I've been so busy this month that I forgot to update everyone on the little adventure we had the other day!
I ended up in L&D on Tuesday January 13th. I felt off most of the day with sharp pains into my cervix and then eventually in my lower abdomen. The midwife on call wanted me to come in to be checked for an UTI and monitoring to be safe. Turns out I was having contractions but not feeling them. After being monitored for about 2 hours they started subsiding but then the little girl's heart rate was erratic. So I got an IV for fluids in the hopes that would stabilize both of us. They also sent us for an ultrasound to check on her and she passed with flying colors. Her heart rate ended up stabilizing but then my contractions were erratic again. They gave me a shot of Terbutaline to stop them and monitored me for another hour or so. Seemed to have worked. They sent me home with something to take to counteract the jitteriness I got from the shot and said it should help me sleep. Otherwise no restrictions thank goodness!
With the ultrasound we were able to see that she has hair already! And the tech said there was no mistaking it that we were having a girl. She said it was MORE than safe to take the tags off the clothes and wash them!
I did have a midwife appointment the next morning and baby hadn't dropped at all and I wasn't not dilated either which is good news that she likely won't come too early. Just kind of one of those weird things that happens. My midwife also commented that she doesn't feel like a big baby, but she does feel long. At that appointment she had a heart rate in the 150s, she was very active that day.
I have my 36 week midwife appointment this Wednesday and I'll be going every week from now on! Pretty exciting! We have one more class as well, which is a newborn preparation class on 2/9. I will be 37 weeks on 2/6 which means that she can come at any point after that and she will no longer be considered a premature baby. Because of the class on 2/9 we're hoping she'll hold out till 2/10. But let me tell you, the minute that class is over on the 9th we'll be trying every little old wives tale in the book to get her out! We're getting so excited to meet her and to be able to share her name with everyone!
In other non-baby related news, I'm now 28! My birthday was the 19th, we went out to eat over the weekend and on my actual birthday I didn't do anything honestly to celebrate it. I have my doula workshop this Thursday and Friday and I'm SUPER excited for that. Brandon also is starting in a first shift position on Monday!!! I'm so happy about that, even though it means I have to give up the bed which I've blissfully had to myself for the past 3 years! It will be so nice to have him home in the evenings and when the baby is here I think he'll really enjoy that as well because he'll feel like he'll have more time for her. And something else...oh yeah, TOMORROW IS OUR 1ST ANNIVERSARY!!! We're going out to eat at Water Street Inn in Stillwater to celebrate. We're exchanging cards but that's it with the budget we're on, but I'm so excited to have been married to this man for one year now tomorrow. :-)
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