So, I went to the dr yesterday for my 38 week check up. No real changes. Everything looks good, baby just doesn't want to come out! After my appt, I started having pretty strong contractions. I didn't think much of it, I have been having them for about 2 weeks now. Mom and I ran some errands and then I went to her house. I decided to take a bath because that always makes them go away. However, after about 30 min in the tub, the contractions were stronger and 2 min apart. I called my nurse and headed to Labor and Delivery Triage.
I was hooked up to a monitor and sure enough, I was having contractions every 2 min. About every third one was prettty painful, but the others were managable. The nurse checked me and I hadn't changed. She sent me on a walk for an hour, yes an hour. I haven't walked for an hour straight since I got my blood clot. She also told me to walk through the contractions. I did my best. When I returned to the room, she checked me again. Still, with no changes. Stupid contractions, all for nothing. She was ready to send me home with Ambien, but then I started crying and saying how much pain I was in. She offered to let me soak in the tub for an hour. So, that's where I headed. After 40 min, the tub wasn't comfortable anymore and I really just preferred to go home if I wasn't staying, so I headed back to my room. After each intervention, they have to hook me back up to the monitor for at least 20 min and recheck me. I continued to have contractions every 2 min, but continued to have no change. So after starting this adventure at 4 pm, I left the hospital depressed, tired, and groggy (Ambien) at almost 9 pm.
The Ambien helped me fall asleep fast last night, but after about 5 or 6 hours, I was wide awake.
No real contractions to speak of this morning and Campbell is moving and shaking like nothing ever happened yesterday. So, here's looking to Monday! I will be induced at 7 am, unless this turkey actually decides to try to come on his own again. Wish me luck!
This is what I looked like with a temp of 100.1 and burning up! Chris kept me covered in cold washclothes. When that stopped working, we put the washclothes in ice cubes! Everyone in the room was freezing and I was still so hot. Chris worked so hard to keep me cold. He would change them out as soon as they got warm!
The light at the end of the tunnel! This is how his legs were every time we did an ultrasound. Guess he wouldn't disapoint when he came out!
