Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Oh the Joys of Labor.

Sunday when I got off work I started having contractions. by the time I got home and out of the shower they were 8 minutes apart. By the time we made it to Women's they were 3-4 minutes apart. I was 34 weeks and 5 days and not dialating so they stopped them with trabutaline. Which is a drug I will not take again it raised my heart rate and gave me the shakes that were like a seizure. I was wiped Monday but luckily Jax went to school so I slept. Monday night I kept waking because of contractions, by tuesday morning they were 10-15 minutes apart and when I left the hospital they told me to go the the dr.'s if they got that close. Called to make an appointment with the dr. but instead they left a message with the nurse, who took an hour to get back with me and then told me to get straight to the office which made it seem as though it was emergent. We got there and preceded to wait for 2 hours, not hooked up to a fetal monitor and no ultrasound to be done. Jaxon was bored and became a monster. When finally seen they checked my cervix and Kaylee's heart rate and then sent me home. I was told I couldn't have an ultrasound because it could not be justified to the insurance because even if Kaylee is breeched or big it doesn't matter because I'm having a c-section. I am just frustrated because Sunday night they told me how important it was to rest and get to the dr.'s if the contractions got to 15 minutes because I am preterm and then the Dr.'s office told me to walk through the contractions and to not worry about the contractions. I need to hold out until next Tuesday when I will be 36 weeks. they will let me go ahead and have her after this point. Jaxon came at 37 weeks so I wouldn't be surprised if I went next week especially after working this weekend. I'm hoping my water will break so that they can not postpone delivery. The stinky part is that my OBGYN is out of town.I'm feeling better today and my contractions are far apart so I'm hoping for a good day and I pray I can get some stuff done around the house. Jason has a Test Thursday so I'm hoping for no more drama so that he can focus on his test.

1 comment:

Rebecca Harber said...

I'm praying for you girl!! How did Jason do on his test? Let me know if I can do anything for you.