Pregnacy Update - 3

I've been reacting pretty badly to the Terbutaline that the doctor prescribed me. My heart was pounding so hard (my heart rate was in the 110-120 range for about 6 or 7 hours yesterday) that I was having chest pain and the tremors were so bad I couldn't do anything (I almost cut of my finger trying to slice some tomatoes). So I called the doctor to ask if I could have something different. It turns out there was a miscommunication somewhere and the amount that was written on the instructions on the bottle was an overdose of the medication. Yesterday I took over 4 times the amount I should have. So now I'm taking the correct dose and things should be a lot better. I might even be able to get out of bed and do some stuff. I'm not actually on bed rest, I'm just supposed to take it easy, but the effects of the medicine have kept me in my bed almost constantly. The doctor said that I only have to take the medicine until a little before the 10th. So I'm just going to press on and pray that things will get easier.

Pregnancy Update - 2

We spent an hour and a half in the hospital last night because I was contracting every 7-8 minutes. And I blame it all on Walmart.

We went to Walmart to pick up my prescription. When I dropped it off, they said it'd be ready in an hour and a half. It's kind of far to Walmart from our apartment, so we decided to just wander around until it was ready, slowly of course. We finally go to pick it up and they tell us they don't have it in stock and won't have it until tomorrow at 12:30. So we'd just spent all that time in Walmart for no reason.

Later in the evening, we are watching some X-Files and I start contracting. I didn't have my medication to stop the contractions, so I just try resting and relaxing. After an hour or so of regular contractions, we finally decided that it would be best for us to go into the hospital. I accidentally called our neighbors thinking their number was the doctor's number and they had us take Joseph over there. Luckily, everyone at the Utah Valley Hospital works very quickly and is very nice. That was the shortest and most pleasant hospital visit we've ever had. They gave me a couple shots of Turbutaline and my contractions stopped. But that hour of contractions dilated me about another cm so I'm now 2 1/2 cm dilated.

We went back to Walmart and picked up my prescription this afternoon. It's working, but I hate the side effects. The medicine gives me really bad tremors and makes me very out of it. I don't know how I'm going to survive the next 2 weeks if I'm going to be taking this regularly. Lots of prayer, I think.

So please keep me and the baby in your prayers. Hopefully, everything will work out fine. I'm just going to put my trust in Heavenly Father's judgement on what's best for me and the baby.

Pregnancy Update

Alright, I'm back from my appointment. Not the greatest news, but not totally horrible.

I'm 1 1/2 - 2 cm dilated and 70% effaced. The good part is that I was the same thing with Joseph for like 6 weeks and he didn't come early, in fact it took pitocin for him to be born. But I was on strict bed rest for those 6 weeks. My doctor didn't tell me that I needed to be on strict bed rest, but he did say I have to take it easy for the next 2 weeks. And I have a presription for some medicine to help stop the contractions.

I'll make sure to keep all of you updated on how I'm doing. Right now, I'm having contractions. So, I'm going to Walmart to get my prescription to stop them.

A Little Worried

So late on Saturday night, I started having fairly frequent and painful contractions for about an hour or 2. I went to bed, hoping I just needed rest.

Yesterday morning, I woke up and started getting ready for church. But within a few minutes of getting up, I started feeling crampy and feeling a lot of pressure. I layed down until it was time for church. I decided to try going to church, but I only made it through the Sacrament before I knew I should be at home in bed. As we walked home from church, I literally felt like I had to keep my legs clenched shut to keep the baby in. It was a really strange feeling. I spent all day yesterday in bed. Even just getting up to use the bathroom would start the cramping again.

So this afternoon I am going in for an appointment to see if all of this cramping has dilated me at all. I'm hoping that I'm just being to sensitive or something like that. I don't want to have to worry about anything for the next few weeks. I'll try to remember to post what I find out later today so that no one starts worrying.

Busy, Busy, Busy

I've been so busy this week. I've been trying to do some deeper cleaning in the house and I've also been trying to get everything organized and ready for the baby. I'm 35 weeks along now. I'm just getting so close to being done. We're excited for the baby and I'm excited to not be pregnant anymore. I've been feeling like she'll be born on or around the 21st. We'll see what happens, though. I can feel my body getting more ready for labor with more frequent contractions and such. I feel like she's taking over my whole body and there's no more room for her to fit in there.

I need to go get ready for church. I just wanted to write a short post about what's been going on this past week. I need to try and make more time for posting this week...

I'm Finally Back!

I can't believe it's been nearly 3 months since I posted. I guess I have to apologize. I finally realized that not only am I not doing something relaxing and enjoyable, but I'm keep all of my family and friends out of the loop on what is going on with us. So I'm going to try to go back to posting at least every other day.

We just spent a wonderful 2 days in Manti with Popi and Doreen. It was the first time that Mitchell and Joseph met them. We just had so much fun and didn't want to leave last night, but we are speaking in church today.

Joseph has thrown up twice now, once at 3:00 AM and once at 9:00 AM. I have no idea why he's throwing up. He doesn't have a fever and, once the inital shock of throwing up is over, he's just fine. He's dancing to the Wiggles right now. I don't know if it's okay for me to take him to church, even if it's just Sacrament Meeting. I wouldn't want him throwing up all over the chapel, but Mitchell and I are both supposed to speak.

I'm actually kind of excited about my talk. I used to love giving talks, but the past few years, I've dealt with anxiety that makes me feel really sick when I have to do something like that. Being at Popi's gave me so much peace of mind and I was able to write a wonderful talk. I'm speaking on Seeking Personal Revelation and using Sis. Beck's talk from the April 2010 General Conference as my resource. I feel like Heavenly Father wanted me to speak on this specific topic because it's something that I really need in my life right now. I'm terrible about unconciously filling my life with distractions so that I can't hear promptings and whispers from the Holy Ghost. Preparing for this talk has helped me realize this and now I can work on changing it.

I'm excited to be a blogger again and I'm going to try really hard to keep at it! Now I have to get ready for church.