Okay so our little girl is already showing her impatient side! She wants to be born almost two months early! Thursday I had pain all day and wasn't sure what to make of it. I just assumed I was dehydrated and having cramping because of that. Anyway, after school that day, I was starting to get a little worried, because they were feeling a little familiar, like less intense contractions. So, to be safe I called my docotr and she suggested I go over to Franklin Square to be monitored. Her feeling was that it was probably nothing serious, but why take the chance? So I drove myself there and left Abe in charge of picking up Alex and taking care of him because I didn't want to disrupt his schedule. I got there,got all hooked up, and like 5 minutes into the monitoring, the nurse says "Oh we've had a lot of pre-term labor today." I was like "what?? I'm in labor? I'm only 31 weeks!" So they kicked it into high gear at that point and came in with million exams and hooked me up to an IV for fluids, and gave me a shot of steroids (the most painful freaking shot I have ever had in my life!) to help the baby's lungs mature faster should she be born that night, almost 9 weeks early. I then called Abe, and let him know what was going on and he threw some things together and got Alex down to Maria's so he could come to the hospital. He got there around 9, and they had my conractions slowed a lot. I had gone from having about 3 to 4 every 10 minutes to only having 1 or 2 every ten minutes. By 10,they were significantly better, so they decided to send me home with a prescription for Procardia and orders to return the following evening for a second and final steroid shot. I been taking the Procardia (med to slow or stop contractions) every 6 hours since, and probably will be taking it until I reach somewhere between 34 and 36 weeks. At this point I am only having a contraction here there, like maybe 1 every couple of hours and the doctor says as long as I am having less than 4 per hour, I am in the clear! I am already dilated 1 cm and 80% effaced, but that could also last months, so it's really nothing to worry about unless I start contracting heavily again. So for me, it;s 5 weeks of bed rest, which may be reduced once I hit 35-36 weeks. More than likely once I go back to work and get off the Procardia, the baby will shortly follow, so she may very well be an October baby rather than a November one. I'll be 35 weeks on Oct. 25, and 36 weeks on Nov. 1, so sometime around then I'll probably be able to return to work. Amyway that's the whole story of our crazy end of the week, and our little scare. We're just so glad they were able to stop the labor and give her a better chance of being born on time or close to it. We're excited to meet her, but we don't want to meet her just yet! Below are some pics from the week and from Abe and I's recent Anniversary excursion downtown.
Posing together at the harbor
The manager at Fogo de Chao brought us a free creme brulee in honor of our anniversary--so nice of him!
Alex sharing cereal with Daddy
Aww! Giving his puppy a kiss!
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