Yay! That's awesome!! Mine was gone by two weeks as well which shocked me big time ecause of how much I had gained!

 Congrats!! She's beautiful!! 

Yay! Congrats on having him home!!

Glad things are going well! Almost there!!

Good luck! Hope everything goes well and you're on your way to healing and holding your lil one!!

Congrats!! He's adorable!!

Thank you! I have my appointments with both Drs tomorrow so they'll check everything again and discuss what they want to do. Because I'm high risk they won't let me go past 40.
All day yesterday I had the mucusy bloody show so I'm hoping it's my body responding the way it should and real labor's not far off!

Stress like that and the meds can cause you to retain fluid. Any injury to the body can cause swelling and the body will take on fluids to repair itself! Drink lots of water and get some rest! Glad noone was seriously injured! Crash dieting is probably not smart. I would just keep doing what you have been, up the protein and fluids and let your body heal! 

Friday morning I went to my high risk Dr. because he wanted to recheck amniotic fluid since it was low on Tues. It was unchanged and lil man looked good. My BP reading was high so they called my OB and sent me over to his office to be checked. They took my BP again when I got there and it had gone down some. Midwife checked me again, still 3cm and thinning and I have a yeast infection from the antibiotics I'm taking for a sinus infection! My OB wants me to go in Sunday for a NST and will probably be admitting me and I've been put on strict bed rest.  He really wants to give my body the chance to go into labor on it's own and doesn't want to rush into induction because it can be harder for some and lead to more complications but he also doesn't want my BP to continue to get worse. It's been higher than normal but not extremely high.
Today I believe I lost my mucus plug. When I wiped a large purple/red glob came out. I've been having increased tightening and contractions since. Hoping it happens soon! Either way I'll be going in tomorrow for the NST if not sooner! 

It'll happen! I have a LOT of excess skin so I didn't look pregnant, I just looked like I was regaining weight. As baby got bigger and came up out of my pelvis I started showing. I also wore slight compression shorts or something like spanx for pregnant women and they brought everything to the center and with clothes on I had a noticable bump. The belly really popped around 6 months, that's when I finally maternity pants and wore tighter shirts that helped me actually look pregnant. As they get bigger they come up from being deep in the pelvis and next thing you know you're knocking things over with the belly, lol
You're small so it shouldn't be long before you might start looking more pregnant! :-)

I see my high risk Dr. In the morning and he'll make the determination as to what needs to be done. They said the amout of protein was small but it'll be checked again tomorrow. My OB is letting my high risk Dr. Take the lead and they work well together to make sure baby and I are safe and healthy.

He's such a handsome lil guy!! I LOVE his eyes! The last pic is my fav too!! Looks like he had a great birthday! 

This week has been brutal to say the least! I can't count how many meltdowns have happened in the last 4 days.
The last two weeks I've developed REALLY bad swelling in my legs and feet and some in my face. Since I'm being seen weekly now by both my high risk and regular OB They've been monitoring me, testing urine, blood pressure and all of it's come back fine. My High Risk asked me if I was having localized pain in any area of my legs and I have been having sharp pains in part of my right leg which cause immediate concern, he calls my OB and what started out as a regular visit turned into a 6 hour ordeal and me being sent to radiology for an ultrasound of my leg. Because I had a pulminary embolism after WLS and have a blood clotting disorder they needed to make sure there wasn't a clot. Came back clear and everything with LO was fine! This was last week.
I've been having more frequent contractions and when they checked me last Tues. I was 2cm, 50% effaced and thinning. This Monday they got more intense and I'm sitting here trying to keep track of them and determine if it's time or if they're just BH. As I'm doing this I look around and something just snaps, I FLIP out and am convinced that if it's happening I can't possibly bring my baby home to this dump(not really a dump but my warped mind saw it as such) and I began freaking out over EVERYTHING that needed to be done. Had to get the dog hair off the couch, wash the blankets, dishes, get the spots out of the carpet...yeah I went a little nuts! DH comes home 3 hours late, I had already made dinner (it was cold), cleaned the house and at this point was sitting on the couch between trying to time contractions, calm myself down from balling hysterically. He finally gets me to calm down and after a few hours the contractions weren't every 20 min anymore. Tuesday I had both appointments, my first one with the high risk went fine but he noticed my amniotic fluid is low so I have to have that checked again tomorrow. Then I go to my OB and my regular midwife was helping my Dr with a surgery so someone else saw me. I don't dislike her but I've only seen her once this pregnancy and she's not familiar with me and everything that's going on healthwise in my case. The contractions picked back up and she was a bit insensitive about me being a little on edge, being in pain and I took it personally and felt like I was imagining all this when she says "you're water hasn't broken, you're not in labor."
 I pointed out I noticed excess fluid/discharge and was still concerned about the swelling because at this point it hurts to walk because my legs and feet are huge. No change from last week, still 2cm, she tested for amniotic fluid and it was negative. She was alarmed at the fact that I seem to be gaining pretty rapidly(10+lbs) the last few weeks, but didn't go to much into it and passed it off as fluid retention.
The rest of Tuesday was just a BAD day and everyone and everything made me upset. I deal with anxiety issues already and have had some during this pregnancy but not on this level! Went to my therapist yesterday and he assured me it's normal and he's actually relieved I've handled things as well as I have considering my history up till this point.
I ended up being sent to L&D last night because LO wasn't moving like he should be and my head was pounding. The Midwife on call was my normal midwife and she filled them in on everything going on with me, ordered blood work and wanted them to make sure they got a certain # of fetal movements. I was a bit dehydrated but after a while he started moving like he needed to be. Mild pre eclampsia and my RBC was low. I go in the AM for another US to check amniotic levels again and they'll determine what to do from there. I keep hoping I'll go ahead and go into labor so I don't have to be induced but I feel selfish wanting him to just be here.
Don't get me wrong I'm SO beyond grateful to have made it to full term with all that's been going on and the fact that I wasn't supposed to be able to have kids...but at this point I can't pretend it's not overwhelmingly miserable! 
I feel like a wimp, if I'm having this hard of a time dealing with early labor what's active labor gonna do to me? I don't do pain well and I'm hypersensitive to it because of the pain issues I deal with, add the anxiety...yea I'm a LOT of fun right now! Thank God DH is so patient and not taking it personally, lol
Sorry for the novel, just wanted to update since I haven't in a while!