A few bumps in the road...
The past few weeks have been filled with entertainment of various kind. We had a wonderful baby shower last weekend and we enjoyed hanging out with all of our family, friends, and co-workers. Everyone was very generous and we're headed for baby universe at our home. Reality is hitting home as I look around the house and see all of our baby stuff and as the nursery comes alive with toys, clothes and color. Amidst all of the excitement,I tried not to overdo it. But in missing a nap here and there and having a few poor nights of sleep, I wore myself out a bit and had the fun experience of almost passing out at work. Fortunately I was sitting for a while due to nausea, when everything began to go fuzzy and I waited for coworkers to lead me off to lie down. After a bit of lying down and eating a couple of snacks (something I do anyway normally while at work) it all went away. Yes, there is a reason my wonderful hubby appears to be at my "beck and call" when I get home and I'm learning to take it easy even when I am feeling good now.And so this morning I was awakened by a case of what I thought was indigestion. I got up at 4:00 a.m. and went to get some rolaids and of course,use the bathroom. I had just returned to bed and was getting as nice and cozy as is possible with a huge belly when all of a sudden the house started shaking and creeking and then came a big bump and it quieted down. "Its an earthquake!" I yelled as Hubby jumped out of bed and I could see our cat Nutmeg stand up in her perch in the darkness (she's used to the small 'earthquakes' while lying on my belly). Fortunately it ended quickly and the babies only got a small dose of adrenaline from me, but that wasn't the only excitement of the morning. I began having BH contractions about 10 minutes apart along with the abdominal cramping continuing. When they still didn't let up we called the triage nurse at 6:00 am and after talking to the on call Dr., she said to time them and if they still remained around 10 min apart to head up to the hospital. I continued to rest and fortunately they became sporatic with some 7 min. apart and some 20 min. My Dr. told me to keep tabs on the time and to take it easy today so we stayed home. The contractions have mostly quieted down-still here and there and I'm hoping they'll go away as they have in the past. Needless to say, we began packing our hospital bags the rest of the morning (I had planned to do that this weekend anyway). I guess the kiddies got some inside info that they have lots of goodies awaiting them and wanted to possibly take a peek. They were a little wiggly and upset that their womb with no view kept shrinking and squishing them but NO PEEKING ALLOWED!
posted by Andrea @ 8:12 PM
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