Baby Update

I had a follow up doctors appointment this morning. My non-stress test looked better on Saturday, but my blood pressure was still higher than normal. My 24 hour urine test showed I was starting to spill proteins and my blood work was slightly abnormal. So they sent me home and told me to take it easy.

My blood pressure today is still elevated and I still have swelling and my stomach size is getting bigger. I now have to do twice a week non-stress tests and an ultrasound on Friday. I am dilated to little over a one and am having more contractions. So I am now told to take it easy and not work or do anything but lay around the house with my feet up. I have a feeling I am going to get bored, so hopefully I can find things to keep me occupied.

So now we wait and see what the baby wants to do and how my body handles the rest of the pregnancy. The doctors are going to see if I go naturally in the next couple weeks or if they need to induce me.

If You’re Going to Make a Movie…

My main take away from seeing Harry Potter this weekend has been, if you’re going to make a movie, then make a movie. Don’t make a video book. The only people that will like the new Harry Potter movie are people who have read the books. I’ve read three of the books, and the books are fine, but not having read all of them has apparently destroyed my enjoyment of this last movie and a few of the others.

But that brings me to my point, this is clearly a video adaptation of the book. No effort was taken to make it an enjoyable movie, zero, none. I was hypothesizing with Janel that a long time ago they should have just paid Rowling for the rights to use the Harry Potter universe, and then completely made a new story that was entertaining as a movie. Instead we get these video adaptations that are just honest to goodness awful.

Now the actual review:

The acting in this movie was seriously awkward. In every scene I left like the actors wanted to be somewhere else, or they were trying really hard to remember their lines. The only exception was Ron when he was under the influence and some scenes with Granger, who actually seemed to be trying to act. The supporting cast did a better job of acting most of the time. Ron’s brothers at the joke shop were good. Hagrid is always good. And so on.

The movie was about two and a half hours. Which is fine, but I felt like I needed another thirty minutes somewhere to figure out what was going on and why. Maybe someone can answer me this, the movie is called The Half Blood Prince, why? There’s a book with the name in it and Snape mentions it two hours later at the end of the movie. Tada! Wha? This movie was so all over the place trying to shoe-horn in everything in the book and setup the next movie, that it looses all focus and coherency. Perhaps that’s why the actors are all awkward, they have no clue themselves why they’re doing anything, no motivation, rhyme or reason at all.

Even after two and a half hours of movie the end just kind of step out from off-stage and was there. No wrap up. No conclusion. No end really. The director just said, “Cut. That’s a wrap. I need to go start looking for more work before this hits theaters.” I know that may be how the book goes, but darn it, I’m not watching a book! I don’t want a movie that only sets up the next movie. I paid money for this movie. This movie right here. And it better stand on its own two feet, or I’m not going to be a happy camper.

Save your money!

On a side note, for several years Harry has known that evil is out to kill him, and every year of school is full of danger. So why doesn’t this kid learn how to defend himself and strike out against evil. In this movie he talks about going out and fighting back against the dark lord, but according to this movie he only knows how to light up a dark cave or room, how to light up a larger cave or room, and how to fall down paralyzed at the slightest hint of a real fight. Every spell he does get off can be brushed away with a slight raise of the eyebrow. If his life depends on fighting with magic, and it does every year, then he should be neck deep in all the books he can find on the subject, and practicing with Granger all the time.

I think I should stop watching these movies, they only get me riled up.

Baby News

So I thought I would update on the pregnancy.  Last week I had a Dr's appointment and the baby was measuring big and I had extra fluid accumulating around my lower abdomen.  So the doctor had me set up an appointment for an ultrasound.  I was excited to see how big the baby has gotten and yet nervous hoping everything was ok. 

I had the ultrasound this morning and the baby looks just fine, but he is measuring at 37 weeks and 3 days and is close to 6 pounds 14 ounces.  I have high amniotic fluid and that is where the extra fluid is coming from.  They sent me for a Non-stress Test and monitored the baby and my blood pressure for a couple hours.  The baby seemed to do good but my blood pressure was consistently around 140/90 which is not good.  It is not abnormal for me since I have been dealing with high blood pressure most of the pregnancy.  So they sent me home to do a 24 hour urine and come back tomorrow for another Non-stress Test and blood work for my high blood pressure. 

So my due date is August 28th, but my guess is he will either come in 3 weeks when he is 40 weeks and be a big baby or earlier if he is not doing well or my blood pressure is not doing well.  So now we wait and see.

We're in!

As of last Friday at 5:30pm, we are in our new house!  It is so wonderful!  There is a lot of space and central air in the summer when I am pregnant is such a blessing (even though I think I am starting to freeze Aaron out). The first night here I was laying in bed looking at the huge master bedroom with a walk-in closet to one side and bathroom to the other and made the comment to Aaron, "It feels like we are staying in a hotel, yet this is our house."  He got a good laugh out of that.

The first thing Aaron did was set up the new 52 inch flat screen TV and new console we bought last weekend.  He has wanted a new TV for the past year and a half, but I kept saying, "lets wait till we get into a home so we don't have to move it."   So pretty much as soon as we signed the papers, he went out and bought the TV.

We are loving our new house and anxiously waiting for the baby to come.  Now for all the unpacking, unless we can use boxes as decoration?  Hmm...