*Looking back at me I see that I never really got it right*
*WEEK 36, DAY 3*
-26 days til EDD
-16 days til maternity leave
Well,
Another few Triage visits proved to be fun filled!
*Hubby and I arrived at the hospital around 1am Monday, May 4th because I was experiencing contractions within 6 minutes, cramping, and my mucus plug had been coming out since Friday evening. Fun! I thought maybe, just maybe we would have our beautiful baby girl join us in the outside world. Being 35 weeks according to the doctors (even though I think I'm around 37 weeks) I figured they would at least do an ultrasound to see her weight and length. Nope. They did pretty much the same thing as Wednesday night. Took pee from me(ended up throwing it away), hooked me up to the monitors, checked my cervix, called the doctor on call (again, not my OBGYN), gave me the shot to cease the contractions, then sent me home with bed-rest for the night/day. I'm a little sad but I can hang on for a couple more weeks if need be. I just really would like to know that my little one, if she had to, would be just fine being born anytime now. I want that dang ultra sound. It's a bit distressing having not seen her since March 4th.
(50% effaced & at 2 cm)
*Wednesday, May 6th I woke up at 3 in the morning to do the normal peeing ritual and noticed that Catalina was kind of lumpy on one side of me and wasn't moving at all. I walked around a bit, ate something, drank something, laid down in different positions, tried to mush her around in my belly but by time to go to work I was pretty concerned with her lack of movement so called the doctor's office and they said to go into triage because she hadn't moved at all for over 4 hours. Went in, they hooked us up and AS soon as they put the contraction monitor on my tummy she kind of jerked and kicked it. Lol. I was in triage for a few hours because she was kind of stuck in that position so we moved her and me around a bunch to get her to wiggle some more. Mom came up to stay with me. Hubby was at work but I was in contact with him the whole time. She scared the living hell out of me. I was in tears on the way to the hospital! It's scary not being able to know exactly what's going on inside of you...especially when it deals with a life! Uhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! But she was fine all in all and I was discharged.
*Our 1 year of being married anniversary was May 9th and I started to not feel well while he was working but I figured it was just me bing pregnant and stuff. By Sunday night I hadn't eaten anything, had a horrible headache, and a low grade fever. Later that evening hubby left for Wal-Mart and while I was talking with mom I started to get increasingly dizzy, blurred vision to black, spots, numbness in my left arm, hard to breath. Normally I would say to myself that it was just an anxiety attack and calm myself down and out of it but this wasn't an attack. I couldn't bring myself out of it. So, I told mom to call hubby and I got on the phone with grandma until Mom and Hubby got back to the house. A few words were exchanged, hubby started rubbing my back and Mom got a cold rag for my head. All in all, I ended up calling the doc again to see what she thought...guess what she said? Go into triage, BUT this time she said that it may have been preclampsia. Went in around 9 I think and told the nurse ladies what was going on. They hooked me up to the baby/mommy monitors and then stuck an IV in me for fluids THEN took a bunch of blood from me for tests. The fluids made me less dizzy because I was dehydrated from njot eating/drinking enough the 2 days before. The other tests came back negative for preclampsia and other later pregnancy problems BUT my platelet count was rather low. -So, Monday I did not go into work because either I had food poisoning or a tummy virus...same with Tuesday and I'm home today because I'm still pretty dehydrated and weak. I DID go into work this morning but they sent me home because I was told I look like crap and I really needed to get some rest. Yup, I'm in bed resting. Sitting on my butt doing absolutely nothing when I KNOW there are things I could be doing to make sure we're ready. Like clean...or clean...or...clean. Heh.
~OH, we got Catalina's room finished pretty much. The only things left are the blinds. Hubby needs to get them put up soon. The Western sun comes into her room at full force in the later parts of the days and it gets really hot. All of her clothes/blankets are washed and ready for her. Mom and I picked up a basinet from my cousin in Niceville. It is soooooo cute! It's kind of a yellow-y color for either a girl or a boy and has a mobile attached to it that does 100 different things! It's neat. Now, a crib mattress will need to be purchased at some point in time because that's one thing we lack. Other than that, I really think we are set. We'll see when she gets here just what exactly we have forgotten. Ha ha.
(Non prego note: She emailed him about the pictures...I want them. I really do but things lately have been soooooo hectic. I know we have about a month left until the expected due date but honestly, with everything that has gone on in the last 2-3 weeks, she could come any time any day now. I think I may message her and set up a tentative date for this weekend but I'm not sure because I don't know if I'll be over this stomache crap. UGH!)
