THE DAYS OF MY TUMMY...(INSTEAD OF THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES)

Contractions Wednesday night were not going away. In fact, they were coming about every 5 minutes. The on call Dr. said I could not take any more medicine at home and that I needed to be evaluated. We made the decision to go to the hospital since during my Dr.'s visit I was showing signs of labor. At the hospital the contractions were every two minutes apart. I received another round of terbuline. After 4 hours (11:30-1:30) I was sent home. At the hospital I was dilated 1+ and 60% effaced, earlier I was only a 1 and 50% effaced. This small change didn't cause "alarm" for me to stay in the hospital b/c the medicine was stopping the contractions. (After the hospital I went online to refresh my memory of what all this means. When I asked the nurse, I could tell by her look what she was thinking "you've had two kids right? Why don't you know what dilation & effacement mean? I do, but I found a great illustration that went through each step of labor! Now I really understand what my body is doing.) With both Logan and Cameron I began dilation a lot later in pregnancy. But after I started to "progress" I gave birth within a week.Yesterday morning I received my second round of steroids. When the Dr. checked me again, I had progressed to almost a two. They have had me on bed rest, but I wasn't following the guidelines of it. I'm finally realizing that even though Logan & Cameron can easily be entertained with play-doh, movies, coloring, and "quiet" activities. They still demand a lot out of me. I have to feed them, help dress them, change diapers, & other small tasks that are now to much for me to do. Mother-in law is returning on Monday. Jared has all weekend off so we just have to get through today. Logan says he will get me water and snacks when I need them. He brought me a yogurt this morning. He keeps asking if the baby is going to fall out :) I told him that we just need to keep him/her in a little longer so it it can come home and not stay in the hospital.Next week, hopefully not until Wednesday when I see the Dr, I'm going to request a more in depth ultrasound. I would like to know how big the baby actually is measuring. If it is right on target it should be around 33 weeks. I think knowing how big it is will give me a little peace of mind if him/her comes in the next few weeks. My dose of nifedipine is now twice what I was taking a week ago. Now I'm on the max- 60mg- twice a day. I feel like I have drank a gallon of Red Bull. It makes me very HIPER- my heart races & I feel like I'm going 100 miles an hour. This normally would be fine if I could use this "energy" to my advantage-for cleaning the house, shopping etc. Instead I am stuck in bed reading magazines. I have often wished for days like this; sleeping, eating, and not having to "play" with the kids. But that is usually when I'm not feeling good. This medicine makes me feel more than good, I feel great. Last night I went to bed at 10, woke up at 1 with contractions, and have been awake ever since. I'm waiting for the "fall' to come. I hope it is right around nap time. However, if the contractions start back up I have to take the medicine again. I'm crossing my fingers it is after I get some sleep!