On my sister's 25th birthday I was admitted into the hospital because I went into preterm labor. So happy birthday sister! She joked around about how special it would be to have Lily on her birthday. It would be specail, but still to early for Little Lily to come. The gave me shots in my arms, lots of pills to stop my contractions, IV's since I was dehydrated, and they kept me overnight to monitor the baby and I. I had never stayed overnight in the hospital before. The next day I was released home to go on strict bed rest. I can get up to use the bathroom, eat, or shower. Other than that I need to be laying down. It is so difficult to find things to do when you can't move around a lot. Thankfully we have had a ton of support from family and friends who have been helping us out.
The first week on bed rest the Mahoney's arranged to have friends of ours bring us meals so we wouldn't have to worry about it. I can't tell you how much help it was to not have to worry about what to make for dinner! The Mahoney's brought us a yummy pasta bake, the Vallejo's made us enchiladas and hung out for a bit, the Esquivel's made us a Mexican fiesta and we all hung out together playing with Josiah, Scott and Christy Barney made us dinner and went to Costco and Walmart to run errands for us. Janielle brought me by flowers, friends have called and stopped by to check on us. We are blessed to have such great friends.
Our family has been so hopeful and so supportive too. My mom and dad have made meals, done my laundry, cleaned my house, went grocery shopping for me, taking me to my doctors appointments. I really would be having a rough time without them. My sister in law Anna made us a few meals that were soooooo good, drove me to my doctors appointments, and put up woith my stupid questions...is this okay? Is that okay? She brought by the kiddos so I could see them. I have been missing their soccer games and I miss seeing the kids! It totally brightened my day. Brad's parents brought us over pizza and visited for a bit. My sister in law Jenn has been keeping me occupied with emails, cool websites to visit, and movies that she sent for me to watch. We are so lucky to have such a supportive family. Without them I would be really lost.
At 34 weeks we had another ultrasound to check on the size and the growth of the baby. At 34 weeks and 3 days Lily was measuring at 36 weeks 4 days, healthy heartbeat, head down, and healthy developing organs. She was also measuring at about 6lbs 14oz.....big girl already.
Here's her ultrasound pictures:
Yesterday was a rough day. I am now 36 weeks along. I had strong contractions all day long and they eventually hit 5 minutes apart so we went to the hospital. Contractions are supposed to dilate you, mine were not, but Braxton hicks aren't supposed to hurt the way they were hurting me. It turns out that my contractions were hurting for a reason. I have a Urinary Tract Infection so now I am on antibiotics for a week, along with pills to stop my contractions, and ambian to help me sleep. So I'm on bed rest another week. Try and make the best out of another week of bed rest and taking care of my little Lily in my tummy. Sigh.
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