The day finally came after waiting for what seemed like forever! I finally got to see what had been inside me for so long! I got to meet my little...... stitches! Haha. You thought I was going to say baby. Nope! She decided to stay in there for a little while longer and keep us all waiting some more. What a diva.
I was so excited for yesterday to finally come. I was busy getting my laundry done, a hospital bag packed, I got a babysitter lined up and a back-up sitter just in case we ended up being there all night. It was totally prepared for me to have my baby yesterday. So I guess it would just figure that of course she wouldn't come.
We arrived at the Idaho Falls hospital at about 7:30 am. My neighbor was at my house waiting for the boys to wake up so she could take them to her house for the day. I was pretty nervous on the ride down. I kept thinking about stories I had read online about the stitches being removed. Some said it was no big deal while others said, "It was the most painful 20 minutes of my life, worse than labor!" I was hoping to be in the "no big deal" category. Then I was also wondering if I would be going into labor shortly after, but that didn't even scare me as much because I knew I would already be in the hospital, being monitored and under a very controlled environment. I am always more scared of the unknown and the getting to the hospital part.
So anyways, we arrived at labor and delivery and my doctor happened to be there already behind the desk talking to the nurses. I went right into a room and got changed into a gown. It wasn't too long before my doctor came in and was ready to take the stitches out. I wouldn't say it was a fun experience but I also wouldn't say it was worse than labor or that it was super painful. It was painful, but I didn't have any drugs or anything. Kind of like a really long and really uncomfortable pap smear. TMI? Girls will understand. Then after that they wanted to monitor me for contractions for about an hour. After an hour, the nurse came back in and told me I had been having contractions but they lasted less than a minute (about 40 seconds) and weren't very big. They would come regulary for a few minutes then kind of stop for a while. So she had called my doctor and the doctor told her to give me a 20 mg Niphedipine to try and stop the contractions. I kind of didn't want to take the pill because I wanted her to just come and be done with it all but the nurse handed me the pill and the water and watched me take it. It was kind of a bummer. So then they monitored me for another hour and then they decided to send me home at about 11:30. The nurse had checked me again and I was still dialated to just a 3, which is what I was even when I had my stitches still in last week (except for the section that was stitched shut.) So, no change there.
We left the hospital and decided to go to Kohl's and a couple other places. After a couple more hours we decided it was safe to go back home to Rexburg. My doctor told me she wants me to keep taking the Niphedipine pills (10 mg, 3 times a day) that I had been taking for about the past 2 months. I guess the goal is at least 37 weeks. I thought it was 36 weeks. Maybe they just keep punking me and want me to go to 40 weeks. But I guess at that hospital they have a policy about having to keep any baby in the NICU for at least 12 hours that is born at less than 37 weeks. No exceptions. So I think they are just trying to avoid that "pre-term" label that would get her any time in the NICU.
Who thinks I will make it till next Wednesday??? (37 weeks) I don't have any clue. I guess we'll see! I am laying here feeling really yucky right now. Almost like, nauseous. I think my stomach keeps tightening like it was in the hospital but I don't want to go to the hospital until I am sure it's real labor. Plus I don't want a Friday the 13th baby. Then after that it's the weekend and that's kind of a hassle. Then Josh works again starting Monday so I think I better just hold off unil next Wednesday or Thursday. She couldn't just come yesterday! Dang it.
Oh and P.S. I turned 28 on Wednesday. Happy Birthday to me.
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