I can't believe it's March!! We're having a BABY this month! Whaaaat?!? Our little man is also excited for it to be March, and let us know that with another one of his theatrical episodes. Silly boy.
So Saturday was March 1st. Ryan worked for FedEx, and I cleaned a little and ran some errands. It was a normal day, nothing exceptional happened. Except I made a minky blanket with satin binding. If you don't look too close, it actually turned out cute. That was exceptional, since I know nothing pretty much about sewing. But I digress.
We went to bed like normal, fell asleep like normal, and a few hours later I woke up to pee like normal. That's when I discovered I was bleeding. Again. Not so normal (although it seems to be turning into a normal thing for us. Good grief). It was just like when I started bleeding back on January 1st when we came home from California. This time, I didn't start to panic since I'm so close to being considered full term. Whereas before, if he had been born then he would have only weighed between 1-2lbs. That would have been scary! Anyway, so I went back to our room to quietly get my phone and call the emergency line for my OB before waking Ryan. He heard me though and asked if everything was ok. I sighed and said no, that I was bleeding again and was going to call and find out if we needed to go to L&D. I called the doctor on call and explained what was going on. I told him that this had happened once before, but the circumstances were different. He said that he wanted to be safe rather than sorry, and wanted me to go to the hospital to get checked out. So I went back to the room and told Ryan that we needed to go to the hospital. We got dressed and headed out at 3:45am. There was no one on the roads, which was convenient. We parked and walked slowly (cause I waddle. A lot. And slowly) to the maternity ward. We got taken to a room and told that the doctor I had spoken with told them I was coming in.
I got changed into their lovely hospital gown, and then hooked up to the two monitors. One is for baby's heart beat and the other is to monitor contractions. Then the nurse said that she needed to check my cervix at the instruction of the doctor, since that may have been the cause of the bleeding the last time.
*I had my first cervical check on Thursday at my OB appt, and she said then that I was 1cm dilated and 50% effaced. I had no side effects after the check like some women do (ie bleeding, contractions, etc)*
When she checked my cervix, she said that I was still only 1cm dilated, but I was now 70% effaced. So in a matter of 2.5 days, I'd progressed 20%. I'm ok with that! She said that it did look like the bleeding had stopped, and couldn't determine the cause for sure. Again, sounds like last time. She said that sometimes having the cervical check can cause bleeding, but they only expect that in the 24hrs after the exam. And all of this was happening well beyond the 24hr mark, so she didn't think that was the cause. She said that they were going to monitor me for 20-30min and then let me go.
About 45 minutes later, she came back in to let us know that they wanted to keep monitoring baby and me for awhile longer. Apparently baby's heart beat wasn't showing the "accelerations" that they were wanting to see. She propped me on my side to see if that made any difference, and said she would be back in awhile. I just read my Kindle while Ryan took a cat nap. After we had been there for a total of 2 hours, the nurse came back and said that they were going to release me. She said that at one point I was having regular contractions and they had started to wonder if I was going to go into labor, but then they slowed and spaced back out. Ryan and I looked at each other and were like what contractions?! I had a teensy bit of cramping at one point, but that's it. Baby was moving like crazy, and I hadn't noticed my stomach getting hard. I'm ok not feeling contractions until I have to! As long as when I really do go into labor, I have enough time to get to the hospital. That's my only condition for it. Haha. She said that baby's heart beat looked great, most of the time. She said that every so often it looked like there was an arrhythmia or a murmur that had them slightly concerned. The doctor on call said that I need to go in once a week for a Non-Stress Test (NST) so they can monitor his heart. Then they unhooked me and sent me on my way.
Now, normally I worry about *everything*. Way more than is necessary (or healthy probably). But this time, I'm not overly worried. I figure if there was a big enough issue with his heart beat, they would have kept me. But they didn't, so I shouldn't stress. I'll being seeing someone twice a week until he's born (between the NST and the weekly OB appt), so baby will be closely monitored. And if it so happens that he comes now, he may not even have any time in the NICU at this point. So everything is going to be ok. And more than anything, I've had many reassurances that Heavenly Father is aware of us and everything will be ok. :)
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