For those who don't know, I went into the hospital thursday evening for pre-term labor. I'll post the big long story as soon as I get around to writing it. It probably sounds worse than it is, though: they managed to stop the contractions with little harm done, then kept me around to make sure there weren't any more problems. They had me on Magnesium Sulfate for the first 36 hours in the hospital and it made me pretty wretched but it stopped the contractions. Ever since they took me off it, I've felt pretty good.
So, we are back from the hospital. They took me off the magnesium sulfate Saturday morning and just observed me all day Saturday. I was still having a few contractions but not enough to worry anyone. The baby is completely ok, with a healthy heartbeat and plenty of room to move around still. We had an ultrasound- he measured almost three weeks early, moving my due date up from May 20th to May 5th.
My current orders are complete bedrest, with bathroom privileges only. I am allowed to sit up, however, so that's nice. Being able to go to the bathroom on my own seems like a huge wonderful blessing, so I guess I'll be happy with that for now.
The doctor that was on-call (not my own doc) told me to get scheduled for an appt with my own OB tomorrow to discuss the more long term plan, so I can't tell you what it looks like until I've talked to her.
For the record, Kenny has been wonderful. He handled all the hospital-ness wonderfully and has been a wonderful help.
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I've been following your story on Lori's blog...you've been in my thoughts! I'm glad they were able to stop the contractions, and that the little one is good. I've heard bed rest isn't much fun, but it's amazing what we'll do to make sure our kids are okay! You guys are great parents already. Thinking of you...
Yikes Jen! I'm glad you are doing okay now, minus the whole bed rest thing. I'm sure Kenny is going to do great helping you out until the baby comes.
Amazing how our little ones demand our attention. Yours is just getting a great head start. We are glad that everything is ok, but we'll keep praying.
I thought of another cute name--Tucker.
I'm so glad everything is okay
wow jen im glad everything is ok. as nice as bedrest sounds at 630 in the morning I bet it gets old real quick. Im glad you got everything worked out though.
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