For those of you who are interested in what is going on with pregnancy #2 ,I thought you might like to know about the little adventure that we have had the past couple of days! For those of you who care not to hear about pregnancy stories, then feel free to skip this post!
On Sunday morning, I woke up with a feeling of pressure and cramping in my lower belly . I have had this on and off throughout pregnancy and usually it lasts for only a few hours, followed by a tummy growth spurt a few days later. But, by 7:30pm that night the feeling had not gone away. I decided to call health link and the nurse said I should go in, just to make sure I wasn't going into preterm labour. So off we went. The doctor checked me out, said I wasn't having contractions, but that my cervix was starting to thin. He wanted to keep me in over night so they could do an ultrasound in the morning and the OBGYN could observe me, as well. Thankfully the ultrasound came back good and the OBGYN said my cervix is dilating a bit, but isn't as thin as what they thought. Because I'm already 33 weeks they said I should just take it easy for the next month,thankfully I don't have to go on bed rest! Just in case I do go into preterm labour they have taken some early precautions, like wonderful steroid shots that are supposed to speed up the babies lung development. Dave said he couldn't believe the size of the needle that went into my arm, I chose not to look! I told Dave after all this hassle the last few days the baby will probably end up being 10 days late!! But, I'm still thinking I should maybe get the nursery ready, haven't done that yet! I am still feeling some pressure in my lower belly, but it seems like as long as I don't overdue it I feel pretty good. So for the next few weeks taking it easy is the plan. I would really like to avoid having a preemie!
