Well, we had some unexpected things come up this week, which is why my 32 week belly picture was taken from my hospital bed yesterday. Tuesday as my work day was coming to an end, I started bleeding quite a bit. I called the doctor's office, knowing this was not a good sign. They suggested I go right to the ER at Overland Park Regional. I called Mitch and he came to pick me up and we headed to the ER to find out what was going on. They sent us up to the baby unit and took us to triage where they hooked me up to a monitor and we heard the baby's heartbeat! Huge relief just hearing that sound! They called in the specialists and our OB. We got moved to a room in the antepartum department of the Labor & Delivery floor. The perinatologist that we see on a regular basis came in to do internal and external sonograms because the monitor was showing I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. There was a flurry of activity as they got me hooked up to the IV and started figuring out our situation. The sono showed that there was a slight abruption where the placenta had pulled away from the uterus. The uterus was contracting to get rid of the blood the abruption caused. So, the contractions were not causing the cervix to change. This made everyone feel better that I was not trying to go into preterm labor. They decided to monitor me over the coming days to see what happened. I started taking antibiotics, magnesium sulphate and steroid injections. All of this was in case I would go into labor early. They wanted the baby to be as prepared as possible. Wednesday, I continued to bleed less and they were pleased with the progress. I continued to be on all the same drugs and had visits with a great team of doctors and specialists. Everyone at OPR has been wonderful! I had very few side affects from the medication which the medical team kept mentioning. I told them I had alot of people praying for me! We had the opportunity to share our story with with several of the doctors and nurses. As they would read our chart, they would see part of the infertility story and several asked to hear more. It was fun to share our miraculous story. It also built confidence in us to tell the story because it was a great reminder that in these days of the unknown, we could be at peace because from Day 1 He has orchestrated this baby's life and would continue to do so. Thursday was a calm day as well. We hit the 32 week mark today. I was able to be taken off of the magnesium and got to take a shower! It's the little things that get you excited when you're on bed rest! They had to watch me pretty closely while on the magnesium, which meant a 20 minute routine every 2 hours night and day. At 5 that morning I was laying in bed, unable to sleep and realized that in the midst of everything that was happening to me and my body I was grinning from ear to ear, because I was laying there listening to the beautiful sound of the baby's heart beat on the monitor next to me. It was strong and steady and has quickly become my favorite sound. The baby continues to respond wonderfully and for that we are so grateful. Today was a little harder because after 15 hours of no bleeding, it started up again and they aren't sure why. I didn't have to restart any medications, they are just keeping me on the monitors constantly and observing me. So, I will be staying at the hospital for now.
Thanks so much to all our friends and family for the visits, texts, emails, food, flowers and prayers most of all. All these things have been such an encouragement to us.
32 week belly shot
Here's a picture of the finished crib project. We did this a couple weekends ago. So, the nursery is starting to come together.
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