I get to L&D, they hook me up and check me. The first thing out of the nurse's mouth is... "Oh! There's his head!" I'm like, yeah, no kidding...I've been feeling like he was going to fall out of me for the past few days now! She continues to check and says I'm still 1.5-2 cm but am now 50% effaced. She could tell on the monitor how intense the contractions were and says ok, I need to call Dr. She comes back a little while later and informs me that they're going to put me on medication to stop the contractions, but warns me that I'm going to feel like I'm literally on drugs. She gives me the shot and within minutes, I she what she is talking about. My whole body is shaking uncontrollably, I feel like I'm having a major anxiety attack and more. Ughh! Well, the good news is the med worked, the contractions slowed down but then she says Dr wants to send you home with this and you have to take it every 4 hours. Great! So I get home and over the next 48 hours, proceed to sleep 6 hours. It was terrible. They put on a different medication because that just wasn't cutting it and now I just take it as I need it. The good news is I have my 35 week appt on Friday and hopefully my reg Dr will see fit to ease up on the bedrest....considering I have another shower on Sunday....hopefully I'll be able to go. My mom decided though that if I can't leave the house, we'll move it to our house!
Anyway, that's the latest and greatest. Joel set up the crib yesterday after the Seahawks devastating loss and it looks so cute. We were laying in bed last night and Joel and I both said it looks so weird to see a crib in the corner of our room and to think that in a few short weeks Baker T will be in there is astonishing....
Thank you for all the continued thoughts and prayers and for the offers to come over and visit me. I certainly appreciate it, and now that I'm not feeling sick with the flu anymore, next week would be great for visitors! I promise to keep everyone posted as much as possible, but I have to sit up in order to write this so I can only do it for so long! Hope everyone is well!
Here's an update on how Baker is doing:
How your baby's growing:Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.
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Noelle-I found your blog....yah! Sounds like you are having loads of fun on bedrest. I just have to say I was on bedrest IN the hospital for three weeks before Jaymin came and it was horrible. My biggest advise is when they strick bedrest is to listen to them. I didn't and was walking around the house helping out on little things and I was right back in the hospital. The positive side is you are almost 35 weeks which is great. After 36 weeks they told me that they wouldn't do anything to stop me from going into labor....that is if I made it that long which I was no where close. Anyway, I hope everything goes okay and stay calm! You're in my thoughts and prayers. Keep bloggin!
Always Tracey
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