So this past weekend was my baby shower! The date was March 28th, 2009 and I was 32 weeks and 6 days. I had the most amazing time ever :) I had my friends and family there to celebrate with me. I got everything I needed and more. I must admit it was one chaotic mess a couple of days before the shower, we had to change the location of the baby shower due to the other place closing down and I was admitted to the hospital. All in all..it was an amazing turn out and I couldn't have asked for more.
Grandmothers and myself :)
My sisters Christina and Sharon
Yummy Cake!
Presents
Actually, I almost didn't make it to the shower. On March 21st I started getting some "cramping" and I thought it was just normal.. I went to go see the doctor that Monday and he said that it could be ligaments stretching inside and he prescribed me some Tylenol 3 and suggested I stop working, well the meds worked for that day but Tuesday night I started getting more cramping and lower back pain (uh oh!) So the following morning I called and they had me go into the office..it turns out I was contracting and my amniotic fluid index was VERY low (about a 4) the doctor became concerned and asked if I had noticed any leakage, I said no..he then checked my cervix to see if I was dilating and I was closed but 30% thinned out. He then stated that I needed to be admitted because of the AFI. So I went to eat breakfast and left to the hospital. They started treating me as if I was going into preterm labor and hooked me up to Magnesium to stop the contractions and gave me a steroid injection in case we had to deliver Mannix early. The medicine ended up making my contractions worse and they had to take me off the meds, the fluid levels went up by the next day and everything was fine :) I kept telling the nurses and the doctor that I could not miss my baby shower (that's all they heard me talk about) so they discharged me Thursday afternoon. But stated that I would need to be on "modified home rest" which means no more work, no more walking up and down my apartment staircase, and no trips to the store!
Last but not least, here is a little update on Mannix's nursery. It's not complete I just need to buy some curtains and a wall shelf to hang some paintings.
1 comments:
I am happy to see you had a good time at your shower :o) Nice to see Elia in the pics again too. The cake looks awesome!
Well, now brace yourself...the last weeks are the WORST! *gg*
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