SCARY!!!

This weekend brought on the scariest moments of our lives but a hospital stay and some rest and things seem to be going better!

Friday afternoon I started feeling a bit "off" and that is the only way I know how to describe it! I know there are pains that come with pregnancy and such, but this was just different! So, I took it easy and by the time I got home Friday night, I had ALOT of pelvic pressure. I went to bed as normal but noticed I was have more and more pains as the night progressed! Not all contraction pains either...there were those pains but then there were HARD cramping pains!

Needless to say, contractions were not timeable, but the pain was bad enough I called my clinic right away Saturday morning! They got me in to see them immediately. I did not want to go alone so I waited for Nick to get home from work and Aunt Missy stayed with Adi while we headed to the clinic. As soon as we arrived at the clinic they immediately told me we were to head to LABOR & DELIVERY!?!? Yikes...that alone scared me!

We got to the hospital and explained everything that was happening SO immediately the RN on duty hooked me up to the monitors and baby heartbeat was great and showed no signs of stress, however, I was contracting ever so slightly! Nothing to be completely alarmed about but enough to add a bit of concern to the situation!

After a battery of tests we heard the ever dreaded news...1 of the test came back POSITIVE for leaking amniotic fluids! Immediately the nurse called my OB's on call partner and she was headed to the hospital! And since we go to a small hospital, the ultrasound tech was not in house so she was immediately called STAT to the hospital as well! During all of this "commotion" I of course became a basket case! WHAT? No way! This cannot be happening! The baby is too small! Now what? What are we going to do? It was utter confusion and panic on my end but THANK GOD I have an amazing husband who was there with me every step of the way keeping me calm and reassuring me that EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE FINE!

Well, After 2 false positive tests for leaking fluids, an ultrasound showing that my fluid levels are NORMAL and the other main test for fluids came back negative, we all signed relief! We did discover that I have a bladder infection or UTI whichever you call it and THIS can cause pre-term labor especially if you dont catch it soon enough! Well, I had NO signs prior to Friday that anything was wrong. Usually UTI's bring along strong smelling urine, pain while urinating, etc.! I had none of those signs EXCEPT that I knew something was wrong!

After being admitted to the hospital because this is obviously not something ANY of us were willing to chance with me going home, I started bleeding, BRIGHT RED! NOT a good sign at all! However, it stopped by 4:30a.m. Saturday so we are saying it was either from the UTI irritating things OR it could also be from the exams that were performed! Either way, whichever it was, it is gone! I was released Sunday morning and all of us felt MUCH better and more confident that everything was going to be fine! I rested the rest of Sunday!

Monday I headed in to work and only made it about 3 hours and the cramping began again! So, I headed back home and left Adi at daycare so I could rest! After resting for a few hours, the cramping went away and I felt pretty good!

Today has been a good day! A few minor cramps here and there but that is normal and they felt normal so I got a full day of work in! From here on out, if I feel pain, I will be heading home and resting for the well being of myself and the baby!

I have never experienced anything so scary in my entire life and we just Thank God he is protecting our family and keeping us all safe!

P.S. The ultrasound showed baby growing at a rapid pace, about 2 weeks ahead of schedule and about the 97th percentile for size at this point!