Field trip to Labor and Delivery!

So I woke up this morning and had a few contractions. Not unheard of for me, but they were a bit closer together than usual. Oh and the first one hurt like HELL! That is definitely new. My contractions always hurt but not like this!
I went to school and the contractions continued. they were getting worse too. closer together and more intense. Started freaking out! I left school at 2 and was going to go to my grandma's but the contractions were only 9 minutes apart.
I headed straight to Lakeview Hospital instead. I got into the ER and had a contraction while I was checking in so they took me straight up to Labor & Delivery. I am only 27 weeks along so I got rigged into all of the monitors pretty quickly. I couldn't hardly move myself so getting into bed was nearly impossible. and changing into a gown hahahahahaha oh that was interesting!!
The other hard part is that I cannot take off my maternity band without my pain level shooting up through the roof! So they had to try to get the monitors, the monitor bands, and my band on all at once.
I got to watch my contractions on the monitor and they were definately there but they wasn't a ton of pressure on my uterus. They were still considered contractions, but they were "weak" contractions. The pain I was feeling was NOT what I would consider weak.
I got sent downstairs for an ultrasound to check on my little man. Unfortunately because I was in there for potential preterm labor, I wasn't allowed to spy on him. The tech just did her job and I was sent back upstairs.
The results were in a while later, I was not dilating. So I got sent home! No pain meds, no nothing... I was rather irritated but grateful that my doc had given me a prescription of pain pills so I took one as soon as I got home!
For now our little man is staying put!!  gotta cook him for a few more weeks!

2nd Trimester pics!

17 weeks!!

20.5 weeks!!

24 weeks!! (totally didn't mean for it to be the same outfit!)

WE HAVE A DATE!!

First lets get to the great news!! Baby Declan will be making his appearance May 27th!! I'm so excited to have an official date!

My dr is concerned that I will have him early and in that case, I'll just immediately have a c-section. This wasn't my original plan, I truly wanted a VBAC. But due to the damage to my intestines caused by Coen's big head during labor with him (my pelvic floor is destroyed and I have intestinal prolapse, as well as my uterus and bladder are beginning to prolapse. it rocks!) and due to the inflammation of my bladder and the great amount of pain that I'm already in, my dr doesn't think it is wise to even attempt a VBAC. She doesn't think that I could withstand the pain of the initial contractions while I'm waiting to get an epidural. She also fears that I would devastatingly damage my intestines, pelvic floor, and bladder.

I'm so excited about the possibility of having a "27 baby"!! My younger brother and I are both born on 27's and this was a big deal when we were growing up. When it came time for my family to adopt my youngest brother, the only thing my younger brother and I cared about was whether or not he was a 27 baby and if he wasn't then my parents didn't need to bother with bringing him home as he wouldn't fit in our family... Thank heavens Jacob was a 27 baby!!

Valentine's Day... do other pregnant women give a damn about this holiday?

I surely don't care about Valentine's day this year!! First off we can't top last year where we went to Lady Antebellum! Secondly, I'm really not in charge of my life and therefore making plans is just about pointless...

We decided to risk it yesterday anyway... We got giftcards for christmas and we decided it was finally time to cash them in... We looked up the menus for the restaurants that one was good for and both decided on Rooster's in Layton! mmmmmmmm

Man dinner was tasty!! Seriously so good! Yummy onion rings. Yummy salad. Yummy raspberry lemonade. Just plain yummy!!!

It was really nice to just get out of the house and spend some time with Bryce that didn't involve shopping, kids, grandparents... Just us! It had been a long time! We got there a bit early but that was with the intention of going to a movie afterwards. It was nice to have a nearly empty restaurant! We just got to sit there and talk! much needed time together!!! We didn't talk school or work. We talked beer and wine. We talked about us. We just spent good quality time together!!

.......... then the pain hit me..........

BIG TIME!

to the point that I was incredibly grateful that we picked Roosters in Layton and not Union Station in Ogden... I wouldn't have been able to make that long of a drive home. I was barely able to make the drive home from Layton. I had to recline the chair back and just pray that Bryce didn't get in an accident (which he didn't!).

even today, the next day, the pain is still out of control... I'd call the dr but what is the point... I'll just be asked to pee in a cup and the results will be negative and they'll tell me to take it easy and good luck...

If one more person tells me to buck up, or get over it, or learn to deal with it, or whatever else hateful things people have said to me, i may scream! I'm sorry that the pain makes it so that I nearly pass out... I'm sorry that I miss events, parties, holidays, etc because I'm on bedrest and in too much pain to make an hour long drive... I'm taking care of my little man and he is my top priority! Can't wait to meet the little stinker! :)