Contractions & Bed Rest & Ultra Sounds.... OH MY!

It's been a week of ups and downs but thankfully all is well. I had my two week check up on Monday and really wasn't feeling well. Turns out my resting heart rate was 124. It's normally in the 70's so that was odd. Plus my blood pressure was low...still considered normal but a bit low. Everything else was fine and I was told to just stay in bed. Then around 7:30 I started getting these strange shooting pains that started around my pubic bone and shot up over my tummy. They came and went for a couple hours and then around ten they were happening every minute or so. They weren't very painful and I wasn't worried that they were contractions but I called Labor & Delivery anyway, more out of curiosity of the cause. The Doctor there said it's gallstones and that I need to see my regular doctor in the morning.

Huh.

I wasn't convinced, especially after doing a few Google searches on the matter, my symptoms just didn't fit. So I called my Perinatology dept in the morning and they wanted me to come and be checked. Soon after scheduling that apt I recognized my first contraction...Braxton Hicks contraction that is, but I was still concerned because by the time I was seeing my doc they were 4 minutes apart...LOL. Thankfully everything checked out fine and no preterm labor was predicted. But the nurse, who isn't my regular, suspected lil' Asa to be measuring small. Heck she also accused me of not eating as she only thought my weight gain was 1 lb, not 14. She then admitted to not looking at my full chart. She also said that my urine samples were showing what appeared to be lack of food in my system. To which I responded that I have had my last 5 apt at 12 noon. I then go home and have lunch, so they are catching me at a time where I am just starting to get hungry again. Even Jeff laughed at the accusation of me not eating as I swear I am always complaining about being hungry and eating all the time. Regardless I think that's the real reason that she wanted to schedule a measuring U/S, she thought I was lying. Nice. And come to think of it, I never did find out what those pains could have been but they haven't been back.

So off I went this morning, after a week of bed rest and taking it easy. Asa is measuring just fine. Everything looks good and the technician said he is 3lbs 10oz. Which is in the average percentile. I also think today is the first day this week that I haven't had anymore contractions...YAY!

So there you have it, nothing too exciting and baby will be cooking a while longer, thank goodness! His little head is tucked up under my left rib, not comfy so hopefully he will turn soon. And it's the sweetest thing, when Jeff starts talking to my tummy at night in bed, Asa will skooch over to the right as if to get as close to daddy's voice and cheek as possible.

I love my boys.