Little Zoe is a stinker. I'll be contracting for about 30 minutes, 2 minutes apart, I finally call the nurse, they come in, hook me up to the monitors and then she stops. They leave me on for about 30 minutes, I'll have some contractions, but nothing like I was prior to them coming in. They unhook me, then it starts again.
They wanted to do a full growth scan on her again. She's perfect outside of everything we know already. Her bowl obstruction is huge, I mean huge. It literally looks like her whole stomach has these 2 bubbles. Surprisingly for being 33 weeks, 3 days, she's gaining weight like a champ, a little porker. The ultrasound tech said she's around 5 lbs, 6 oz. Her cheeks are so chubby!!! She said she has a full head of hair already. Zander did as well (so did Mike and I at birth). We were in the ultrasound room for about an hour, her measurements look great, we got to see her looking at us a few times, she's adorable! I can't imagine going a few more weeks and her being bigger. Zander was born at 38 weeks and he was 7 lbs 6 oz. Although in my gut, I think Zoe will be born soon. I had walking labor with Zander, but the pain was never this intense. All the warming packs, water, walking around, position changes aren't doing anything.
Dr. Starr came to discharge me today, she was the doctor that delivered Zander. She told me to not go to work and just rest until after I see Dr. Foley on Thursday, which he'll do another cervix check. He'll reassess me then to see if bed rest is still on the table or not. I surely hope not, but also I don't know how I'll work with these pains. The only bright side is that my office is closer to the hospital then our home is.
They decided against the amino reduction. Dr. Foley told us yesterday that he doesn't really feel that the reduction will do much. It may ease some of the contractions, but Zoe will reproduce the fluid that's taken out. Whether it be a few days or 7 days. I'm thankful he didn't want me doing that today, I had a hard enough time with just 30 ccs a month ago. Taking out 100 cc's, scares the crap out of me. So it seems like they are just wanting the contractions to run its course. They will not stop labor this time around if I go. They also will not start pitocin on me either, so with that, I have to hope my contractions are strong enough to start breaking my cervix or that my bag breaks, or I'll be going into the hospital a few times basically "crying wolf".
They don't want me lifting anything heavier then a gallon of milk. But I can't wait to give me sweet little 18 month old (tomorrow) a big huge kiss and a hug. He's been at Nonni's and Papa's since Saturday. Mike has taken a few videos to cheer me up in the hospital. Nonni has said Zander notices that something is up because when Mike has come over there to drop things off for him, Zander won't stop giving him hugs. Its amazing the love you feel for your children, especially when you've been away from them for a few days. This is the longest I've been away from my son. He could have visited me at the hospital but he's been fighting a cold. I didn't want him getting sicker, so I didn't want him coming to a hospital full of germs.
Being stuck in that room with TV that replays the same movies (I literally saw Confessions of a Drama Queen, Green Hornet, Pirates of the Caribbean, Mean Girls, and True Grit about two times each), really makes you think. This blog has helped me so much getting all my emotions out and I thank you all for the wonderful support. Its been amazing to hear back from all of you, especially those who we're not close with, or rarely know. Hek, I hear back from more of people I don't know then from some of the people who are supposed to be the closest to me.
I also want to say an early congrats to our good friends Lauren & Derek Hummel. Baby girl Hummel is due today, but she still hasn't made her debut. Lauren is getting induced tomorrow. We love you guys and can't wait to hug that sweet little girl.
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