I had my second non-stress test today (btw, I learned it is called a NON-stress test, not just a stress test.) and it went really well. Baby has been really active the last few days (thank goodness) and it has helped my stress go down a lot. The only thing that didn't go great at the NST was that my blood pressure was higher than normal. Dan says how could it not be when I'm basically on death watch?? Seriously though, this monitoring movements isn't very fun. I asked the doctor at the place I do the NST's at and she said that the standard for colestasis is to deliver the babies between 37-38 weeks. I haven't talked to my doctor yet, but it sounds like I might be having this baby a few weeks earlier than expected. Which is a little overwhelming because I don't feel like I have everything ready, because well... I don't. The nursery isn't done, my hospital bags aren't packed, stuff like that. The nursery I'm not too concerned about, I went and bought the bare minimums... Diapers, wipes, pacifiers and blankets. I have been waiting on other things because I'm not sure what I'll get at my showers since I decided not to register. Could have been a mistake, but here is my reasoning: 1- I've never had a baby before, so I have no idea what I really need or what is a waste. I feel like if I'm not registered for something, but someone still gets it for me, it is because they have used it before and it is awesome. 2- For my wedding I registered for some really dumb stuff and didn't end up using it. My favorite presents were things I hadn't registered for. Seriously, how was I supposed to know I needed a rice cooker/slow cooker combo?! It is now my 3rd most used appliance. 3- If people don't know what to get me, maybe they will get me an adorable outfit and at least have fun picking it out while they are dying over all the teeny-tiny, adorable baby clothes. 4- I already have most of the big ticket items that would usually be given as group gifts. 5- Quite frankly, with the UTI and now this I didn't have a lot of energy and I was extremely overwhelmed at the thought of wandering around Buy Buy Baby for 3 hours scanning shiz.

Anyways, the point of the post... I could possibly/will probably be a mom this time 3 weeks from now. I can't believe it.

The doctor told me to drink Dr. Pepper, can you believe it? I think this is the best day of my life.

Just kidding, it's actually not.

So, I have something called Cholestasis of Pregnancy. You can read about it if you want, but basically my liver and gall bladder aren't functioning at 100% and I am an itchy-itchy-itch fest because there is bile in my blood. (Eww, right?) Well a few weeks ago I started getting super itchy at night, mostly in my hands and feet. Then it moved up to my knees, and now it is pretty much all over my entire body, including my face. I went to Arizona and got sunburned and Dan told me that it was probably because of that. Um, I didn't get sunburned on the bottom of my feet, DAN. Geez. Plus, it started before I went. Haha. Anyways, the other day I woke up in the middle of the night and honestly felt like I was on drugs. It was the weirdest thing. I went to the bathroom and washed my hands and when I was drying my hands, the towel itching my fingers felt euphoric. I could not believe how good it felt, so I started dragging my feet across the carpet and that felt equally as awesome. I was just dragging my feet across the carpet walking back and forth in front of our bed for like 5 minutes at 3 AM, until my feet were covered in some serious rug burn. I went back to sleep and woke up a little bit later and was scratching my upper legs and I honestly saw glowing green marks wherever I itched. Kind of like the trail that Turbo the snail leaves behind, but green. On my legs. Under my skin.

I felt like I was tripping out... and it totally freaked me out. I didn't want to wake Dan up so I just took a shower and went back to sleep. This hasn't happened since, I'm sure I was still half asleep and was dreaming about something with glowy green lights, but it was just seriously SO weird. When I woke up, I googled "itching while pregnant" because I believe in Dr. Goog a little too much I guess.  I saw that there really was a condition that causes this, but I didn't actually think I had it. I have been sick for over a month with a UTI that I didn't know I had (Which btw I'm pretty sure it had moved to a kidney infection because trusty Dr. Goog told me I had ALL of the symptoms. Plus it had been over a month. Who actually knows. I was too embarrassed to tell my doctor that I read that can happen because last time I was in there he told me to get off whatever website I was reading. Haha. I'm the worst.) So I just thought it was a side effect of that, but decided to ask my obgyn next time I was in, just incase.

The stress test I had today went well, and I am feeling surprisingly calm about the whole situation. I am glad the baby will be monitored and getting to see him on the screen today was really fun. The Ultrasound tech saw him practicing breathing and pointed it out to me, it was super cute. She said they don't do that a lot so seeing it on screen was pretty special. Awww, best baby ever! 

Overall, I am a little freaked out by how fast this pregnancy has gone, I can't believe there's only 6.5 weeks left. Possibly even less, depending on how the rest of my visits go. Can you believe it? SO crazy. SO nuts. I'm actually about to be a mom. I can't wait.