21 Weeks

 I'm over the hump and am in the downhill slide towards the birth of my little angel. I've actually been feeling so much better than I have been these past few weeks. Winter is finally starting to break and Spring is on its way. The mold count was very high for quite a while due to all the snow melt causing the ground to go soggy. It has been causing my head to throb with sinus pressure and I have just felt drowsy and stopped up these past few weeks. But this week I've felt much better. My blood pressure seems to have dropped quite a bit this week too. Sunday night: 117/69, Monday late morning: 116/65, and this morning was 123/70. That's actually great news. I am hoping it continues to stay down as I continue to take general steps to try to manage it. I have started eating a couple servings of fruit everyday, especially those with lots of potassium, and I have also cut way back on my salt and have started using a salt substitute called "NoSalt" and is essentially just potassium (which has a salty flavor).

While the Olympics are going on in Vancouver right now, there is a private Olympic tournament going on inside me. Ashley is getting stronger and it feels as if she is doing cartwheels inside my belly lately. Last week, my husband and I were able to hear her heartbeat with a stethoscope, this week, we can't hear it because she has rolled over.  It is really neat to be able to feel her move around, but sometimes when she really gets to kicking full force, I get a little queasy. I am not sure why, I guess she may be kicking around on my stomach or something.

My next doctor's appointment is next week. She said that I need to have some tests done to make sure that my slightly elevated blood pressure is not affecting Ashley's growth or development and that it will not prove harmful to me in the long run. I just hope everything is going to be alright. I pray for that too. I truly believe God will take are of me as he always has.