Jack Attacks!

February 27, 2010


Catherine was the easiest pregnancy a girl could dream of, no problems at all, a 38 weeks we found out she was breeched and I'd have to have a C-section. That was it, she actually made my life a little easier, I had a haircut the morning she was born, went to the hospital at two and had her by 5.


This pregnancy on the other hand has been something else, at 18 weeks they thought I had appendicitis, I didn't, just a tear in the wall of my abdomen that I can still feel today at 35 weeks. At 19 weeks I was pulled out of work and haven't been back since. At 32 weeks I had the worst migraine I've ever had (and I've had them since high school) I ended up at Labor and Delivery where I was having contractions. I was sent home on "light duty bedrest", three days later I was back at L/D with contractions that were only 3 minutes apart, thankfully they were able to get them to stop with a couple of shots of brethine, we were sent home and I was now on strict bedrest.

The contractions stopped for a day, when I saw my OB she put me on Procardia, it made me feel terrible but I needed to take it so that Jack could stay in for a while longer. After 4 days on Procardia I ended up in the ER for breathing issues and of course more contractions. After a few tests it was confirmed that I could no longer take the Procardia and back home we went with even more emphasis on bedrest.

At 33 weeks we had a visit with a high risk Dr. Jack weighed over 5 pounds and from all the measurements he looked fantastic, his mommy on the other hand was diagnosed with Shingles. We were told that if I could make it to 35 weeks both Dr's would be happy, 36 would be optimum.

So here we are at 35 weeks, Jack is as active as ever and based on the size of my ever growing tummy he's getting bigger by the day. Technically I'm allowed to be "off" bedrest as of but I'm not sure how well that's going to work out given the slightest activity will bring on contractions. My goal now is to make to 39 weeks!