I was in pain all day on September 21, 2011 but wanted to wait to see if the pain would stop. It sort of felt like menstrual cramps so around 10:00 pm I decided to call the doctor so he could tell me what he wanted me to do. He immediately said go to L & D, so me and Mel hopped in the car and went to the hospital. I checked in and they took me to my triage room and checked me but my cervix was completely closed and I had not dilated one bit! However, the nurse stated that my contractions were 2-5 mins apart and they didn’t want me to go into preterm labor so they gave me some medicine to stop the contractions or should I say slow them down. They stopped for a while and came back and were now 7 mins apart so they gave me another shot to stop the contractions and an ultrasound, uti test, and some fluid because they also felt like I was dehydrated. Everything was fine and uti came back negative so they wanted to wait to see what would happen because they didn’t want to give me anymore medicine to stress the baby.
My babyshower is the 2nd of October so I told little Mercy to stay put until that’s over and then she can do what she wants b/c she’ll be full term then. It’s amazing how my body is preparing for the little one to come… I was induced with Madison so I have no idea what “going into labor felt like” I wanted that experience so I told my doctor ahead of time that I didn’t want to be induced and I wanted it to happen on its own. With Madison I was leaking Amniotic Fluid so they took her at 37 1/2 weeks and she was 7 pds 5 oz, which was fine because she was full term and I just wanted the both of us to be safe.
While giving me the ultrasound the nurse stated that the baby was already 5 pds and 10 oz and that she was completely healthy so that put a huge smile on my face. I told them I just want her to be healthy and that whatever they needed to do I was willing to go with the flow. I was blessed enough to go home and not be induced. Hopefully, she stays in there at least until after the baby shower b/c I’ll be 37 weeks (full term) and b/c we can’t miss out on all the precious gifts:-) We were at the Hospital for about 16 hours until they discharged me. I’m still contracting but they are farther apart and they stated that when they get closer they want me to come back.