Not exactly the vacation I was wanting

So for those of you that don't know, I am in the hospital at 25 weeks with preterm contractions. This weekend I was having a lot of pressure off and on and after being ordered by a coworker to go to the hospital, I gingerly called the doc on call but then waited until after work to turn into L & D for what EVERYONE thought was going to be a 1 hour triage and then off to the house.

Well, not so much. They put me on the monitor and low and behold I was having a lot of uterine irritability and contracting. Okay, big deal a shot of brethine and out the door in a couple hours when we are sure they have stopped.

Think again! An hour and 1/2 later, I am contracting. blah. Okay big deal there is not a lot of them, so I started taking Procardia every 6 hours to stop them. I would still have like one or two an hour, but they told me that they weren't worried unless I had more than 6 an hour.

Alright, good. We just got bought a room for the night but who cares. Aubrey is in, we are good.

At about midnight they took me off the monitor to help me sleep, yeah right. At 4:08 I go back on the monitor. By 4:36, I am in tears I had just had my sixth contraction while on the monitor. The nurse comes in and tells me if I have one more she is calling the dr. At 4:50 she returns to tell me what the dr has ordered since I had had 11. After shot of brethine, ouch. Let's check your cervix....yay. I had dilated to about 1cm. (More tears) I have just earned selestone (steriods) for Aubrey's lungs and the dreaded Magnesium Sulfate drip.

I don't care how miserable I am or look. Aubrey is being great. She is not requiring continuous monitoring, just like every 5 hours. Yesterday everyone kept asking if my dates were correct bc Aubrey has been acting like such a big girl.

So the plan now is to try to wean my Mag tomorrow, (I am still contracting like once an hour) and see how I do. I receive the 2nd steriod shot in the morning. If all goes well, I go home Wednesday. On bedrest until I see my doctor on Monday when he returns. I will either go home on a terbutaline pump or procardia.

I will try my best to keep everyone updated, I mean really, what else can I do.

Please keep me and Aubrey in your prayers. I love her so much and I do not want to see her little body laying in the NICU. Thank you.