This is a blog that I posted on my personal blogspot, but felt I should share with all those who read this blog as well:
Well, it's official-I am definitely a mother!!! No, Tye isn't here, however we did spend most of the night in triage last night. Everything is fine, but me being a new mommy and not having anything to compare, I got a little scared last night, when I hadn't felt Tye move in about 11 hours.
At my last appointment I was asked to keep track of his movements and all through the pregnancy, he has been so active it usually kept me up at night. But within the last week (when work got to be a little too stressful), I noticed his movements had begin to slow down and then yesterday it was as if they stopped completely.
Teo wasted no time and took me straight to the hospital-although we were concerned, he made light of the situation by saying: "Hey, at least we get a look at where we need to go and what the rooms look like." When we took our baby classes, because of the H1N1 virus, they were not allowing ANYONE to visit the maternity ward.
Moving on... they hooked me up to the monitor and it was instant relief when I heard the strong heartbeats of my little monkey. Teo made another comment, which is totally fitting, especially for our kid: "Tye is just being a punk and getting us ready for all the joys of parenthood." The nurse was looking for 3 big movements in 10 minutes and Tye being an ADD, overachiever, gave her 3 HUGE movements in 3 minutes, which again, was a huge relief.Here comes the problems-she said, that I did have some contractions and was surprised that I didn't feel them-not close enough to be alarmed, but still something to be on the lookout for. (I've been telling everyone from the beginning, that I think Tye will be early...maybe my mother's instincts are as good as my mom's ).
They also found protein and blood in my urine, so I'll be back at the docs on Friday-it could be a number of things, a simple bladder infection, early signs of preeclampsia, toxemia (which my mom had with her first baby) or another kidney related infection.I feel good though and Tye is doing AWESOME, which, that's all I care about and I am so thankful to my husband-he is going to be such a great dad and an amazing coach when it is go time! Love you honey!Beosos.
