Guess I have been a little busy or preoccupied lately. Too long between posts but here is the latest news
1. Dan has worked extremely hard on the nursery and it looks beautiful. Still waiting on a few furniture pieces but it is suitable for baby's homecoming. Pictures to follow.
2. We are at the 35 week mark but still measuring 1 week ahead. My next appointment is Tuesday (at 36 weeks) and this is when we start going every week. My hopes are too high that I will actually be dilated during this appointment!
3. We had a gorgeous baby shower this past Sunday afternoon hosted by our family friend Abbie Rogers. She even had my friend from high school, Adam Bryan and his wife Allie there to take pictures. Professional photographers for my baby shower! I was blown away. I am sure they will post pictures and I will update that. Their website is www.abryanphotography.com Thank you to everyone for your kindness and generosity... we are so blessed!
4. Physically I feel okay just getting more tired and sore. Emotionally I feel a bit of a mess. I tend to be up and down a lot lately. I think this is due to anxiety about when the baby will actually come and being as prepared as possible. (not to play therapist on myself or anything :) )
5. I think this last month is the true battle... getting ready, trying not to be overly anxious, feeling too large to do much of anything, and trying to enjoy your last days just you and your husband. I know Dan and I will be great parents and will love having this baby in our lives, but at the same time I know we will miss our time just the two of us. Thankfully we have lots of willing babysitters so weekly date night will be a must!
That's all for now but I promise to post some pictures soon.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Scary Night
At about 7PM last night, I started having regular contractions (the non-painful kind). I was having some earlier in the afternoon but they were pretty irregular. These contractions don't hurt but everything just gets very tight. So, at 7 I called the on-call number and fortunately my doctor was the one on-call.
He told me to drink two big glasses of water, empty my bladder and rest. I followed his instructions but had a consistent 6 contractions every hour. They continued every 10 minutes until about 9. We decided I should call him back and at that point, he decided to have us go to Community North Labor and Delivery to get checked out.
They hooked me up to a fetal monitor and tracked the baby's heart rate and the contractions. After watching this for a while, my doctor ordered a shot of tributelene (not sure if I spelled that right). The nurse told me it would make me feel hot, jittery and cause my heart to race. It did just that and worse.
I was talking to my mom on the phone giving her an update and I started feeling terrible. I got off the phone and Dan got the nurse. By that point, I had no color in my face, felt terribly nauseous and was having trouble breathing. They lowered my bed so my head was below my feet, brought in a pulse-ox monitor and just kept checking my blood pressure. The lowest it reached was 80/30.
It took a while but I started feeling better, and even better news... the baby was a champ through it all! Even when my bp dropped the baby's heart rate held strong. We have one tough baby in there!
Around 11:45, my doctor sprung us and we headed home. The contractions have stopped and I am free to resume activity.... at least until Monday when I have an already scheduled ultrasound and see my doctor. He might put me on modified bed rest, but we'll see. I'm supposed to drink lots of water (about 2 liters a day) and not over do it. This is not an easy task for me normally. But I think after last night I will make it a point to rest.
He told me to drink two big glasses of water, empty my bladder and rest. I followed his instructions but had a consistent 6 contractions every hour. They continued every 10 minutes until about 9. We decided I should call him back and at that point, he decided to have us go to Community North Labor and Delivery to get checked out.
They hooked me up to a fetal monitor and tracked the baby's heart rate and the contractions. After watching this for a while, my doctor ordered a shot of tributelene (not sure if I spelled that right). The nurse told me it would make me feel hot, jittery and cause my heart to race. It did just that and worse.
I was talking to my mom on the phone giving her an update and I started feeling terrible. I got off the phone and Dan got the nurse. By that point, I had no color in my face, felt terribly nauseous and was having trouble breathing. They lowered my bed so my head was below my feet, brought in a pulse-ox monitor and just kept checking my blood pressure. The lowest it reached was 80/30.
It took a while but I started feeling better, and even better news... the baby was a champ through it all! Even when my bp dropped the baby's heart rate held strong. We have one tough baby in there!
Around 11:45, my doctor sprung us and we headed home. The contractions have stopped and I am free to resume activity.... at least until Monday when I have an already scheduled ultrasound and see my doctor. He might put me on modified bed rest, but we'll see. I'm supposed to drink lots of water (about 2 liters a day) and not over do it. This is not an easy task for me normally. But I think after last night I will make it a point to rest.
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