Friday night was my first hospital visit to Baptist. Good news though, the baby and I are both fine and I am now pre-registered at the hospital and won't have to go though that next time.
I had somewhat worried all day on Friday because I just wasn't feeling as much movement throughout the day like I had been and I kept feeling crampy. I just wasn't feeling too normal. I decided to wait to contact the doctor until the end of the day to see how I felt in the evening because that's usually when I get the most activity from the baby and I'm the most relaxed. I had also just discovered what braxton hicks contractions were and I thought that's really all it was.
Well, Friday night we decided to go see Pops (Jeff''s dad) and things just didn't seem to be getting any better, actually I was feeling worse. I decided to go online to see if I could find anything and low and behold, all I'm seeing is 'go to the doctor - they are contractions!'. A little freaked out, I decided to call my doctor and hear it from her. She didn't seem too concerned, but said to go on in to the hospital to be checked just to be safe. So, that's what we did.
They hooked me up to a fetal monitor and saw that I was having real contractions that were 2-3 minutes apart. They weren't unbearable (only 20-40 on the scale...out of 100), they just felt like cramps and tight stomach, but I had to find out what was going on. She tested for infection, negative, and tested for something else that would tell if the baby would be born within 2 weeks (i forget what it's called), that came back negative as well - thank you Lord! So, then she gave me shot to stop the contractions, then sent me home on 2 ambien so I could get a good nights rest. She also put me on bed rest for the weekend so all I get to do is hang out on the couch or the bed and only get up to go to the bathroom. Now hopefully, I won't have to stick to this because I am not a good lazy person like this. It's already driving me crazy and it's only Sunday morning!
I go back to my doctor on Wednesday and so I'll post more to update everyone. We're suppose to be going to Florida for a long weekend Labor day weekend, but I'm not sure if she'll let me go or not. You guys pray for me and the baby that everything will be fine and no more bedrest! I really want to take this trip, but don't want to jeapardize anything either. I promise I'll take it easy and slow down! : )
2 comments:
I know that was probably a scary moment for you guys. We had several ourselves while Nicki was pregnant with Harper so we know that it's not easy. Glad everything is good and we'll be praying for yall and baby. - db
Hey guys.
I'm glad you're having the baby at Baptist. We had Joshua there (I suppose by we I mean Stacie) six years ago and our experience was INcredible. I think you'll like it.
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