Ally’s Pregnancy Journal

Friday my boss let me work from home and I was amazed at home much I got done. Late that afternoon was my OB appointment and I was really hoping to talk to my doctor since I wanted to figure out what we could do. By this time the pains had really quieted down but it still prevented me from getting any sleep on Thursday night so I really wanted to see what we could do to get things moving along. When I got to the office I found out she was in an emergency C-section so I would be seeing Dr. Lerner - I have met him before and he was really nice, this would be Bryan’s first time meeting him though so I thought that would be good for him to meet another one of the potential doctors that could be delivering our child (if my OB is not available that is).

I explained what happened the day before and also mentioned that the pains have really died off though I still didn’t get any sleep - he recommended Tylenol PM to help me get some sleep. He also asked if I wanted to do an internal or not since I had one the day before - I figured things could have changed a bit overnight so I had him go ahead - sure enough I am now 1cm dilated - this made me feel better that some of the pain I had been going through since the hospital run wasn’t just the baby! I couldn’t help but cry when I was explaining all the pain - I’m sure that between the hormones and the lack of sleep this is why I couldn’t stop crying. He is soo sweet though - he explained that he didn’t invent this process (talking about pregnancy) and that things are better if we let nature take it’s course, less issues for me and the baby - they know that I really don’t want a c-section unless I absolutely have to so hearing that made me realize that maybe I can deal with this pain a little longer as long as I can get some sleep.

After the appointment we went for boiled dinner and stopped to pick up Tylenol PM. That night I took a dose and actually slept most of the night! It felt so good to get some rest and took it easy most of the morning. That afternoon I purged the stuff in the bathroom since we had more things than storage for so I wanted to go through and throw out anything we wouldn’t use, get rid of some makeup and anything that expired - I filled a whole kitchen trash bag with stuff! I also got everything into our one organizing unit with room to spare!

Saturday Night I took Tylenol PM again but the pain I went through before it kicked in was pretty severe and had a hard time relaxing but eventually they died off again, I was able to get comfortable and to sleep.

This morning I was up pretty early in pain, but tried to relax in bed, not working very well as I have gotten a few really bad contractions but since they were more than an hour apart nothing to start timing yet.

I have my next OB appointment on Wednesday - a day before my due date - that is if something doesn’t happen first - so with the factor of 10 days post due date they allow me to go over that leaves us with meeting the baby in about 2 weeks or less!

I’m going back to work tomorrow as long I can get some sleep again tonight!