Thursday, March 10, 2011

pre-term labor...

I thought I should probably post a little about what has been going on lately with my pregnancy. On Friday, february 25th I started feeling some pain in my right side and my stomach hurt to even touch. I talked myself out of going to the hospital because I knew Nephi's clinic was open on saturday and I thought that I was probably having some kidney problems. The next day I called and made an appointment and headed to Nephi. I ran in to my friend Erin and got to have a good visit with her... she kept telling me that she thought I was in labor but I wasn't convinced. When I saw the dr. he said that I had a uti but that I needed to be checked on the monitors to see about contractions. When they hooked me up, I immediatley remembered being in labor with Justice and started feeling even more pain. They tried to give me some antibiotic and fluids because they thought the uti was what was causing them but it did not help. I then got some more meds and some more tests which did not help the cause. My dr. had found out that one of my tests said that my body thought it would have a baby in 7 to 14 days. Not good when you are not due until the end of May. He decided to send me by ambulance to utah valley and then gave me some magnesium sulfate that stopped my labor. They sent me home after two days, and put me on bedrest. I have been doing really well but started to feel contractions again yesterday and some more today. I don't know if it is because I went to partial bed rest or what. It has been scary but I have had so much help. I can't thank my family, and my friends and the relief society enough. They have all been so wonderful to help me and so willing to do anything for me. I seriously have not had to do a thing for a couple of weeks now. I am going to keep trying to keep this baby in as long as possible. We want a healthy happy baby!!! Thanks to everyone who has helped and also all those who have worried and prayed for us. Thank you, Thank you

2 comments:

The Jones Family said...

My sister is going through the same things right now. She has made it to almost 34 weeks so far, so keep it up! Let me know if you need anything. I'm on modified rest, too, but I can cook, visit, whatever you need!

Susanna said...

I bet it's SO hard for you to take it easy! That's so scary!! I hope that little baby stays put, I love ya, Dee!