Today, My due date.

Well, at the urging of my mother I am now blogging so that everyone can know what has been going on with us here in the Lucchesi family.
I am now officially on day 7 of my bed rest. Due to my blood pressure of 131/86 last week on Sunday night the doctor wanted me to take it easy. I haven't taken it real strict and I am still doing fine. I have pretty much just stayed home from work. It has been stressfull lately. My blood pressure through my pregnancy until recently has been around 100-115 over 50's. Due to the sharp increase on Sunday the doctor was concerned. Monday he did a miriad of tests including a non-stress test where they monitored my blood pressure and the baby's heart rate for about 30 minutes. He also ordered some blood tests and a 24 hr urine test to check for protein in my urine. All of these came out just fine. I did another NST (non-stress test) on Thursday and another on Saturday night. All looked fine.
The doctor is also concerned that he (Matthew) is not dropping down into my pelvis. He was, as of yestereday, at 2+ station which means he is still really high. Usually on first babies they drop a lot earlier than this according to Dr. Wold. He is worried that maybe Matthew is too big or I am too small. If that is the case I will have to have a cecerian. This will not happen before I labor for a time without progress. I am also not progressing well with dialation. I am only 1.5cm dialated and have been that way most of the week. I have not been contracting much at all which is not helping. Because I am not progressing, unless there is a big medical emergency, or I all of a sudden dialate or my water breaks, Dr. Wold cannot enduce me until I reach 41 weeks. That would be the 18th.
Bed rest is driving me batty. I wouldn't mind being at home, if only I could be spending that time off of work with my baby. Every day I spend at home now decreases the time I will get to spend with Matthew before returning to work. It is incredibly frustrating. Not much I have done has helped bring on labor. I have jumped on the trampoline, eaten pizza, walked, and gotten Jamie to help in the way he can :). Matthew just wants to stay in his comfy womb. I have to say, like father like son. I think if Jamie had the opportunity to stay in a warm comfy place where all of his needs were taken care of for him he would do the same.
Today we will be going for another walk and having dinner at my parents house. It is going to be hard to see my brand new neice and nephew and not be jelous of their mothers having it all done and over with. I will try to post each day to let you all know what is going on. Hopefully you will get great news and pictures soon.