Today and this weekend has been hell for me as far as back pain goes. Friday and Saturday night I was on all fours rocking back and forth with my DH trying to massage the pain out of my back. Then, this morning I woke up at 4am with a severe chest cold. I made myself a cup of tea and then went back to bed. LO was moving around in there perfectly at that time. When I woke back up at 8, I was feeling a little better. I began to notice that I wasn't feeling a thing...(my LO is very active) so Ross(DH) made my french toast and I drank a big glass of orange juice. We watched for about two or more hours but still no movement at all. We decided to ring the hospital and they wanted us to come directly in to L&D.
Once there, they hooked me up to the doppler and all these other things. Found LO right away and her heartbeat was strong and steady between 150 and 160. They wanted to monitor it for about 20 minutes so she gave me water and left the room. When she returned she asks; are you having cramps? I said, no why. She says, well because you're having contractions. You just had three in the last 10 minutes. I WAS LIKE, WHAT?! I wasn't even feeling anything at all except my baby kicking. They decided to give me a shot to stop the contractions and check if I was dilated. 1 hour later they checked my cervix and I was not dilated at all. The contractions had stopped from the shot, but they kept me there for 45 more minutes to monitor them. Right when they were about to release me, I had a couple contractions but they weren't as regular and since my cervix was not dilated, the doctor decided to still go ahead with discharging me.
They said I should have came in over the weekend with my bad back pain. It sounds like they thought I was dehydrated or was having Braxton Hicks that were more regular than usual. Either way, I'm not dilated and seem to be ok. They gave me a huge, huge ass water bottle and demanded that I drink or else. Ha! This was the scariest part of these last 7-8 months. I realized laying there on the bed that I'm not ready for this yet. Not ready at all....all I kept thinking about was all the items that I still needed to buy and everything.
Anyway, sorry for the long post and thanks to anyone who spends the time to read this. It's been a long, frustrating, and surprising day. I'm glad just to be home with LO still inside and kicking away.
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