37 Weeks and 5 Days Pregnant!
If I had just one word to describe yesterday, it would be rough.
I started work at 7:30, which means I was up at 6. I had a full day of patients scheduled, and no breaks scheduled. Yup, you read that right. No lunch, no 15 minute breaks, just me and back to back patients for the whole day (which ended at 2). . . .did I mention I'm 9 months pregnant? Sometimes I think they forget that at work, I'm not sure how, but they do. I did eat breakfast around 6:45, so that was ok. Work was horrible, all my patients showed and I had two difficult ones in a row which lead me to be 45 minutes behind schedule (which is a whole appointment). I ended up not finishing my day until 2:45 because of that. The whole day at work all I was able to eat was a 1/2 of a yogurt and a handful of chocolate covered almonds, so nutritious I know.
I got home from work around 3:15 and I had to rush out again because Jared and I had a pediatrician interview at 3:45, and then my weekly OB appointment at 4:30.
The pediatrician interview went pretty well. They were very prompt which I loved. They also have lots and lots of nurses to answer phone questions which is important to us as first time parents. I'm sure we are going to need lots of hand holding.
Then we got to the OB's office. She was 45 minutes behind schedule (I think that's a common hazard for an OB/GYN). When they finally saw me my BP was elevated, of course. I'm still 1-2 centimeters dilated, but she said I was about 90% effaced this time. Then the doctor wanted me to wait around till my BP lowered, and she also wanted to put me on the fetal monitor. While the waiting for my BP to come down was nerve wracking, it eventually lowered enough to where they said I'd be ok to go home. The fetal monitor was the cool part. They strapped me up with the two bands with sensors on them and we got to listen to Bean's heart beat and wait for him to move around. (I think what I technically had was a Non Stress Test) I think it's so hilarious to watch Bean with sensors on my belly because I think he hates them. He almost always kicks the doppler wand, and the fetal monitor was no different. It was like he was doing all he could to roll to the other side of my belly away from the sensors. The bitchy nurse practitioner was watching the paper and said he looked really good. Every time he moved his heart rate would elevate like it should. She said that means he's getting plenty of oxygen. That's when she told me I was also having regular mild contractions.
Who knew?! I did feel sort of tense and icky all day, but I had no idea I was having contractions. At that point the doctor came in and said "No work for you tomorrow!" It wasn't an issue because I have Fridays off so I asked her if I could go to work on Saturday. Her response was, "Let's see how Friday goes first." Then she said she felt pretty confident that I was going to have the baby this weekend!
At this point it was around 7:30pm, and I was so exhausted and hungry. I woke up this morning for a bathroom break around 3am and laid awake in bed thinking about having the baby. That is when I decided to start my maternity leave a week early. I don't want another day like Thursday, it was awful. With the end of the year approaching and people wanting to get in to use the remainder of their insurance I feel pretty confident all next week would be like yesterday. I don't feel refreshed after my night of sleep like I normally do either. I'm having a little bit of swelling in my ankles (it's not too bad), and my lower back is hurting still. I think it's all from over doing it yesterday.
So here I am relaxing on the couch with the cat waiting for my contractions to get stronger and merit a visit to the hospital or my water to break. I think I'm still having some (it's so hard to tell) but they aren't regular so I think I'm ok. Everybody keeps telling me I should be resting, so I hope you guys are happy! I'm finally giving in. :-) I will say I'm very proud of myself for working a very physically hard job up until a week before my induction. Go me! hahahaha
Stay tuned, we might have some fun posts soon!
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