Hospital Day 3-6

Hospital Day 3
May 31st
I'm back tracking here and trying to get all the details right but excuse me if something doesn't make sense. Day 3 in the hospital started on the evening of May 30th and lasted during the day on May 31st. Everything has been pretty standard. I get monitored every 8hours, babies continue to look great. I'm having a few contractions during the monitoring but nothing major


Hospital Day 4
June 1st
I was released from the hospitalin the morning on June 1st. Jay and I had a few minutes to get our things together before we had to head to our scheduled ultrasound at the OB's office. We had a quick lunch, ran by Bo's to pick up shoes (jay took mine home with my dirty clothes the previous day!) and went for the ultrasound. At the ultrasound we learned that the babies are both growing. Emma Cate is weighing in 4lbs 6oz and Holden is 5lbs 4oz. The doctor we saw was a bit concerned about the difference between the growth. Luckily, both babies are growing and that's a really good thing, they just want to know why Emma Cate isn't growing as much. We have an ultrasound scheduled with the specialist within the next two weeks. The discordanence rate is 16%. Anything beyond 20% is a need for concern so were just being cautious.

After the ultrasound we went home to rest and relax. Jay had a few errands to do so I hung out on the couch and waited. Bo came over to borrow our car and hang out a bit. Around 6pm I started having really weird pains in my side. Jay swore they were round ligament pain and they probably were but the pain was so bad I was in tears and couldn't walk upright. I could only lay on my left side to get the pain to subside. After some discussion we decided to call my practice and they sent us straight to the hospital. We checked in at labor and delivery and learned I was having some pretty good contractions. They wanted to keep us overnight to be sure they didn't progress into labor contractions. It was slightly embarrassing seeing the same doctor that had discharged us only a few hours prior. Luckily it was my primary doctor who was on call and he made me feel like I'd make the right choice. I was/am also at 2cm still and haven't progressed so that's awesome. The following morning, I was moved to antepartum.

Hospital Day 5
June 2nd

I spent Saturday in the hospital just hanging out and being monitored. I was continuing to have strong contractions and was taking vistaril to help settle things. I didn't see a doctor today, it was pretty much just resting up. I did continue to have great care by my nurses and they came in and kept me company. Around dinner time, Jay and his mom came by to visit. I started having contractions again and they decided to monitor me. They were coming pretty strong so they gave me more vistaril and continued to monitor me. The vistaril didn't do much so I just went to sleep.

Hospital Day 6
June 3rd

I woke up this morning feeling really strange. I was super dizzy and lightheaded. Luckily some apple juice seemed to do the trick. I met with my primRy doctor this morning and told him I was ready to go home! He said he would release me when I wasn't feeling lightheaded, probably around 12. Im just hanging out in bed until I get the okay to go. My discharge instructions are to call if anything changes. I'm praying everything will just stay the same and maybe the contractions will go away :). I have doctors appointments scheduled for Tuesday and Friday so I'm thinking I can keep myself out of the hospital until then :)