Never a Dull Moment

Yesterday morning, there was something just not right. I didn't feel very good, I kept getting nauseous, and then the entire morning at work, my stomach was so hard and contracting. By the afternoon, Megan, my Mom and Amy had all convinced me to start timing them, and at least call my dr. The nurse said that if I had more than 4 an hour, then I needed to go home and lay down, drink water, and then see if they went away. Well, I did that, and of course they didn't stop. So even though they weren't insanely painful, they still suggested I go to the hospital b/c the contractions were still making my body and uterus work so hard, and needed to be stopped.

So Eric and i drove up to the hospital around 5:30 pm, checked in, and while the nurse was hooking me up monitors, I kept saying "I dont even think we should be here, you're probably just gonna send me right back home." She was kinda laughing at me, and said she'd check anyway. So after I was all hooked up, she checked my cervix and I wasn't dilated. Then she left and said she'd monitor contractions. After about 25 minutes, she came back in and said "Well, you're having contractions about every 5-7 minutes, and that's way more than we want you to be having." The decision was whether to stop the contractions with "brethine" (a shot) or to send me home to drink fluids. But the contractions kept getting stronger and a little longer, so Dr K said he wanted them stopped with drugs. Im sure that several people have had to have a shot like this, that stops your contractions...but it is the craziest feeling! The side effect is that it makes your heart race, and you are so anxious and jittery! I felt like a spaz for about 45 minutes. But it worked! The nurse also informed me that I was severely dehydrated, and I told her that was impossible b/c all I had done all day was DOWN water! But they had to give me an IV of fluids anyway.

Finally around 9 pm, they let us leave. After this Sunday, I'll be 36 weeks, and the nurse said they won't try to stop them again. I still think 36 weeks is too early, but at least I know if I start having them again, to wait until it's the real deal. (If I'll even know the difference). I was told to take it easy this weekend, but Im not restricted in any way. Except that Eric has INSISTED that he does all the grocery shopping from now on, and all the errand running! I hope he knows what he signed up for, b/c Im a spaz about running errands! Every day it seems like I have somewhere to go or something to do! He thinks he's putting a stop to all of this, so I'll play it his way for awhile. After all, he's just trying to protect me and Gavin!

Relaxing weekend HERE WE COME! :)