Baby Shower

I just had my baby shower this past weekend. It was great! I don't believe I will have to buy a thing to prepare for my little one to get here. I had preterm labor once again and had to get another shot to stop it. That's okay. I'm at 36 weeks now and it is getting closer and I'm getting more and more nervous and excited everyday. After everything I have been through I'm thinking little Dalton won't make an appearance until later. He's going to be stubborn like his mommy I'm guessing. I have been so tired lately. No matter what time I go to bed I don't get up until lunchtime. I've got to stop that. Baby is going to need a lot of time and attention when he gets here. We have changed Dalton's middle name once again. We decided on Dalton Bristol since Bristol is a family name. My husband changes his mind everyday about what he wants the middle name to be. Family and friends are telling us they aren't going to believe his name until it is on paper. I've been feeling better these last few weeks. I feel lighter and more comfortable. I don't know why. Maybe he has dropped. If he has I can't tell because my torso is so short. I am also dilated 3cm now. I asked the doctor if labor would go quicker because I was already dilated so much but she said not necessarily. So I guess I will still be in store for a possibly long labor :( Thank you guys for reading my blog. I'm glad you are enjoying it. I'm sorry I haven't written in a while. I've been busy trying to get ready.

Getting ready for the baby....

So my mom and uncle and aunt came down last weekend and put up a crib for little Dalton. It's so cute. I love it! I go to the doctor today which is good. I think everything will be fine. I will let you guys know as soon as I know. I'm getting more and more excited about Dalton getting here and more nervous that I won't know what to do with him once he is here....lol. My husband keeps telling me that my parenting instinct will kick in once he is here and that I have nothing to worry about. I hope that's true! Even if I do get all kinds of confused about what to do when he gets here I always have my mom. She's just a phone call away. She's had three of us so I'm sure she could tell me what to do if I ever needed any advice. Well you guys it's off to take a shower and then to a doctor's appointment!

Updates

So here's what's up. On Friday the doctor had let me off of bed rest and said I could go back to work. I went back to work and only worked two hours before contractions started so I called the doc and she put me back on bed rest. I then had painful contractions on Monday morning at 5am. I called the doc to schedule an appointment to find out what was going on. I went to my doctor at 1:45 Monday and they were telling me that the pains and stuff I felt when I was standing and moving at work were normal. They also told me I could continue working up until my delivery date. Then she said she would check my cervix right quick and she did. Previous hospital stay I was dialated 1cm this time I was dialated 1 to 2 and 80%. So they sent me to the hospital right away. I was having contractions and they couldn't get them to stop with fluids like last time, so they had to give me a shot of Tributelene (not sure how to spell it) and then they admitted me for a boring overnight stay. The contractions eventually stopped but since I have been hospitalized twice in the last 10 days they decided that the baby would probably come earlier than his due date (August 21st) so they gave me a shot of steriods and another shot of steroids this morning to help his lungs develop and mature quicker. They said that they would expect him to come when I'm at 32 or 33 weeks which is really early. I'm at 29 weeks now. I have been put back on bed rest for the next two weeks and I go tomorrow to get another fetal fibronectin test done to see if I'm at risk of having him within the next two weeks. On top of all of this they were very kind to share with me that I also have a yeast infection. Yipee! I will you guys this, the doctors seem to think I'm doing something wrong. I have quit drinking soft drinks and drink nothing but water like they asked me to and everytime I go to the hospital for preterm labor they are like see what fluids do you need to drink a lot of water. Well I've been doing everything perfectly and this baby just wants to come out. I get so frustrated when I have to go to the hospital and the doctor looks at me all accusingly like I have done something wrong. Then they grill me about if I'm having sex or not. I haven't been able to have sex but for 2 months out of this pregnancy and two of those weeks I had a yeast infection and the other two my husband was in Chicago on business. There has been absolutely no sex! I just don't like feeling like I am doing something wrong when I'm trying to do everything right. It's a little frustrating. In the beginning of the pregnancy I had a lot of bleeding so there was no sex the whole first trimester. Oh yeah, so today I go to get my other shot and they have to put me on a monitor. Mind you, I haven't had not one contraction since I've been let out of the hospital and been at home. They hook me up to the monitor and I have a contraction.......a really strong one, within the first 15 minutes. Aaaarggghh! So frustrating. I think Dalton likes to play games with the doctors or maybe he's just going to be a little redheaded stubborn baby like I was when I was little....lol. Well I'm going to go for now. I think I have said waaaaaaayyyy toooo much!

Just got out of the hospital

I just got out of the hospital so I didn't post after the doctor the other day. I will explain later today when I have more time. Update ya'll soon! I may have a baby comming early like in the next 3 or 4 weeks.

Issues, Issues, Issues....

So I was let off of bed rest on Friday. I decided that I would try to go back to work on Saturday. Didn't work out so well. I was at work for about two and a half hours and I started having pain and extreme pressure in my lower abdomen. Not to mention that my vagina felt like it was on fire....lol. I called the doctor and they told me to just get back on bed rest. Well last night I had excruciating pain and contractions, and also pain on my right side which I have never had before. Now I am the type of person that thinks everything I'm experiencing is normal. My husband on the other hand wants me to go back to the doctor to get checked and see what's up. Sometimes though I feel like I'm going crazy and that all that's happening to me is normal and the doctors are going to think I'm some kind of psychopath...lol. Anyways I'm going back to the doc today per my husbands request to see what, if anything, is wrong with me. As of right now there is no pain....at least not as extreme as it was on Saturday and last night. The doctor says as long as my water hasn't broke and I'm not bleeding everything is fine. I sometimes wish I have been pregnant before so I know what is normal and what is not. I will let you guys know what happens at my doctor appointment so that maybe if someone is experiencing the same thing....you will know if it is something to worry about or not. I'll be back and blogging about 3:00. Later ya'll! Thanks for reading.

No More Bed Rest

So I just got back from the doctor this morning and guess what? I'm no longer on bed rest. That is the happiest news ever. Unfortunately I have already been withdrawn from my classes at the college and will have to go back in the Spring after Dalton is born. But I do get to go back to work soon. Tomorrow actually. So that is a good thing. The doctor told me I was measuring small but said that may be because I'm such a little person and I'm just going to have a small baby or because I'm carrying Dalton really low. I think I heard once that if you carry low it means your having a boy and if you carry high it means you are having a girl. Maybe that's all it is. Has anyone else heard people say this? Anyways that's all for now. Just wanted to share the good news.

Some Pictures......

This is me at 26 weeks........before I was put on bedrest. This is my first ultrasound of Dalton at 11 weeks. Isn't he cute? Okay I know you can't tell much from the pic but what mom wouldn't say that their ultrasound pic was cute?