend Amy's wedding in two weeks! My bridesmaid dress is at the tailor's. Hope she can do some magic to make my belly fit :)
