We had a little excitement last Thursday when I went into early labor. Throughout this pregnancy I've been having contractions. I noticed them earlier than I did with Levi, but who knows if they really came any sooner or if I was just more aware. They were never painful, just uncomfortable, so I haven't paid them much attention. Last Thursday I became more and more aware of them and decided to start timing them. It's so hard to lay down and pay attention when chasing Levi around the house so I wasn't completely sure how fast they were coming but I definitely felt off. I called in to my doctor and tried to convince them to let me sneak in the office for a quick check up instead of having to go to the hospital for them to send me home. Doctor said "no way, go to the hospital now" so I followed directions and went to L&D. I was laughing and joking with the nurse about how quickly they were going to send me home and that I was sure it was nothing and I was just that crazy pregnant lady that doesn't know what's going on. She hooked me up to the monitor and we realized that I was having contractions every 2 minutes. Well that definitely is something to be concerned with! Because I was still only in my 35th week, my doctor decided that we should try to stop my labor instead of delivery Baby L #2 that afternoon. (THANK GOODNESS!) So I spent about 5 hours taking pills, getting a shot and waiting waiting waiting for the contractions to stop. They slowed way down and I never progressed any further so they were confident in sending me back home, on modified bedrest and with more pills to take daily, to try to keep this baby in a little longer. I spent the whole time in a bit of a panic because I was NOT ready for this baby to make his appearance yet. I hadn't packed my hospital bag, I hadn't packed baby's bag, I hadn't washed all the newborn clothes, I hadn't gotten the swing out, I hadn't even pre-registered at the hospital yet! (Whoops!) Dave was very calm through it all and reminded me that we had plenty of friends and family and all those things could easily be done for us. He was completely right but this laboring pregnant lady was still crazily making to do lists! I was able to lay low through the weekend with the help of Dave's mom and my parents tag teaming my to do lists and wrangling Levi. We checked off every single item on my lists and I'm feeling so much better about the possibility of having a September baby. As of last night, I took my last labor-stopping pill and I'm now free to have this baby at any time. The crazy part is that I could still potentially make it all the way to my scheduled c-section date or I could have him tonight! I guess one thing I should have learned by now is that I have little control over these things. The great news is that baby is happy, healthy and kicking away and our house is officially ready for him to be welcomed into it.
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| Here is Baby's room. Still need some things for the walls but at least it is ready for him! |
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| Look who is excited about all the baby stuff! |
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| My sweet boys watching the Fresno State game on Sunday. Just because :) |
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| We're still getting stuff done for the rest of our house too! We got these great pots out in Escalon and I made the wreaths for the front doors. (I attempted to put cute burlap bows on them but they were pretty pitiful so I'm hoping my Mom can share her bow-making expertise.) |
3 comments:
WOW!! How crazy that just that one week staying in is good enough. Hope he stays in till Oct! October babies are so fun!!!
I thought I heard something about you and bedrest through the grapevine... glad you're okay and that baby #2 is good to go now! Levi looks so big... maybe it's just the angle but it looks like his face has elongated a bit... I think he's making the transition into toddlerhood!!!!
Yay, glad you made it to 36 weeks and so jealous of you that you are off bed rest:) Excited to hear about the new arrival. Has a name been finalized? Love your wreaths and big pots- gorgeous!
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