We All Fall Down

"If I had to do it life all over again I would not wish away 9 months of pregnancy. It is my only chance to participate with God in creating a miracle."

Boy this baby of ours has had us on a roller coaster ride the last couple of days. Tuesday night I fell on the ice belly first getting out of the car. I called my obgyn for symptoms I needed to watch for just in case and was sent into labor and delivery to be monitored for a couple of hours. Everything was great... the baby was very active and the heartbeat was stable. I was not having any contractions so I was sent home and was told to come back if a number of things occurred. Well when I was trying to fall asleep for the night my stomach just did not feel quite right, then at 5am I woke up with really bad cramping/pain and diarrhea. After looking at the discharge paper I discovered these symptoms were a sign of preterm labor. (I had the same thing happen with Kara when I was induced with Cervidil). Off to labor and delivery I went to be monitored again. They did an ultrasound and said the baby was looking/doing great. With that we found out the baby is weighing in at 3 pounds 9 ounces and measurements were right on with my due date of April 13th. Next was a urinalysis... I have an uti and was having no symptoms. Who knew this could case all the cramping I was having! The nurse did an internal exam and said I was closed, no action going on. Woo Hoo! So after 7 hours of testing/monitoring I was sent home with an antibiotic to treat my infection.
It does not end here! Thursday about 2p I started bleeding. Not good. :( The office sent me in again. Dr Bishop said he would not be able to sleep if something was wrong. Thank goodness he did. Once I got there Dr Rolf-Anderson did another exam on me and discovered I was now 1 cm dilated and 75% effaced. So with that I was admitted and given procardia (a medication to stop labor) and a steroid to help the baby's lungs develop. She also gave me a fetal fibronection test and it came back positive for delivering sometime in the next 2 weeks. Talk about being freaked out! I was admitted until Saturday late morning. I was given a cervical lengthening ultrasound... the results were a 3, the nurse said they would be concerned if it was a 1 or under. The fetal fibronection was retested since it is known for false positives. It was negative, I was sent home with no medications and no restrictions. Believe me I am going to take it easy and listen to my body. I see my obgyn on Monday. I will never know if it was the fall that caused all of this. It could have just triggered it or been a strange coincidence.

Yes, sweet little one we are looking forward to your arrival but please stay in there as long as you can where it is safe and warm. We want you to be strong and healthy and every week counts.