Contractions

****UPDATE*****

I had contractions through the night getting down to 20 minutes apart and then spreading back out to an hour apart before they finally subsided. Thank God!!!! I've only had one since then so lets hope it stays that way for another week. In other news Phil got a serious kidney stone attack last night. He was up all night in so much pain he was practically crying. You know it's bad when a man is crying over pain. I thought I was going to have to take him to the E.R. but he finally was able to fall asleep with meds and liquids. We are doing much of the same today pushing fluids and medication and lots and lots of rest. I am hoping that he is able to pass the stone on his own in the next couple of days. He had them once before 7 years ago soon after I had Emma. The stones were really big though and he needed lithotripsy to break them up. They actually did the process several times and maxed out the number of treatments on each kidney. There were still decent sized pieces left but there was nothing more they could do. It's possible these are the same pieces that have been in there for all these years. Just praying they aren't any bigger and that he can pass them. If not I can see it now. My own episode of Friends except I am Phoebe giving birth and he is Joey two floors down with kidney pain. It's always something.


Painful contractions this evening. Not close enough to do anything about which is good because she needs to cook a little more.

So far I've had them at:

4:43
4:56
5:32
6:00
6:33
7:01

Labor?

One would think that after birthing two children I would know whether or not I was in labor. I had labor with both kids even though we had c-sections with both.

The fact is I feel like crap. My back hurts alot. I am still getting contractions but still nothing regular. She's still pushing downward with all her might. You'd think she had to travel a mile to get out of there not inches. I feel kind of like my period will start. Not quite sure what it all means but I do know that I am doing nothing but lay around today. We only have one car and of course Phil is at work so at the moment I am just waiting it out to see what happens.

How appropriate if it is true. Going into labor, labor day weekend.

I am slightly worried since I am only 36 weeks 1 day along. I just don't want my baby hooked up to tubes or to have any problems.

I will try to keep you posted. Lets just pray for a healthy baby either way.

Hospital Tour

I never mentioned anything about the hospital here. Having seen it has helped ease my fears a bit. It seems to be quite the happening hospital. They have 30-40 births per month which if you do the math equals out to be about one baby a day. Although the day I went in there was no one in the maternity ward at all. I just realized that my scheduled c-section is set for the day after the full moon. Now I'm hoping I go into labor as it will probably be packed on that day. Afterall crazy things happen on full moon's.

Anyway this hospital is nice. Not as nice as the one I delivered Emma in, but so much nicer then the one I had Ethan in.

First thing I love....they have their own O.R. this is very important especially for a mama who tends to go early. As long as the maternity O.R. is not occupied I get right in. No being bumped on times etc. This wasn't the case when I had Ethan. I had to be wheeled the the regular O.R. (when it was free) and then have the baby, wait in recovery on that floor, then be brought back up to my room on the maternity ward. Here its all in one. They will do the c-section then roll me next door where I will actually get to have my baby with me while I am in recovery. Which is AMAZING!!!! I never got to see Ethan until he was about 4 hrs old. Oh yah and Phil can be in recovery with me as well.

The second great thing is that they only have to do general anesthesia in about 1 in every 40 births. That eases my mind a bit. The odds are in my favor of being awake and having someone who knows what they are doing.

Next is that after surgery they will put me on a morphine drip that I can control. This wasn't the case with Ethan. I woke up so sore and they gave me so percacet in pill form. I was in a lot of pain with Ethan. This time I get to stay on stronger meds for 24 hrs which is really a great blessing.

The rooms.......The rooms are HUGE! They just recently made all the rooms private (thank you Jesus) They have a bed, tv, a sleeper chair for dad if he wants to stay and a kids table and chairs set for siblings to sit and color, eat whatever. This is amazing. When I had Ethan they were semi-private rooms and though no one else was in the room we weren't allowed to sit on the other bed. Phil couldn't have stayed if he wanted to there just wasn't any room, and Emma was bored out of her mind.

And the room also has it's own bathroom!!!! When I had Ethan there was a toilet in the room but the shower was out in the hallway. After the first 24 hrs they want you to get up and shower and it's quite the feat for someone just having that kind of surgery to truck out to the hallway looking halfway decent and squeezing into this little room (more like a closet) that has just a shower. I could barely lift my leg to get into the shower and needed Phil's help all while the door was semi open because there just wasn't any room in there for two people.

They band the babies with electronic bracelets and every exit has a camera so they can see who comes and goes. Again...not so with Ethan.

It definitely put my mind at ease and I am actually more excited about having her now. I just have to hold out until the 15th when my sister gets here.