Week 30: A stay in the hospital

This week started out pretty well. Doug and I actually went out to lunch sans Finnegan with some friends for a Christmas High Tea. It was a special treat and the food was really good.

Later that evening I woke up with terrible abdominal pains that just swept over me in waves and it was excruciating. After about 20 minutes of trying to get back to sleep I told Doug to take me to the hospital.

After my initial examination the doctor determined that my stomach and intestinal pains had triggered pre-term labor. So, they gave me some muscle relaxers to stop the pain which took about 30 minutes and I started feeling better. By 2:00 a.m. Doug and Finnegan went home for the night and I tried to get some sleep.

The worst part about being in the hospital is that the nurses are constantly waking you up to check for vital signs and it's hard to go back to sleep.

In the morning, I had a fever of 104 degree and they had to give me meds to bring it down because that's not good for the baby. After all my blood work came back it was determined that I had a virus that caused me to be very dehydrated and that along with the pain caused the pre-term labor.

Finally at 6:15 p.m. I met with my OBGYN and she told me that everything was looking good the baby was doing great. So, they released me and Doug picked me up to take me home.

It was great to be home and sleep in my own bed because the hospital bed was soo hard it made my back hurt.

Unfortunately, Doug has the same thing I do and he's feeling terrible. Now it's my turn to take care of him.

Hopefully we will all be healthy for Christmas.