Close Call

Today I had a scare!  My car door hit my belly hard when I closed it shut.  I called the nurse just to be on the safe side and she said to come in to check the baby's heartbeat.  They were able to find the heartbeat right away and it sounded great.  They also hooked me up to a fetal monitor to make sure everything was ok.  This is when it all went down hill.  I had three contractions in 12 mins and the doctor was concerned.  She sent me over to Wake Med to have them monitor me for a while.  At this point I was getting really nervous and for a little while I thought that I might have to deliver the little guy today.  My mom ended up meeting me at the hospital because Todd was in Charlotte for work.  He was ready to drive up if it got worse.  When I got to the hospital they treated me as if I was in labor which was a little scary.  I got sent up to the Labor and Delivery Triage in a wheel chair.  I was in the same room my sister was in when her water broke. When I got to the room they were asking me all the same questions they would to someone in labor.  I was hooked up to a heartbeat monitor and a fetal monitor.  I also couldn't eat anything in case I had to deliver which was tough because the last thing I ate was ceral at 9am.  Once the doctor saw that I wasn't dilated, she was less concerned which was a big relief.  They monitored me for 4 hours!  I was having 4-6 contractions an hour but they were very small.  The baby was moving around so much that the nurse had to keep coming in to adjust the hearbeat monitor.  He even had hiccups at one point.  He must have known something was up. The good thing was that I was able to hear his heartbeat the whole time which they said sounded great.  After 4 hours I was finally able to go home.  YAY!  I went in with a belly and thankfully left with a belly!  He needs to stay put for another 3 months!

***These pictures were taken AFTER we found out everything was going to be ok.  Beforehand I was a nervous wreck!