The last week

Our week:

Last Sunday Jon and I took Reagan to see Toy Story 3! It was the cutest movie ever and Reagan loved it! She had never been to a movie theater before so we weren't sure how she would do. Outside of having to go the bathroom 3 times, she did great! A HUGE tub of popcorn and some snacks helped a little. It was a great way to start of celebrating Father's Day! After the movie we headed home and hung out the rest of the day. I started not feeling the best in the morning, but just kind of ignored it. Well as the day went on it was getting harder to ignore- I was having contractions and they weren't going away. So after a lot of thought we headed to the hospital. Now in my post last week I said how I couldn't wait to meet this little one- but I didn't mean so soon!!! We dropped Reagan off at my parents and off we went...

Turned out that I was in fact showing signs of labor. My contractions were about 3 minutes apart and not letting up. Because I was only 33 (almost 34) wks, they starting giving me things to stop it. I received 2 shots in my arm that worked for a bit, then some oral medication that seemed to slow things down. I also received 2 steroid shots as a precaution to help with the babies lung development. We thought it was looking good and thought we might get to head home around 11pm they started again. We were there for the night. Jon had the luxury of sleeping on a mat on the floor, while I was hooked up to a bunch of machines and peeing every 20 minutes- It was not a fun night!! I made it most of the night with just a few contractions. We waited for the doctor to come around in the morning thinking I was gonna go home... then contractions started again!!! More meds! I ended up being discharged around 12:30pm. My orders were to stay on modified best rest and take this medication 3x a day.

It was great to come home and Jon's mom was waiting for us to help out. Tuesday was pretty uneventful- although I still was having contractions! Tuesday night I woke up with a few intense contractions but they didn't last long.

Wednesday Jon's Grandma came down to spend the day with me and Reagan. (Now it is finding babysitters for both of us!!) Reagan was SO excited for Great Gma Phylis to get here. Heather (Jon's cousin) and her daughters came over to play too! I headed into the doctor that afternoon for a check up just to find out that I was not actually dilated to a 3 (I was not dilated before I left the hospital)! My doctor told me he thought I would at least make it a week! So continue bed rest and meds!

Thursday my sister returned from California! She is preparing to leave next week and I am not excited about it and even more bummed now that I can't do anything to help her with the move! Thursday was kind of a long day.

Friday was mine and Jon's Anniversary! 5 Years already!! We had big plans to celebrate over the weekend- those plans have been postponed :(! Shanon and Michael came down to play Friday. It was nice to get the see them for a bit. Jon's mom has been busy cleaning, cooking, taking care of Reagan, and helping out in every way to make sure things are done since I can't do them myself. Jon picked up dinner from the Country Club and we just hung around and played with Reagan. I got Jon a watch for our anniversary and when he walked in the door Reagan took the gift to him and said "Here daddy, it's a watch!" Little turkey:)!

Friday night was pretty eventful- Reagan woke up with a nightmare around 10:30 and I woke up with contractions. After 2 hours of contracting and trying to decide if my water broke we headed into the hospital! Got to hospital, water didn't break but my contractions were every few minutes. Long story short- more medicine to try and stop them, Jon went home to sleep, and I hung out with my nurse most the night waiting for my doctor to come in in the morning. Jon got back first thing in the morning shortly before my doctor arrived. They couldn't stop my contractions, but I was still dilated the same so they sent me home. I can stop taking the medication because it really isn't working anyway. So now we just wait- I am almost 35 wks. We discussed the concerns the doctors would have if the baby comes now and there are none. Obviously the longer it can wait the better, but they are not going to try and stop it any more. The lungs should be closed to mature (if they aren't already) and I was given the steroid to help with that. So far the baby has shown no signs of distress and the doctors have shown no concern for the health or me of the baby. So now we just wait....

There is a chance I will still be pregnant in 3 weeks, there is a chance I will have this baby in 3 days! For now I will continue on "bed rest" and ride out the contractions until I am certain they are worse. I am scheduled to see my doctor again on Thursday- we will see if I can make it until then!!