Talk about Bad Timing

So I went to the doctor 6/1610 and let her know that the night before I had some pinkish tinted vaginal mucus (Sorry if thats TMI!!) and have had ALOT of Braxtin Hicks Contractions lately. If you have more then 6 in an hour your supposed to let your doctor know. I was having over 20 easily in a day and its very difficult and, although not necessarily painful, very uncomfortable!

She decided to check my cervix, and sure enough I was dilated to 1cm, and had a very intense contraction right there in the office. She put me on the monitor at the clinic for 20min. When she looked at the results she was slightly concerned because I was so irritable. She did a fFN or fetal fibronecton test, which thank goodness came back negative, and then sent me over to L&D for further monitoring. I was hooked up to 1000mL of  IV fluids, and had some lab tests done. 5hours after my original doctor appointment I was finally sent home and put on pelvic rest. Which means no sex, or orgasms.

The nurse who passed on the message to me was rather rude about it all. She came in and explained (with Zack standing right at the side of the bed next to me) that he would be fine going without me, and suggested for fathers day that I give Zack a bottle of lotion, some privacy, and a porn magazine! She then went on saying I didnt need to worry because she knew all about it since she had a husband and kids. all I could think was "Um what? and WHY would you say that.... ???!?!"  --  Zack and I just looked at each other and gave a very obvious "thats not funny" chuckle as she laughed her way out the door. UGH! I'm just praying I dont have her as a nurse while I'm in the hospital when I have my c-section!!


So anyway. I now have doctors appointments 2x a week. Mondays and Thursdays, every other appointment I have an ultrasound, and every 2weeks I have a fFN test. My doctor confirmed the pelvic rest thing, and added that I should try lift on my daughter as little as possible along with not lifting anything heavy. When BH contractions start to try just take it easy...sit down put my feet up and rest a few minutes before continuing about my day.

Its not easy when Zack works 8-12hrs a day full time, and we are trying to get ready for the baby, and remodel what we can afford to, along with fixing and repairing all the things that keep breaking along the way...like last night and the sump pump. We are taking it a day at a time...sometimes a hour at a time, or minute by minute...We have defiantly had our days where we are super productive, and our not so productive days.

Keep us in your prayers!