Labor and Delivery is no fun!

So last week on my way to my OB appointment I ended up getting rear ended. Nothing major, in fact, if I wasn't pregnant I would not have even thought to call for assistance. Needless to say, pregnant women and accidents do not sit well with anybody, so I was dramatically taken to Labor and Delivery via ambulance. My poor husband, once he found out I was in a wreak hung up the phone with me before finding out any of the story to tell his boss he had to leave NOW! He had to call back to find out where I was being taken to and to make sure I was really OK.

First of all I am fine and the baby is fine, and there is only minimum damage to the car. But I thought you guys might be interested to know what it is like in L/D. I had to be there for a minimum of 4 hours, but they did allow me to drink water while I was there. However since I had an early lunch, and this happened late afternoon, I was not a happy camper around dinner time. I was set up to a monitor that records the fetal heartbeat along with any contractions you might be having. I am sure you have seen this machine on TV or with friends. They just tighten two belts with a beeper size sensor on it to monitor you while you are there. It was nice to hear the heart beat and to see that he was not in any distress. I was really fascinated with the whole contraction monitor thing being a first time mommy and all and thinking to myself "no, you cannot come yet...I still have so much to do before you are supposed to be here!".

Apparently I am having contractions, but nothing painful as of yet. The nurse said that that is common for as far along as I am (34 weeks the day of the accident) to be having some. And that second time moms can usually register these contractions since they know what you are looking for the second time around. In the past couple of weeks I have been feeling the baby ball up and tighten but to me it felt like a butt or something... but could really have been contractions. SO now I am just playing the guessing game. "Is this a contraction? Or is it just the baby moving?" My husband just thinks it is funny. He said it is going to be a long month ahead if I am getting excited about "maybe" contraptions now.

I went for a follow up OB appointment the next day and the heartbeat still looked good. I don't go back until next week, but after that appointment I will start going every week! It is heard to believe that next week is going to be my last full week at work before my little man comes. Hopefully nobody else has an unexpected visit to L/D, but hopefully it will not be a scary experience and everything runs smoothly for them.