More updates on us and the baby.....
I'm sure 'you're' sick of these by now, but hey...gotta document or my preggo mind will just let everything flow out my ears I'm afraid! lol j/k
PART ONE
I was at the hospital Thursday night/early Friday morning because I was having what felt like really bad menstural cramps....went in to the hospital, they said I wasn't contracting, no UTI, and my cervix was closed, so they sent me home.....well, come Saturday evening, I was STILL having those cramps and they had gotten to the point where they were pretty painful and I just couldn't stand it and 'let it go' even though they had said Thursday that nothing was going on....so I called my doc on Sat night and they told me to head back up to Labor and Delivery to get checked out again. Went up there...and as soon as they hooked me up to the monitor I saw that I WAS in fact having contractions....about every 7 minutes to be exact...so they gave me a total of 3 shots of Brethine to stop them over the 3 hours I was there, and the doc on call said that he thinks what is happening is that as she's growing, she's irritating the septum in my uterus and causing me to contract. My cervix was still closed, which is good news, meaning I wasn't in active labor or anything... but nevertheless, the contractions could have sent me into labor if they weren't stopped. They also did a swab of my cervix (a fetal fibronectin test) and sent it off to determine my risk of preterm labor...which, kinda confuses me....cause all they could say was that it came back negative, meaning I wasn't at risk for preterm for the next two weeks... but I don't see how that can be totally accurate....I mean, can't something happen in those two weeks that would send me into labor anyway despite what the test said? I dunno exactly how it works.... but anyway, I'm going into the doctor today at 3:20... and there's a pretty good chance that they'll end up putting me on oral brethine as a preventative measure...to hold off any contractions until they decide to take me off of it, prolly at 36 weeks or so....but we'll see......
PART TWO
Sooo...what a surprise....and I don't mean that sarcastically, either. Went to the doctor at 3:20 on Monday, like they wanted me to...mom went with me since Marc was working, and I'm glad she did! Doc did a pelvic, checked my cervix and thought it felt like it had thinned out quite a bit, so he wanted me to go right to the hospital. (My reaction was like, WHAT?!?!) They checked me in, put me on monitors...I wasn't having any contractions, but they scheduled me for an ultrasound to check the cervix and get measurements, gave me a steroid shot to help mature Kamryn's lungs just in case she came early....after that they decided they were gonna keep me for observation for 24 hours. Kamryn was kicking the living shit outta my cervix...it was like she KNEW there was an exit there and she was trying her damndest to get her little feet down in there...but my cervix is holding up wonderfully....it's not opening at all, and not 'funneling' either. Both of which --- great news....even though the ultrasound tech couldn't believe my cervix was going through all that constant abuse and holding up as well as it is. Couldn't sleep at all Monday night, nurse woke me up just as I was about to fall asleep at about 2am telling me to go pee and get off my back cause I was contracting...after I peed and stuff they went away, Marc spent the night up there with me....and all day today 'cept to run home to shower, change and bring me some stuff I needed.
They had talked about putting me on total bedrest for the next 8 weeks at home, but the final word was that they want me on really light duty at work...which I don't really see how what they want is possible....especially seeing as how I was supposed to be working fulltime over the summer starting in two weeks... I'm just gonna have to talk to my boss tonight and see what she thinks, and if it comes down to it, I'm just gonna have to stop working until the after the baby comes.....I can't really afford to, but I'll do whatever I have to, to keep her in my belly as long as I possibly can. According to the ultrasounds, she looks great...she was even breathing already in there...and that was even BEFORE the steroid shots. Man, she's got Marc's chubby cheeks though!!! It's so funny... She's gained almost a whole pound just since the 26th of April! Everyone keeps commenting on what a healthy, happy baby she is in there....even at 28 weeks and with all the complications we've been through so far...she's our lil trooper! I did get some pics (though not the greatest) of her chubby cheeks... I'll try to scan/post in a bit.
I did talk to my boss, and she knows that not working at all will be a stressor in itself..so she's working with me so that I can hopefully work at least a little bit, but knows that if I have to leave, I have to leave...and what my restrictions are. She's really a cool boss...I'm sure someone else would have told me to hit the road by now so that they could hire someone more reliable....(Thanks Michelle!) So she wanted me to call her this morning and let her know how I was feeling...and come in at 3 instead of 2, and if I start feeling bad, she's gonna send me right home.
I've got my next doc's appt on the 18th now at 7:10pm with Doctor Jamison.... I was supposed to have an appt tomorrow before this whole hospital trip, but they wanted me to reschedule it til next week. I still have my next ultrasound appt on the 25th....and my baby shower is THIS SATURDAY!!! Woohoo!