-26 days til EDD
-16 days til maternity leave
Well,
Another few Triage visits proved to be fun filled!
*Hubby and I arrived at the hospital around 1am Monday, May 4th because I was experiencing contractions within 6 minutes, cramping, and my mucus plug had been coming out since Friday evening. Fun! I thought maybe, just maybe we would have our beautiful baby girl join us in the outside world. Being 35 weeks according to the doctors (even though I think I'm around 37 weeks) I figured they would at least do an ultrasound to see her weight and length. Nope. They did pretty much the same thing as Wednesday night. Took pee from me(ended up throwing it away), hooked me up to the monitors, checked my cervix, called the doctor on call (again, not my OBGYN), gave me the shot to cease the contractions, then sent me home with bed-rest for the night/day. I'm a little sad but I can hang on for a couple more weeks if need be. I just really would like to know that my little one, if she had to, would be just fine being born anytime now. I want that dang ultra sound. It's a bit distressing having not seen her since March 4th.
(50% effaced & at 2 cm)
*Wednesday, May 6th I woke up at 3 in the morning to do the normal peeing ritual and noticed that Catalina was kind of lumpy on one side of me and wasn't moving at all. I walked around a bit, ate something, drank something, laid down in different positions, tried to mush her around in my belly but by time to go to work I was pretty concerned with her lack of movement so called the doctor's office and they said to go into triage because she hadn't moved at all for over 4 hours. Went in, they hooked us up and AS soon as they put the contraction monitor on my tummy she kind of jerked and kicked it. Lol. I was in triage for a few hours because she was kind of stuck in that position so we moved her and me around a bunch to get her to wiggle some more. Mom came up to stay with me. Hubby was at work but I was in contact with him the whole time. She scared the living hell out of me. I was in tears on the way to the hospital! It's scary not being able to know exactly what's going on inside of you...especially when it deals with a life! Uhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! But she was fine all in all and I was discharged.
*Our 1 year of being married anniversary was May 9th and I started to not feel well while he was working but I figured it was just me bing pregnant and stuff. By Sunday night I hadn't eaten anything, had a horrible headache, and a low grade fever. Later that evening hubby left for Wal-Mart and while I was talking with mom I started to get increasingly dizzy, blurred vision to black, spots, numbness in my left arm, hard to breath. Normally I would say to myself that it was just an anxiety attack and calm myself down and out of it but this wasn't an attack. I couldn't bring myself out of it. So, I told mom to call hubby and I got on the phone with grandma until Mom and Hubby got back to the house. A few words were exchanged, hubby started rubbing my back and Mom got a cold rag for my head. All in all, I ended up calling the doc again to see what she thought...guess what she said? Go into triage, BUT this time she said that it may have been preclampsia. Went in around 9 I think and told the nurse ladies what was going on. They hooked me up to the baby/mommy monitors and then stuck an IV in me for fluids THEN took a bunch of blood from me for tests. The fluids made me less dizzy because I was dehydrated from njot eating/drinking enough the 2 days before. The other tests came back negative for preclampsia and other later pregnancy problems BUT my platelet count was rather low. -So, Monday I did not go into work because either I had food poisoning or a tummy virus...same with Tuesday and I'm home today because I'm still pretty dehydrated and weak. I DID go into work this morning but they sent me home because I was told I look like crap and I really needed to get some rest. Yup, I'm in bed resting. Sitting on my butt doing absolutely nothing when I KNOW there are things I could be doing to make sure we're ready. Like clean...or clean...or...clean. Heh.
~OH, we got Catalina's room finished pretty much. The only things left are the blinds. Hubby needs to get them put up soon. The Western sun comes into her room at full force in the later parts of the days and it gets really hot. All of her clothes/blankets are washed and ready for her. Mom and I picked up a basinet from my cousin in Niceville. It is soooooo cute! It's kind of a yellow-y color for either a girl or a boy and has a mobile attached to it that does 100 different things! It's neat. Now, a crib mattress will need to be purchased at some point in time because that's one thing we lack. Other than that, I really think we are set. We'll see when she gets here just what exactly we have forgotten. Ha ha.
(Non prego note: She emailed him about the pictures...I want them. I really do but things lately have been soooooo hectic. I know we have about a month left until the expected due date but honestly, with everything that has gone on in the last 2-3 weeks, she could come any time any day now. I think I may message her and set up a tentative date for this weekend but I'm not sure because I don't know if I'll be over this stomache crap. UGH!)