New Years Eve 2010 & New Years Day 2011

Well, my NYE was not quite what I had planned....I have been having BH contractions on and off all week, and noticed them getting closer and harder on Friday.  I know nothing about Braxton Hicks because I never had any with Ry. So I googled them (haha what don't I google?) and it said that if you feel more than 4 of them in one hour, you should go in and get checked. Well, I was noticing them like every 6-8 min. So I called in to the Dr.'s office, and they had me talk to the on call doc, and he said I should definitely go in just in case and have them check it out.  Sooooo.....I called Will and had him come get me and take me in to Labor & Delivery.  We got there and they hooked me up to the monitors, and I was having pretty good contractions every 5 min.  They checked my cervix, and said I was dilated to about 1/2 cm, nothing to be alarmed about.  Baby's heartbeat was great, and my blood pressure was normal.  So they monitored me for about an hour, and then decided to try giving me Nifedipine to stop the contractions. That did nothing, so they gave me another dose.  And after that did nadda, they decided to do a fetal fibronectin swab, which basically tests for the hormone that starts dilation.  That came back negative, and they said that pretty much guarantees I won't go into labor for at least 48 hrs.  Well, thats when my contractions started getting intense. They were a minute apart and starting to hurt.  The nurse told me, "Oh well, you're not in labor, so we are gonna send you home." I was like, seriously!? I am really worried, and this is not normal! She told me, "I send ppl home that are dilating and actually in labor having contractions like this!" And in my mind I screamed BS at her.  So she gave me a shot of terbutaline.  Wow, I seriously felt like I was going to die.  My contractions finally stopped, but I was practically having convulsions, and felt like I had just chugged 12 energy drinks and a box of sugar cubes!!! My head and heart were pounding soo hard, and I thought for sure I was gonna pass out, at this point my nurse walked back in and said, K you're not having anymore contractions so we are going to send ya home. So, although I felt AWFUL, I did not want to spend my New Years Eve in L&D with a nurse that didn't take me seriously, where not one DR was in sight.  We left and went to go get some chinese food, and before we even got home my contractions had started again.  They gave me a perscription for more Nifedipine, heaven knows why because it did nothing.  So I took it easy and watched Out Cold with Will & his bro Mike, and went to bed about 1:00.


New Years Day didn't pan out quite like I'd hoped either.  Will & Mike went snowboarding, which I was sooo glad Will got to finally go this year!!! And Ry and Hallie and I chilled at home most of the day.  I read alot of stories online about women who started having contractions at 33 weeks, and most of them basically said there was nothing I could do. So, being the weirdo I am about taking pills, I decided to call in and ask if it was alright that I stop taking the Nifedipine because it didn't do anything, and I would just deal with the contractions because I was anyways.  The on call doc told me I should just go in to L&D and have them check my dilation one more time, and if I wasn't that I could stop taking it.  Soooooo I drove my happy little butt back in to have them check me really quick.  Well, the good and bad news was that this time, I had a nurse that took what was going on seriously.  She hooked me up to the monitors and explained so much to me, called the dr like every 30 min. to keep him updated because my contractions were 2-3 min apart. Well, long story short(er) I was there for another 3 hrs being monitored, no changes in dilation, but discovered that I am between 60 & 70 % effaced. Yikes.  They wanted me to start taking terbutaline orally, and I begged them not to make me! So they sent me home with antibiotics just in case of infection, and more Nifedipine because they want to see if it starts working better after being in my system for 48 hrs. Bah! So here I sit, Sunday night, having contractions every 4-8 min (less than before, but still very worriesome to me), with a mondo headache due to all the medication I'm taking, and feeling crazy worried that my little boy is gonna try and come too early.  I am calling MY dr first thing tomorrow morning to have her assess the situation cause shes the only one I trust, and hopefully have her give me the betamethasone shots to help his lungs kick into gear just in case he gets here early.  I am so worried for him, so please pray for us to make it at least to 37 weeks!!!