My plans are not His plans!

 Here I am 34 weeks and 6 days pregnant, my parents and sister just left the day before for Hawaii and my doctor is telling me that I need to check into Labor and Delivery to be monitored, stop contractions and most likely will be put on bed rest!  What???  Tonight??  But I'm not ready to go on bed rest!  I'm not ready to stop teaching!  I'm not prepared for a sub yet!  This was not in my plans!  I was planning on to stop teaching on April 21st and here it is March 22nd.   And to top things off my parents were on vacation!  YIKES!

Okay..let me back up a bit.  Monday, the day before all of this I was at school.  It was our first day back after spring break!  I had made it through the day pretty good, no problems just a little tired.  Well, around 1:30 I decided to call my doctor because I thought I may be leaking amniotic fluid.  Wasn't sure but I knew something wasn't right.  My doctor told me to go ahead and go to labor and delivery to get checked out just to be on the safe side.  So I left work and headed to the hospital.  I wasn't really worried or freaking out, but just wanted to make sure my baby was okay!  Thankfully, Kody's office is right next door to the hospital, so he was able to get there very quickly!  So, I get up to the birthing floor and they put me in a triage room with a small bed and hook me up to some monitors.  One monitor was to monitor Addison's heartbeat, the other was to check for contractions.  I wasn't hooked up long when the nurse told me I was having contractions.  My reactions was, "I am??"  I had no clue...at that moment anyways!  They checked and I was not leaking amniotic fluid, so that was GREAT!  They did an ultrasound and baby looked great and her heart beat was strong!  Yay!  She did check me and told me that I was about 1 cm dilated, but I knew that was pretty normal for how far along I was, so I didn't freak.  It just made me realize that my body is starting to prepare for delivery!  This whole time that I am laying down, my lower back was killing me and I could not get comfortable.  I just figured it was because I was laying on my back and on a really uncomfortable bed.  The nurse kept asking me if I were feeling the contractions and I told her that I was feeling a tightening in my stomach, but they weren't really painful.  She said my contractions were about 5 mins apart and she didn't want me to leave until they were farther apart.  We ended up staying for 4 1/2 hours!  I was so ready to be released so that my back would stop hurting.  I had a scheduled doctor's appointment the next day, so she just told me to follow up with my doctor.  So, when I get home, I finally realize that it was not the bed that was making my back hurt, that I was indeed having back labor.  My stomach would tighten and then it would immediately go straight to my back.  Great!  Kody started timing them and at first they were about 7 minutes apart but thankfully they got farther apart.  I had some throughout the night and then continued to have some while at school.

So, I go to my doctor appointment at 3:30, really not expecting much.  I wasn't supposed to get checked or have an ultrasound until my next appointment, but since I was having contractions she wanted to go ahead and check me.  She told me that I was now 2 cm dilated and 80% effaced!  That really shocked me!  I was not expecting to hear that.  She also told me that she wanted me to have another ultrasound here and then head back over to labor and delivery!  So I have my ultrasound, everything looks good and then I head over to the hospital.  I walk up to the birthing center and get checked in.  Thankfully this time they put me in a birthing room with a nice comfy bed.  I'm a little nervous at this point and not sure what to think!  I get all hooked up to monitors, they give me an IV of fluids to hydrate me and then give me 3 shots of Brethine over an hour and a half period to stop the contractions.  Around 9:00 that night I finally get released and am told that I will be on bed rest until my next doctor appointment and that I have to take Brethine in the pill form every 6 hours.  I was glad to go home!

My sweet in-laws were on spring break, so they came while I was at the hospital and stayed with us for a few days!  It was really nice having the company and they helped out so much around the house!  Thank you so much Wanda and Phil for your help!

I know the Lord has a plan through all of this and am very thankful that little Addison listened and stayed put until my parents made it home!  I am just so thankful that she is doing great and I am trying to enjoy the rest because I know that will come to a halt once she is here!

""For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," declares the Lord."
 Isaiah 55:8

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21