I think Eli is so excited to meet his awesome Daddy that he just couldn't wait any longer!!!
Well, let's say we got the delux tour of the hospital- very detailed.
Yesterday was a major scare! I was having contractions pretty regularly all morning and they were starting to hurt so I told AJ. AJ thought I should call the doctor and at least let them know so we could have peace of mind that everything was fine. Well when I called everything was not fine at all. The doctor told me to head straight to the hospital ASAP.
AJ was in his daily prayer meeting at work but I told the receptionist it was an emergency which got his whole office all worrited- oops. Well AJ dashed out of prayer as fast as he could with Gideon, who nicely offered to drive him to the hospital. They got there right as I was beeing wheeled in to labor and delivery.
It was all so surreal- like a dream or something on TV. I couldn't believe this was actually happening to us and that I was in a hospital bed- very weird.
Well, it was good I went to the hospital because Eli was trying to come out too early. My body was preparing for birth, but since I am only 33 weeks it is still dangerous for him to be born, he would be pre-mature. So immediately the doctors and nurses strapped me up to all these monitors. They whatched Eli's heartbeat and they tracked all my contractions on a big graph. They also hooked me up to an IV to give me stuff to help stop the contractions. The IVs weren't working so they had to give me a series of 3 shots, one every half hour, to try to stop the contractions from coming. Luckily my cervix was not dialated any yet- we had made it to the hospital early enough to prevent labor. I did respond to the shots and the contractions slowed but the doctor thought it'd be best to put me on medicine around the clock to keep the contractions away. Both the shots and the medicine make me feel like I've had 10 cups of coffee on an empty stomach- very jittery, I kinda tremble all the time. It feels weird but at least it is working. AJ and I want Eli to be healthy and I will do whatever I need to do. I have to be on the medicine until I am 36 weeks, from then on it is pretty safe for Eli to be born and they wouldn't try to stop him from coming. So everything is under control- but that was a close one!!! We'll keep you posted on any new developments in the story- hopefully there aren't any for at least 3 more weeks!
posted by Kellie # 8:40 AM
