Scary weekend

Okay, this is gonna be a long one. I just want to get all the info out while I remember it. The babies are just fine, but this might be a bit vivid for those of you expecting right now.

On Friday I was feeling off. Most of the day I just had a weird feeling and at work I even felt like I needed to get things in order. I cleaned my desk, took down pics I had up of the dogs and Greg, made notes on files, etc. I knew I still had 6 weeks before my leave started, but for some reason I just NEEDED to get things in order. I got home and needed to do baby laundry. I got all the sheets, blankets, towels, etc. gathered up in the hamper all ready to wash. Greg was out for the night at a friend's b-day so I just spent most of the night straightening the house.

At about 11ish Greg got home and I was already timing the contractions and getting worried about my back pain. We both kind of shrugged it off and I got up to go to the bathroom with my famous last words "I hope I just have to poop and not push or anything". My bowels emptied quick and easily and then the bleeding started. I have never seen so much blood come out of me at once. I don't really remember what I did/said but within minutes we were in the car and heading to the hospital.

I remember sobbing at the ER entrance and Greg arguing with them that we didn't want to wait from someone from L&D to come get us and could we please just go up. The ER receptionist took us and I remember her beginning to cry as I cried and said over and over 'its too early, they won't make it, please don't let them die'.

They checked my cervix and I was 80% effaced, a fingertip dilated and Baby A (boy) was in the -1 spot already. The contractions got really strong pretty quickly. I don't really remember how bad they were, but I do remember holding really tight to the arms of the bed and crying in pain.

I was quickly hooked up to an IV with fluids, magneisum sulfate (a smooth muscle relaxer to stop contractions and decreases the risk of cerebral palsy), antibiotics (in case an infection started labor and to help the babies) and got my first dose of steroids (to help the babies' lungs) and was moved into the antipartum unit. The mag started working pretty quickly and the contractions started easing up.

Most of Friday night/Saturday morning is a blur of people coming in and out, babies on the monitor (sounding good the whole time) and me still bleeding pretty badly. At some point on Saturday the contractions started again and they upped the mag. That stopped them. Saturday night is also a blur, but on Sunday things looked a lot better. The bleeding pretty much subsided, no contractions and I had both rounds of steroids and enough mag to help with the cerebral palsy risk.

Last night they decided that I am doing well enough that they are in the process of now weaning me off of the mag. While it did a great job at stopping labor, it is one wicked med. I have double vision, cannot visually focus on anything, my legs feel like cement and cannot walk on my own, and overall feel like crap. But, I am forever grateful to feel like such shit and still be pregnant.

They've started me on nifedipine (a beta blocker that is supposed to help stop preterm labor) and I guess I will continue that for the time being. Right now I am just sitting on hospital bed rest until I am told otherwise or the babies arrive. Hopefully this bed will have a giant ass shape in it after having me sit on it for the next 6 or so weeks.

I am going to be so bored, get ready for long blog posts:)