Anyhoo.... enough typing for now... I feel like I've told this story a gazillion times already!
Have a day!
PART ONE
I was at the hospital Thursday night/early Friday morning because I was having what felt like really bad menstural cramps....went in to the hospital, they said I wasn't contracting, no UTI, and my cervix was closed, so they sent me home.....well, come Saturday evening, I was STILL having those cramps and they had gotten to the point where they were pretty painful and I just couldn't stand it and 'let it go' even though they had said Thursday that nothing was going on....so I called my doc on Sat night and they told me to head back up to Labor and Delivery to get checked out again. Went up there...and as soon as they hooked me up to the monitor I saw that I WAS in fact having contractions....about every 7 minutes to be exact...so they gave me a total of 3 shots of Brethine to stop them over the 3 hours I was there, and the doc on call said that he thinks what is happening is that as she's growing, she's irritating the septum in my uterus and causing me to contract. My cervix was still closed, which is good news, meaning I wasn't in active labor or anything... but nevertheless, the contractions could have sent me into labor if they weren't stopped. They also did a swab of my cervix (a fetal fibronectin test) and sent it off to determine my risk of preterm labor...which, kinda confuses me....cause all they could say was that it came back negative, meaning I wasn't at risk for preterm for the next two weeks... but I don't see how that can be totally accurate....I mean, can't something happen in those two weeks that would send me into labor anyway despite what the test said? I dunno exactly how it works.... but anyway, I'm going into the doctor today at 3:20... and there's a pretty good chance that they'll end up putting me on oral brethine as a preventative measure...to hold off any contractions until they decide to take me off of it, prolly at 36 weeks or so....but we'll see......
PART TWO
Sooo...what a surprise....and I don't mean that sarcastically, either. Went to the doctor at 3:20 on Monday, like they wanted me to...mom went with me since Marc was working, and I'm glad she did! Doc did a pelvic, checked my cervix and thought it felt like it had thinned out quite a bit, so he wanted me to go right to the hospital. (My reaction was like, WHAT?!?!) They checked me in, put me on monitors...I wasn't having any contractions, but they scheduled me for an ultrasound to check the cervix and get measurements, gave me a steroid shot to help mature Kamryn's lungs just in case she came early....after that they decided they were gonna keep me for observation for 24 hours. Kamryn was kicking the living shit outta my cervix...it was like she KNEW there was an exit there and she was trying her damndest to get her little feet down in there...but my cervix is holding up wonderfully....it's not opening at all, and not 'funneling' either. Both of which --- great news....even though the ultrasound tech couldn't believe my cervix was going through all that constant abuse and holding up as well as it is. Couldn't sleep at all Monday night, nurse woke me up just as I was about to fall asleep at about 2am telling me to go pee and get off my back cause I was contracting...after I peed and stuff they went away, Marc spent the night up there with me....and all day today 'cept to run home to shower, change and bring me some stuff I needed.
They had talked about putting me on total bedrest for the next 8 weeks at home, but the final word was that they want me on really light duty at work...which I don't really see how what they want is possible....especially seeing as how I was supposed to be working fulltime over the summer starting in two weeks... I'm just gonna have to talk to my boss tonight and see what she thinks, and if it comes down to it, I'm just gonna have to stop working until the after the baby comes.....I can't really afford to, but I'll do whatever I have to, to keep her in my belly as long as I possibly can. According to the ultrasounds, she looks great...she was even breathing already in there...and that was even BEFORE the steroid shots. Man, she's got Marc's chubby cheeks though!!! It's so funny... She's gained almost a whole pound just since the 26th of April! Everyone keeps commenting on what a healthy, happy baby she is in there....even at 28 weeks and with all the complications we've been through so far...she's our lil trooper! I did get some pics (though not the greatest) of her chubby cheeks... I'll try to scan/post in a bit.
I did talk to my boss, and she knows that not working at all will be a stressor in itself..so she's working with me so that I can hopefully work at least a little bit, but knows that if I have to leave, I have to leave...and what my restrictions are. She's really a cool boss...I'm sure someone else would have told me to hit the road by now so that they could hire someone more reliable....(Thanks Michelle!) So she wanted me to call her this morning and let her know how I was feeling...and come in at 3 instead of 2, and if I start feeling bad, she's gonna send me right home.
I've got my next doc's appt on the 18th now at 7:10pm with Doctor Jamison.... I was supposed to have an appt tomorrow before this whole hospital trip, but they wanted me to reschedule it til next week. I still have my next ultrasound appt on the 25th....and my baby shower is THIS SATURDAY!!! Woohoo!
Anyhoo.... enough typing for now... I feel like I've told this story a gazillion times already!
Have a day!