Eventful times..

Almost 2 weeks ago I had a really normal lazy day, but as night came around I realized that my normal braxton hicks were coming very close together...after timing them for an hour and having 20!, I tried every thing in the book I knew, my herbs, a bath, water, laying down, walking some..we finally decided that enough was enough and called a friend to come sit with the kids while we headed to the hospital. Upon arriving, I was tachycardic with a heartrate of 240...thankfully it came down pretty quick even though its stayed high..but contractions were showing up on the moniter of having one almost every minute. I was given a test called a Fetal Fibronecton test and it apparently picks up a chemical that you put off when you are heading towards labor..thankfully, mine came back neg! I was given a dose of Procardia and that didn't seem to help too much...they decided to keep me since I was contracting so often. I was moved from triage to a antepartum room and they decided to give me Mag sulfate which is kind of their go to med for labor stopping...well after being catheterized(NO fun, and I still don't quite understand why, but something to do with the meds) they started it but my blood pressure plummeted into unhealthy numbers, so they quickly shut that off..Luke said I looked dead, and after getting some oxygen he said I started looking better...

So that was off the table of a treatment method. Was given another med called Indocin which thankfully spaced them out a little bit. We were sent for an ultrasound to see how big Baby Boy was, had lots of blood work ran, and given an EKG because of my heart rate issues.. After the Indocin, they gave me a higher dose of Procardia and that helped to just about get rid of them all together with only one here and there. I was also given a gestational diabetes test while there and failed..boo. First time ever..

I was released on bedrest orders and on my meds which I am to take every 6 hours round the clock. I'm on a diabetic diet right now, and just careful to make sure my heart rate doesn't get too high. 

I am very thankful we were able to stop them mostly, and very thankful that I didn't have a 28 week old baby born..but I'm so fed up with being pregnant at this point. I'm 30 weeks in 2 days and then I just need to make it to 36 so I can have a normal birth like I want sans hospital....

So thankful for Church family who have taken my kids for afternoons, fed us and been so wonderfully supportive and for my real family..specially my mama, cause she's had to work out so much for me in terms of getting the help I need medically and watching kids so I can see those people.

Hoping the rest is pretty uneventful!

One more week!

 This post is just all over the place random. Sorry.

And I'm officially in my third trimester. So excited..I can't believe its so close..Baby Boy is quite active. He is always kicking and shoving, and gets hiccups quite often. Can't wait to start setting up a few things for him. We don't need much since he's our 4th, but we need a new crib and pack n play since our other ones have taken a beating through the first 3..Plus, every baby deserves a few new things that are just theirs and not hand me downs.

Olivia is progressing in school and we are looking forward to being done with this school year in mid May, though I am hoping to double up some so we can be done earlier hopefully.. 1st grade hasn't been a pleasant experience I don't think for either of us. She is so excited about getting to go to "real" school in the fall. Noah on the other hand is hesitant, but mostly cause he doesn't like the idea of not being able to be in the same classroom with Olivia. It will be so weird to just have Kate and Baby Boy at home for a good portion of the day. Though I am sure they will keep me busy..just a different kind then I'm used to. Its like reverting to a prior mothering state..haha..

We've got company at our house all week, we are enjoying having our friend around and thankful he didn't mind sleeping on the couch in our guest room..Poor guy. His time here has kept me busy though because I definitely feel like keeping things cleaner, more together then my average day might be. Staying on top of laundry, school, our personal appearance, and dishes, not to mention making fuller meals then I might make normally.

Isn't it weird that you can live so close to people and rarely see them? Our lives aren't crazy busy, but somehow we still barely manage to see my parents, Luke's parents, and my sister and her family and they are only an hour away. I'm blaming it on being pregnant right now, but honestly its just me being lazy and not making the effort to have people here, or drive there.

I gained a new niece last week..she's adorable and I can't wait to love on her and hold her.

Noah's birthday is coming up at the end of the month..we haven't decided what to do yet..guess we'll see.

I'm off..gotta fold clothes and prep all the ingredients for my quiche and fruit salad for tonight's dinner.  Then, I'm chilling. :)