Follow Up and Emergency Hospital Stay

Yesterday I went to the doctor's office for my weekly follow up exam and it just so happened that I was 1 cm dilated. Oh Joy! Then she says, "I want you to head over to the hospital, like, right now." If that couldn't have been the most inconvenient thing that I've heard since she put me on bed rest I don't know what is. I came for a routine doctor's visit, so I had no overnight bag, toiletries, nothing. She wanted me to spend the night there so that I could receive 2 shots of bethamasone, a steroid to help the baby's lungs develop just in case it's born prematurely. I headed over to the hospital and checked in around 4:30 pm and didn't get a bed until 7:00 pm. They're so lucky I didn't go into labor right there in the waiting room! I called the hubby to throw some things together in a bag for me, including this lovely laptop, for my stay and he headed to the hospital. I'm definitely going to pack an overnight bag as soon as I get home just in case something like this happens again.

After finally being admitted, the nurse did some regular routine vitals and I got the worst shot I think I've ever received in my life. The first dose was in my right thigh, and the medicine set my whole leg on fire. I've never had something burn so bad. It wore off within a couple of minutes but was absolutely horrible in the beginning. My doctor came in later to make sure my cervix hadn't dilated anymore and luckily it was still at 1 cm. She reassured me that some women can go the rest of their pregnancy being 1 or 2 cm dilated and make it to full term, something that I'm really hopeful for. I'm a resilient person and I hope that I have a resilient baby. I don't like to give up too easily, so when she told me that I could possibly make it all the way to December being dilated that gave me hope and I will do everything in my power to make sure that me and the baby come out of this healthy and happy. Stay tuned for more hospital stay details!