Bed Rest

As much as I am tired of being pregnant I am not sick of it enough to actually want to have the baby at 33 weeks.  We had a little scare today and I had to go to labor and delivery at the hospital to make sure everything was OK.  It started with contractions yesterday and some spotting today (sorry if that is TMI).  I wasn't super nervous because I wasn't having contractions today.  My OB told me to go get checked out so I thought I would rather be safe than sorry.  When I got there they said it might be a UTI that was causing the symptoms and they needed to run some tests.  They hooked me up to the monitors and it showed that I was having contractions every 3-4 minutes.  I wasn't feeling a lot of pain, they were more like Braxton Hicks but it freaked me out that I had been running around getting the kids ready for church and I'd been having contractions the whole time.  They hooked me up to an IV and ran a bunch of tests while monitoring the baby's heart rate and my contractions.  Everything with the baby looked great - I was the one having the problems.  Then they gave me a shot of Terbutaline to stop the contractions.  The nurse said it would make me feel like I had just drank 5 cups of coffee.  Since I have never tried coffee I didn't know what to expect.  When it finally hit it was weird.  I felt like I needed to get up and clean the room then I would grab my phone and play with it for a minute.  Then I would get distracted and grab my book.  Then I would stop reading and grab my phone again all the while looking around the room wondering if I could straighten anything.  I couldn't straighten anything it was perfectly clean and besides that I was hooked to an IV and 2 monitors so I wouldn't get very far.  I finally figured out that I was probably feeling what it was like to have ADD.  I was going crazy because I felt like I was a fly stuck in a closed jar and I was zinging all around at high speed from one thought to the next.  Then when the nurse came in the room I would become chatty Kathy and talk her ear off.  I now know her dentist, her kids names, ages, schools, likes, dislikes and her favorite place to eat.  I am sure she couldn't get out of my room fast enough.  With all the jitteryness I couldn't relax and that probably didn't help matters.  The contractions stopped for about 20 minutes then started up again.  They decided to give me another shot of Terbutaline and I went into overdrive.  I don't even need to go into all the questions I asked the nurse this time.  They monitored me for a while and finally after an hour of only 2 contractions and a negative UTI test they unhooked me and sent me home.  I was so happy to go home with a baby safely cooking a little longer in my belly.  Now I just have to wait for 4-5 more weeks to see him.  The bad thing is I am now on bed rest for the next 2 weeks.  If I have no contractions then I can start getting up again.  It has been about 5 hours and I am already going a little crazy.  At least I am no longer Chatty Kathy and the kids still think it is a novelty to bring me things and do what I ask them to do.  We will see how long that lasts!

My fun I.V.  I told the kids I would take a picture so they could see what an I.V. is.  They always make fun of how "veiny" my hands are but the one time it comes in handy is when I need an I.V. or need to get shots.  Then I am glad I have "veiny" hands.

I am so glad I brought a big fat book with me.  Before the jitters happened it kept me from being stir crazy bored in the hospital and it kept me from worrying and giving in to the hormonal urge to cry.