What a day!!!

Where do I start, today started off as a horrible day but ended up being great!!! Work was horrible this morning, I was beyond irritated by a coworker (my office mate), I had a million and one things to get finished at work since it was my last day, patients were having mini crises (knowing that today was my last day and they wouldn't see me for the next three months) and on top of everything I had an excruciating headache. I decided to take lunch early with a coworker and celebrate my departure from work (hell) for three months by dining out at a local restaurant. Prior to lunch the Jeep Body Shop called to let me know that after two long weeks of procrastination, my car was finally done. We stopped and picked up my car, ate lunch, and then I decided to switch things up a bit with my day and go do my fetal non-stress test after lunch so that I could return to work and work until the late evening to wrap things up.

At my N.S.T. appointment things were looking good although baby was sleeping and he made me have to stay there for close to an hour and a half rather than 20 minutes. He once again was doing his stubborn thing and not moving, he was taking a nap instead and was to busy to help his mommy out a bit. I have a feeling once he's here he will definitely rule our schedule and not the other way around! Blood pressure was looking good at the beginning of my appointment so once baby performed I was out the door. As I got up and walked out of the doctors office I commented to the medical assistant that I have been experiencing this horrible headache for the past 4 hours and that neither food or tylenol have helped to alleviate the pain. Blood pressure checked out normal so she told me to go ahead and go home and call later in the evening if the headache continued. I left the office and took the elevator down to the main floor and started walking out of the building at which point I decided that something didn't feel right. My body was telling me that something is wrong and that i needed to listen to it rather than just ignore what I was feeling. I went back upstairs and asked to be seen by a doctor.

They took my blood pressure once again and this time it was 160/90, yikes!!! I had some traces of protein in my urine and then.....Well the doctor who saw me made the call that our little guy will have an earlier birthday then what we were expecting. The doctor encouraged that I be admitted into the hospital this evening and induced so that there was no risk to the baby or to me. I sat there in tears as I called John and told him that it was time. I think my tears were a mix of happy tears and tears of fear. Up until now I hadn't experienced any anxiety around my delivery but as I sat in the doctors office this afternoon it hit and it hit hard! I was anxious that it was all happening right NOW and not on Tuesday as it was planned to happen. I didn't get all the last minute things done and I didn't get time to relax and enjoy a couple days off from work, and work, oh well that was left unfinished but who cares!!! I guess delivery is something you can't ever plan even if you schedule an induction.

I called John and told him to grab all my bags and a couple last minute things and head down to the hospital. John called our mothers who were out shopping together. They immediately stopped what they were doing and headed down to the hospital. My sister arrived first as she was closest, she kept me company until everyone else arrived. When John walked through the door I could tell that he was so excited but also nervous for what was to come and of course for the arrival of his son. It was so exciting to see my husband walk through those doors and know that for the next x number of hours he'd be by my side helping me and supporting me through one of the greatest experiences a couple is able to share. Dad came a little later in the evening to say hi and wish me luck if anything happened overnight and to call him if I was in active labor. I informed our families that most likely nothing would happen this evening. Nonetheless, everyone but dad chose to stay at the hospital. Mom wouldn't let me out of her sight, of course, which was a great feeling. I was admitted around 4:30, ate dinner and at 8pm was given a pill to start thinning out my cervix.

I was told that this pill would most likely have to be given to me in two doses and 6 hours apart. Therefore I could expect that nothing would start happening until the morning. My nurse strongly encouraged that I take a sleeping pill so I could get some rest and restore energy for the delivery in the morning. I decided to hold off on taking any pills but with all the adrenaline running through my body and the excitement there was no way I was falling asleep on my own!!! I took the sleeping pill and zzzzzzz zzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzz. (Everyone still in the hospital room, sleeping on the couch, in chairs, on the floor, wherever they could find space and get comfortable)