More Adventure at IMC

Wednesday August 29^th was an eventful day.  The contractions were nonexistent during the morning hours! This was nice.  My first visit from the nurse is at 5:00 AM for my antibiotic, then at 6:00 for my vitals to be checked and usually the resident and family practitioner stops in between 6 and 7.  This process definitely starts the day off early.  This is all worth it for our little Parker.  It was nice to take my antibiotics by mouth today and have the IV removed.  The vein was very red, swollen and sore from the antibiotics.  Wednesday morning I had another non stress test to watch my contractions and Parker’s heart rate. His heart rate was still in a great range!  This is always a huge relief.  I have a non stress test daily and then the nurses will check his heart rate at least twice a day as well.  It can be checked more frequently if I have any concerns or am not feeling him move much.  I was also visited by the Social Worker yesterday.  I know it is routine, checking in on my well being and how I am dealing with everything that is going on.  Having taken a few social work classes, I had expected this visit. It was great, I also talked to him about his master’s degree, as that is where I am headed after this current adventure!  Jared and I have had fun playing card games, chatting and enjoying some down time together.  It was fun to have a few visitors and sorry to those that I missed.  Jared and I were able to tour the NICU and learn the process we will go thru when Parker comes.  I am so grateful for modern medicine and for this wonderful facility.  I know that Parker will be fine and eventually this adventure will calm down as we move onto our next adventure, whatever that may be! 

For those of you wondering, yes I can have visitors.  Visiting hours are 11-8.  I am at the Women’s Center and IMC in Murray.  It is building #7.  I am in room 314.  

It was Monday, August 27^th when I noticed that I was leaking fluid so I called my doctor. They got me in an hour later, running 3 different tests to verify what the fluid was.  One test was positive for ambionic fluid, one was negative and the third was inconclusive.  Next my doctor called over to Intermountain Medical center to get a second opinion.  Well I was sent over to IMC for additional tests.  I love the violation of the tests!  It was confirmed that I was leaking fluid, so I was admitted.  During the process an ultrasound was performed to measure the amount of fluid remaining in the sac.  The amount was great still, but I am now on bed rest and will be in the hospital until Parker joins us.  Labor is inevitable now that my sac is ruptured.  Contractions began during the admission process and grew stronger. These lasted for 18 hours and then calmed down.  I slept for an hour and a half the first night, other than that the nurses were in and out every hour thru the night, checking vitals on me and on Parker.  I was hooked up to a fetal heart rate monitor and to a monitor measuring and timing the contractions.  Needless to say it was a very long night.  Tuesday morning I was sent to have another ultrasound done.  It was discovered thru this test that I have lost about half of the fluid in the sac, but was still in a safe zone and Parker’s heart rate was still great and consistent.  At this point I was moved to a regular room and no longer had to wear monitors 24 hours a day.  This was great, it made sleeping much easier and the nurses only looked in every two hours and took my vitals every 4 hours.  This made sleeping much easier Tuesday night.   I will admit, being in bed is very tough.  I am a busy body and don’t do well being down.  But I will do what it takes to get my little boy here safely.

Jared has been amazing thru all of this, taking such great care of me and of Parker.  My co-workers have been great as has my ward and neighbors. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers, for all of the help with our dogs and other needs, wants and crazy desires.  Jared and I are greatly appreciative.  

The start of pregnancy

Wow, it has been a very long time.  I guess this is the perfect opportunity to do some updating.  It was Thursday, February 23^rd, 2012 when the discovery was made that Jared and I would be expecting a little bundle of joy, due date October 31, 2012.  Jared and I are ecstatic.  So here goes the next adventure of our married life.  Our first ultrasound was at 8 weeks and everything was moving along fantastic.  I am very grateful that I did not have a lot of morning sickness.  I discovered that eating something every 2 hours kept the nausea away.  Honey Nut Cheerios were the perfect snack.  I also craved spicy food. Jared’s homemade salsa was heaven sent!  At 15 weeks we discovered we would be having a sweet little boy.  Needless to say, both of us were very surprised as 3 girls preceded our little boy.  MaKayla, Celeste and Emma are beyond excited to have a little brother.  They thoroughly enjoyed talking to my belly all summer long.  Up to week 30, the pregnancy was going smooth.