No Baby!!

Last Saturday I was admitted to the hospital for preterm labor. I had been spotting mildly on Friday, but woke up Saturday morning with pretty bad cramping. I called the dr. and she said come on in to check things out. About an hour after I got there, I started having painful contractions that were 3 1/2 minutes apart for about 4 hours. They decided to admit me and see what was going on. They did an ultrasound to check the baby and placenta, which were both doing fine. The baby measured about 3 1/2 pounds. Since the contractions were getting worse, they gave me IV magnesium to stop them. That was pretty awful. It causes you to feel like you have the worst flu ever. And the nausea is intense. I was on an IV magnesium drip for 48 hours. The contractions eventually disappeared, so it was successful! They also gave me 2 rounds of steroid shots for the baby to increase his lung maturity just in case. I was released on Tuesday to come home on strict bedrest. My mom stayed the entire week as I could do nothing but sit. On Friday I saw my OB and everything looks pretty stable at the moment. He has me on modified bedrest which means I can get up and walk around, but that is about it. No housework, laundry, grocery shopping ect, for 3 weeks. Our goal is to get this baby to 34 weeks. They say babies born after 34 weeks don't have as many problems with breathing or maintaining blood sugars or body temperatures.

The kids have been great little helpers during this time. Its nice to see them help with what they can.

I've never gone through anything like this before during my last 3 pregnancies. I've had c-sections that were scheduled (for various reasons) so I have never had any sort of labor experience. I always just walked in and had a baby!!

Hopefully this little guy will decide to stay in until 39 weeks now. And be uneventful until then!!