2nd Day in Hospital and Discharge

The overnight stay wasn't too bad. I was afraid that nurses would come in and check on me every hour during the night which would mean no real sleep but I was knocked out and if they did come I didn't hear a thing. I didn't suffer any side effects from the shot which was great because that was the last thing on top of being pregnant that I wanted to deal with. I must admit, the hospital was pretty nice. Reminded me of a hotel except that I didn't have my own fridge and microwave lol. All the rooms, including delivery rooms, have 48" flat screen TV's and wifi. Makes your stay there very comfortable. The nurses I had had very good bedside manner, which I was very thankful for.

The hubby left early Tuesday morning (he had spent the night Monday) to go to work so I had a couple of hours to kill before my mom got there. She kept me company until about 3:00 pm which really made the day go by quickly. She's an RN too, so she knew what to expect during my hospital stay. She also got the opportunity to meet my doctor who stopped in to see how I was doing and told me that I could go home after my second shot if my condition didn't worsen. She had taken a fFN test again to see if I would go into labor within the next week and thankfully that came back negative again.

I got a new ultrasound pic. It's a close up of the baby's hand. After seeing how big the hand is I'm convinced that it's a boy because only a boy can have Incredible Hulk hands like his dad. I always make fun of my husband and tell him he has big hands like the Hulk :-) I think the picture is the cutest thing. It's like the baby's waving at mommy and daddy or is reaching up and saying "get me out of here!" Not yet Baby! You still have 3 more months to go!

Sometimes I still can't believe we're about to be parents. I've wanted to be a parent for a long time, I just never thought it would be this soon, and every time I see these ultrasound pictures it just reminds me that in a couple of months I will be someone's mommy.

The food at the hospital isn't half bad either. As I'm sitting here at home I'm REALLY missing that bed side service. Nurses constantly bringing me water, and three free hot meals throughout the day, was great. Still there's nothing like being at home.

One of the neonatologist came in and spoke with me about what procedures the baby would go through in case it was born prematurely. I had just awoke from a nap so most of the information went over my head, but it sounded like the NICU team would have everything under control if that happened. I got the other shot Tuesday night which was worse than the other one being that this nurse stuck the needle ALL the way in my thigh. I definitely didn't appreciate that. I didn't really feel the burning sensation, I guess because she administered the shot the way it was supposed to be done. Hubby showed up after he got out of his night class and spent the night again.

Wednesday morning the doctor came in and checked my cervix and everything was still the same. I hadn't dilated any further so I was free to go! She told me to take it easy at home and try to get the baby to stay in at least until 28-30 weeks when the chance of survival would be even higher than it is now. It took the nurses about an hour after that to check me out, but it felt so good to walk out of that place lol.

I must admit, as much as I was kind of against coming to the hospital (not because I don't care about the health of my baby, but because I'm terrified of hospitals and that was my first hospital stay) I'm glad I did. The health of my baby was reassured and I know I have a good team of professionals looking out for us.