Today I'm 23 weeks and got my second trip to the ER. We got about an inch of pure ice last night which made walking in my driving complete hell! I was so careful until I went to get into my car and my feet flew out from underneath me and I landed right on my side....
Jeff is out of town for work so I was bawling like a baby and called him. After calming down a bit I called my OB's office and they asked me to come in. Once I got there they sent me straight to L&D to be checked out at the brand new hospital-I think I was the only person in L&D lol.
They did an ultrasound to check the baby and placenta-all looks good! She was measuring about 1lb 5 oz!! That's awesome since Dr.Drake was concerned abut her being small-I guess my increase in eating has helped her to grow more. The u/s tech said she had big eyes :-) Her legs measured 22weeks and her tummy measured 24. I told Jeff so now he thinks we are going to have a short and chubby little girl, lol.
Next was the uterus monitor......which showed I was having contractions. I had no idea what they felt like. I told the nurse I could just feel G pushing on my belly really hard and it was getting tight. Uh...nope, that's a contraction she said! I wish someone had told me that because I've been having them once or twice every few days. However they aren't worried unless we have more than 4 in an hour. The first couple hours I felt quite a few and watched the machine as it printed out the sheet with big dips and hills from the monitor.
Finally the nurse let me eat too!! I was so excited:-) Granted it was only a pb&j but I was still happy. Around 12 my contractions slowed to less than one an hour and the nurse finally said I could go home.
So now I'm home hanging out on the couch. I have to watch for the contractions-now that I actually know what to watch for! We go in for a recheck in a week to make sure everything is still good. I'm so ready for May..I can't wait to hold her and just know she's healthy and ok!!
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Yikes! I'm glad you and little G are okay!
glad that you both are doing good. not the kind of excitement you want this early on, or while the hubby is away
You just wanted to feel a little of what I was feeling that day! Hehehe! I'm glad you are okay and Dr. M was glad to hear who it was that was in L&D on the west side. He said it just tells him that someone is there and how far along they are. I'm glad everything is okay!
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