sometimes i just forget to post stuff in the playroom, since this is just a subforum and we talk about our big kids.
but here's my night, and christmas too, copied from my original post, plus a bizarre u/s picture and the heartbeat:
written xmas day:
my kids and i were staying overnight at my mom's last night-- or so the plan was.
my mom asked for some help with last minute cleaning, and i said sure-- not that i wanted to, heh. i only carried like, one basket of laundry, not even very heavy, so i can't really blame that. i did a pretty good amount of walking. i'm not sure what caused it, but i started getting a bunch of contractions (hadn't had them much since 25 weeks), like every few minutes, plus very low back pain
and pressure in the bottom of my belly. the baby was facing up in my 29 week ultrasound, so i figured that there was a small chance that it could be some sort of early back labour symtpoms. i laid down for a little while, but then decided to drive myself to the hospital. i didn't want to make my mom or step-dad go out, cos they had so much to do getting ready for morning, and my kids needed a sitter anyhow, and the only other person around was my 15-year-old brother, who has a learner's permit, but hates driving-- and i didn't want to force him to come to the hospital with me in the snow, at 11pm on Christmas Eve, to wait for who-knows-how-long. so, i told my mom that i wanted to go in, just as precaution, and not to worry. i'm sure she was worried anyway, but i really didn't think anything was happening-- but since i deliver so quickly, i wanted to get in there as soon as i could, so that something could be done if i was actually beginning labour, kwim?
the L&D unit was very slow. i had their undivided attention, from the moment i walked in, so that was cool-- never happens when i am delivering though, naturally!
and my doctor was one from the practice i go to, whom i hadn't met yet, but she was soooo nice. i totally love her, and hope i get to see her more often than the other two i've been seeing.
i told her my symptoms, and they had me on a monitor right away-- duckie's heartrate was in the 140s, but then dropped into the 120s for much of the night. my BP started at 122/64, and was like 114/50 by the time i left, this morning... i like to remember these little details, sorry i get so specific.
hehe.
i got my 4th ultrasound, with an old machine, that couldn't even print. i had the dr. get shot of the baby's head for me, and the nurse is the one who recorded duckie's heartbeat, nice and close-up.
they were so sweet!
then i requested a weight estimate. dr. silk said that she isn't specifically trained for it, and that the u/s machine was so old that it would be a rough estimate, but i asked her to check anyway. she measured 4 different spots, and came up with a weight between 3-12 and 4-5. i was pleased to hear that. and then she checked me-- she had a very hard time reaching-- i know i'm about 3 cm on the outside, and now, at 32 weeks (tomorrow) she said i am *actually* "at least 1 cm". i didn't get checked until 34 weeks with missy, and was also already 1 cm by that point. oh, and i am 30% effaced, and a -4 station. I asked how that sounded for 32 weeks, and a third time mother, and she said it was just fine. she also said that since my other two babies were early, to definitely expect this one 3-4 weeks early. :-S
the "blood clot" on my arm, i had her check out, and she believes it's a cyst. i have them in both wrists, unfortunately... but it's preferable to a clot, right! i actually have a few of these in spots where i had weird bites or something, over thanksgiving, so i have an appt. on the 4th to see what they may really be.
they decided at midnight, that the head doctor on call wanted to keep me overnight for observation-- well, for 4-5 hours. i was contracting a bit, and didn't sleep much, so i concentrated on keeping the baby's heartbeat on the monitor, out of boredom-- at least i brought a variety puzzle book... and my nurse was happy that she didn't have to keep coming in and adjusting the monitor for me.
so, anyhow, my dr. was going to let me sleep until 8am, since i got very very little rest. i kept having nurses come in and try to take my monitor and send me on my way. so finally at 7:45, i just got up and left, and "finished" sleeping back at my mother's. it then took another hour to fall asleep, so i slept maybe three hours all night, and had to get up at 10:45 to open gifts with the kids. at noon, we headed to mike's, and he had more gifts~ they loooooved every one of them, which made him feel good. then i took the kids back to my mom's in late afternoon for a lasagna/ham/meatball dinner, and more presents from more people. i tried to shop for them earlier last night- stuff from ME- but stupid wal-mart closed before 7:30, so i only managed to get them each a pack of 100 "reward" stickers at CVS, for their posters-- timmy has been badly misbehaving in school (throwing chairs, pinching a girl's bottom, smacking himself, flapping his arms and twirling in circles, backtalking to his teacher, to name a few
...) so he gets 1 sticker for having a good day in school (and a small prize for 5 good days), and Melissa gets 1 sticker for peeing in the toilet, and 2 stickers for #2. they've both been doing well with the system, by the way. missy hasn't had an accident the past 5 poops in a row, and we are all so proud, especially her!
i guess that's my whole story, for L&D, and Christmas Day. it was nice to see my brothers and sister. even my sister's normally heinous and ridiculously-rude boyfriend was on his best behaviour-- super-friendly, and even asking questions about Duckie, and looking at my ultrasounds as if he cared (he goes on and on about how much he hates kids, and i've overheard him calling my kids offensive names, the a-hole- so gld i like, never see him anymore. though i do miss my sister.). bizarre, but appreciated!
i wonder what my sister said, to get him to act so nice to us.
so, everything seems okay now, and OH, baby is still head down, yahoo!
the nurse took this, since she could get closer to the machine-- i never recorded the other kids, since i didn't have camera phones or anything back then... that is her hand, the whole time,
and the u/s machine, they just pulled in a super-old one and i could hardly tell what was what. i asked my dr. to take a picture of the face, and here is what we got. she tried to point out the eyes and nose, and said the top of the head was on the right side. anyone see it?
and while i'm at it, 32 weeks:
and i wore a santa hat:
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