Here I Go Again...

I'm not complaining at all but just prefacing my post for today with what happened on Tuesday. It didn't start out or end very well. First of all, I had a dr's appointment on Tuesday, so I dropped the kids off around 10:00a at my bestest friends house, Stephanie. Bless her heart, she didn't realize, nor I for that matter that they would end up staying there until after 6:00p.

I stopped by Mcdonalds to get an egg mcmuffin and a Dt. Dr. Pepper so that when I got to my dr's appointment, the baby would be active. I am addicted to Dt.Dr. Pepper so it was much to my disdain that when I poked my straw in the cup and was anxiously waiting for that yummy first sip of drink to travel up the straw...I was hit with the realization that I had been given Dt. Coke. YUCK! I'll drink it if it's the last thing available but otherwise, I'm sticking with Dt. Dr. Pepper. I was irritated just a tad. Then I opened my egg mcmuffin and started eating it and realized that the yellow part of the egg (which is supposed to be the same consistency of when you boil an egg) was runny. EWWWW! I had to eat around it which wasn't very good because if you've ever had an egg mcmuffin then you know they don't add anything to it. I mean come on....please slap some mustard or mayo or jelly or something on it so it's not so dry. So anyway, I headed off to the dr with my runny egg mcmuffin and Dt. Coke.

My dr's office is at a very popular hospital and when I got there, there was no where to park. They added a new parking deck to the existing one a few years ago and so I don't normally have a problem finding a space, but Tuesday I did. Go figure. I circled the parking deck several times and thankfully I found a spot up close to the door. Thank you Lord! Of course I was late for my appointment.

I went to sign in for my appointment and the girl calls my name and says, I don't see that you are scheduled for today. I said "What?" I told her that I had scheduled my NST (nonstress test) and Ultrasound with AFI (checking amniotic fluid level because I'm on insulin) last Tuesday for 10:30a and 11:00a. She looked on her sheet and sure enough my name wasn't to be found. I was a tad irritated and the fact that my bladder was about to explode didn't help much either. She started looking on her sheet again and realized that there was another woman scheduled at the same times as me for the same things and she figured that they probably typed in the wrong name. Ok that seemed ok until I heard that the ladies last name ended with a "W" and mine ends with a "T". Now how could they mess that up? I'm sure there are LOTS of patients between me and the "W" lady. Anyway, she said not to worry that they would take me back. As I got into the room , the ultrasound tech told me that she had my paperwork and that they had checked the other lady and that she wasn't even pregnant. I'm sure she would have been glad to know that she was scheduled for two tests dealing with pregnancy when she wasn't even pregnant. LOL!!

The ultrasound tech started on my ultrasound and quickly asked me what my levels were the last time I was there. So I told her and then she told me that my levels were on the low end and that the baby was already measuring at what my second child was when he was born. WHOAA, do we have a big baby on our hands? My hubby was 9lbs and 11oz....I hope this one isn't that big.

Anyway, I finished with my tests and went around to see my dr. When I finally got back in the room, she told me that she wanted me to go downstairs to the Labor and Delivery floor for them to monitor me and the baby and to re-check my amniotic fluid. I headed down that way and got situated in the room. I was told that I was going to have two bags of fluid (thinking that my levels were low because of dehydration) and that they would be checking to see if I was having spontaneous contractions. If not, then I would have to do what they call a contraction stress test. Have you ever done one of those? I was hoping I wouldn't have to do one because I would have to rub my nipples for two minutes every five minutes to stimulate a contraction. Nice huh? I shutter. Thank the Lord, I had three spontaneous contractions within ten minutes and that's what they were looking for so I was happy when she said no rubbing would be involved!

I called David to let him know what was going on and he said that he was going to get off work early to come down there and stay with me because they told me that I would be there for at least 3-4 hours. There was absolutely nothing on the tv either except those supposedly real but look really fake judgy shows and I hate those, so I watched the channel that showed the camera's view of the outside of the hospital. Sad huh? I did get to see when David drove up into the hospital which was funny.

So three bags of fluid later I was resent for an ultrasound. This new to me ultrasound tech said that my fluid levels hadn't changed much. So back up to the room I went and waited for instructions from my dr. After she finished with the C-section she was working on, she poked her head in and said that I could go home and to come back on Thursday to repeat the NST and Ultrasound. All in all I was there from about 10:45a to well after 6:00p. Thankfully my awesome sister picked up the kids from Stephanie's house and brought them home and even gave them a bath!!

I'm so thankful for my hubby and sister and my friend! Thank you guys for making the day a little bit easier. It was a stressful and long day! I didn't sleep very well Tuesday night either, but I won't go into all of that. I had some weird things going on and I don't know if it was due to exhaustion or stress or high sugar levels or if my mind was tricking me or if I was dreaming all of it, but believe me, it was weird.

So I'm headed back to the dr's today to see what they say. Please say a prayer that everything will be ok. I would really love to have this little fellow today, but it's all in God's timing. I think he agrees with me too, because he just kicked me.