Happy Halloween

I was so excited to be pregnant for Halloween. I had been searching for a costume for awhile and was excited to be a "Mummy to be." But as I'm learning, things don't seem to go as I plan. So, Halloween was going to be spent in the hospital, focused on keeping you two safe (so much more important than a silly costume and trick or treaters anyway!). But what was in store for us this Halloween, tricks or treats?

Wednesday started off pretty stressful with the cramps picking back up. At 7:15, I let the nurses know they were getting intense again. I had just taken my contraction pill at 7:00, so she wanted to wait until 8:00 to see if that helped. By 8:15 not only had the pills not worked, but cramps had definitely intensified. Unfortunately my nurse was with another patient at this time, so another nurse came in and moved the contraction monitor down on my belly to better pick up the cramps. (Super helpful that was - especially if this was preterm labor!! I didn't need them to be picked up, I needed them to stop!)

By 8:40, my pain level had really increased and I was starting to panic. Your daddy was already at work and my parents were on their way over. All I could think was that I did not want to deliver you two alone! Thank goodness my nurse, along with Terri, came in at this point. Based on where my pain was, they wondered if I had an infection instead of going into labor. 

So, after running a few tests, they discovered the pain was being caused by a UTI compounded by the fact that I had a baby on my bladder, a catheter, and a heart monitor pushing down on bladder. Pain was almost instantly gone once the catheter and monitor were removed, and things got even better once the antibiotics kicked in. 

From there, it was a pretty uneventful day and even ended with me being sent back upstairs since things had stabilized so much....until the middle of the night!

Early Halloween morning (2:40 AM), I was woken up for another round of IV antibiotics only to find my vein was not corporating. So, I had to wait for the IV team to come up, give me yet another IV, and then finally we could start my antibiotics. What should have been a quick 30 minutes, turned into an hour and a half. I finally fell back asleep around 4:15, but that didn't last long either!

It seemed as if we were going to have more tricks than treats this Halloween. I was woken up at 6:15 by very constant contractions and had at least one nearly every minute for 15 minutes! So, it was back on the monitors and discussion of sending me back to labor and delivery! This time, your daddy decided to stay and be a little late to work. After two hours of monitoring and more meds, things seemed to return to "normal" and we were allowed to stay on third floor.

Not sure what it is about the mornings boys, but it seems like most excitement is during this time. Once the excitement dies down, the rest of the day seems to be fairly uneventful. I was so concerned we'd have you two by Halloween. So I'm so thankful for another two days down with you still safe inside and pray for many more!