Trial Run Take 2

For the second time this week, Tim and I visited the hospital today. No, it's not that I think the hospital gown is fashionable nor do I get a rush each time we check into labor and delivery it's just how the week has gone. Today around 11 am I started having cramping (kinda like a period), but they were consistently 2 minutes apart. We wavered back and forth wondering if it was labor or not because it really wasn't what we expected so we agreed to call the doctor and do what he advised. He said better go get checked so that's we did. I hope that you have figured out by now that since I am typing a blog it was a false alarm and we are home yet again with no baby. When I got there they hooked me up and said that yes, in fact I was having contractions consistently 2-4 minutes apart lasting 50-60 seconds each. Now any of you that have read a pregnancy book lately know that this is by the book when they tell you to go in so while I feel silly that I cried wolf, I am very confused. We waited and waited hour after hour for them to tell me if I was staying or going. The doctor even came to the hospital which was neat because usually you just get the nurse until it's time to push, but our doctors are awesome:) He basically said that my cervix isn't changing fast enough so the baby isn't coming. However I was very open endedly left with, "she could come any time starting tonight all the way until the due date." wow thanks for narrowing that down for me.

Also, an update on my fall. All this time I have been thinking I strained muscles and have been hoping for a quick recovery. I sadly report that it is still very painful and have been told by my doctor that he believes I actually separated the pelvic bone. It really requires an MRI or xray, but since I can't do that he check my pelvis himself and says that my symptoms and the areas where I'm sensitive all point to a disconnected bone. We will worry about treatment later because labor will only make it worse. Sometimes the problem can resolve on it's own with rest, other times you might need crutches or a wheelchair to give your body time to heal and in the most extreme cases they actually do surgery to implant a plate into your pelvis. Hopefully I am one of the lucky ones. Let me remind you flip flops + rain = bad idea!!!

So here we sit yet again just waiting for baby. Hopefully there will be no more false alarms. Happy New Year!