Life Lately

So lately things have just been so beyond the word crazy!! We are still in and out of the ER due to contractions. On the 4th of July we went to the ER because I started to bleed and through out the day the bleeding picked up and so did the contractions. Well Neil didn't want to risk anything, so we left my friends house and headed straight to the ER. By that time the bleeding stopped, but contractions kept coming and they were stronger. They gave me a shot of morphine and sent me home with some pain meds, after they did a bunch of tests and an ultrasound. So a few days go by and the bleeding starts to pick back up again, there is this feeling of fluid leaking out of me, I had a bloody mucous discharge (like my mucous plug came out), contractions started to pick up and with each contraction I seriously wanted to push like I was in actual labor. So they gave me IV fluids, pain meds, and anti-nausea meds. I had to have 3 doses of pain meds and anti-nausea meds because everything was that strong. They did a pap, ultrasound, blood work, and urine sample. I guess when they did the pap (and sorry if this is TMI to my readers) there was a lot of white discharge, like I had a yeast infection. So the dr, Neil and I were thinking "okay, I have a yeast infection and that is the reason why I am contracting". Nope, the pap cultures all came back normal, there is no yeast infection, not even a start of a yeast infection. So they did a mini cath and took a clean urine sample, thinking that maybe I have another UTI, nope, no UTI. During the ultrasound, I ended up having 3 contractions in the 5 mins that she had me back there doing the ultrasound. I used to have a cyst that was on my left ovary and it's no longer there, but it was there on the 4th when we went in. So the dr is thinking that the cyst burst and that is what was causing the bleeding and the fluid leaking out, but it won't cause me to have contractions. So we know for SURE that the cyst is gone and that I am in FACT in preterm labor. The only problem with me going into preterm labor is, they can't give me any meds to stop the contractions until 24 weeks...so I have about 9 more weeks until they can finally give me something to stop the contractions. Until then they have me on vicodin to help with the pain and trust me I know all about preterm labor, I went into preterm labor with Matthew at 30 weeks and was in and out of the hospital from 30 weeks to 38 weeks, sometimes multiple times a day to get them to stop the contractions. With Aidan I started preterm labor at 17 weeks, only it wasn't as bad as Matthew's was or this baby.

So things between Neil and I were kind of up and down, but since all this stuff with the baby has been happening, we have started getting a lot closer now. We are talking about things more and he is starting to get more into the pregnancy. I don't know what it is really, but I noticed that it took him awhile to even put his hand on my stomach, then the morning of the 5th (when we were heading home from the ER), I told him that I realized that he doesn't talk to the baby like he did with Aidan. When I was pregnant with Aidan he was always talking to him and with this one, he doesn't do it that much. It kind of makes me upset sometimes. When we are laying in bed or I am doing something, he will come up behind me, put his hands on my stomach and ask how his babies are doing (meaning the baby and I) =] which I just love when he does that, but I wish that he would get more into the pregnancy. I think that once he is able to feel the baby move, he may get into it more, I just wish that he was already that into it ya know?

What can I say about my 3 boys lol they sure do keep me busy and going all the time. Matthew is becoming such a big help to me now. He knows how many problems that I have been having with this pregnancy, so he has been right there helping me out with anything that I need help with. I can't believe that he is going to be 10 years old in September and then Jackson is going to be 7 years old in October and Aidan is going to be 5 years old in November, then we are going to be introducing a new lil one to the family in December. I am actually glad that there is a bit of an age difference between Aidan and the baby, it will make things a little bit easier, which will be nice. =] Well I better get going, gotta get some things ready for tomorrow, Neil and I are going to a car show with his 68 Cougar =] I will post some pictures from that tomorrow or Monday. Catch you all later =]