Hospital Day 2

My blogger and my iPad are not getting along so my 33 week post will have to wait until I get my computer set up tomorrow...

So when we left off yesterday, my blood pressure had gone back up. Around 9pmmy night nurse, Martha, who was an interesting character, brought me my nightly meds cocktail of Prilosec and prenatal vitamin. I was exhausted but wanted to stay up until 12 for my scheduled baby/contraction monitoring. Jay was trying to get some rest and quickly grew annoyed with my requests to get me things. He finally was out for the night around 11:30 only to be woken up for the monitoring at 12. It took Martha awhile to get me all hooked up and she brought in another night nurse, Ashley, who I remember from last time I was here who is super nice and friendly. The babies looked great and I only had 2 or 3 contractions. Nothing major. Ashley gave me an ambien and some muscle relaxer to get the blood flowing to my uterus to try and calm the contractions.

I fell asleep around 1 but was woken up twice during the night with acid reflux. I finally called for Malox at 2:30 and that did the trick! I was woken up a few times during the night for my vitals check but I was so groggy I barely remember. I know on one Of them my bp got really low like 116/68. I woke up around 9am to have another round of monitoring. Babies looked great and no contractions. I fell back asleep until noon when Jay got here. I think I had another round of monitoring then too. Every time they've done the monitoring, everything has been perfect so they are all running together. I also saw dr wicker today (thankful that both my obs have been on call) and he wants to keep me here longer for observation so I may go home tomorrow (Thursday) or Friday. He said that I definitely won't make it to 38 weeks but well try our hardest to get close! He also diagnosed me with gestational hypertension which is basically pregnancy induced high blood pressure. He doesn't see a need for blood pressure medication at this time.

Later in the afternoon, jay and I worked hard at getting my short term disability claims filed. Now that I'm out on bedrest, I have to file short term disability for the bed rest plus the kidney stones on one claim and the will have to file another claim once the babies arrive. My work doesn't offer any time of maternity leave beyond the 12 weeks of unpaid FMLA and I am out of sick days so these claims will really come in handy!

On another note, Jay informed me that several of my coworkers got together and each donated a day to me so that I wouldn't have to take an unpaid days before the babies arrived. This made me burst into tears and is just the sweetest most supportive thing. I am beyond thankful.

Back to the hospital. The remainder of the day was pretty quiet with great blood pressure readings all around 130/80. I was able to take a nice long shower and dry my hair. I'm taking advantage of every opportunity to dry my hair never knowing when I'll be stuck on strict bed rest! I got to enjoy a quick visit with my mom and sister beforenthe headed out to continue moving her in. It was so nice to have someone to talk to for just a few minutes. Im not one if those people that could endure hour long hospital visits :) my introvert has decided to emerge!

Jay and I got into a little spat later in the afternoon. I'm so stressed about everything that needs to be done at the house, especially the picking up of little things and organizing. The stuff i normally take care of in y little ocd way. I think I am nesting from afar and freaking out that I can't be home to do things thus turning me into a very bossy and demanding person. I in turn stress Jay out. When I'm stressed, my adrenaline rushes and I go into overdrive. Jay doesn't respond the same way and just sort of shuts down. He got so overwhelmed that ended up leaving before it was time for my evening steroid shot. I was pretty upset he wasn't here for it but I manned up and it wasn't too bad. My mom headed over to our house to help him get started and pretty soon all of the picking up was almost done (or so I'm told). Jays just going to work on a few more random things and I think my mother in law is coming this weekend to help clean our house and I'm so thankful for all the help from our parents.

It's probably not a shock that after my little stressful incident, my blood pressure went back up (147/97). I really need to work on being calm. My right foot also started swelling and they are going to put me in these cuffs that help move the fluid in my legs. My job tonight is to relax and take it easy! My new nurse is super sweet and it should be a good night :) I'm not minding the hospital because I'm forced to do nothing. I worry that if I were at home I'd have a strong urge to get things done around the house but these babies are so much more important than the state of our home. Things I'm loving about being here include the best care from a sweet group of nurses, the medical attention and knowing that if things take a turn I've got everything I need here, the "turd" ice (soo yummy), and the meal delivery (so nice not worrying about what to cook. I'm majorly missing my pups and asked Jay to sneak Boomer in tonight (soph is still at the breeder's house with her pups). Will update again tomorrow!