The Belly Beans (Bryson and Sawyer)

I am determined to not have this baby now.

But here we are, in the hospital, for the second night, because my body is ridiculous and decided to start having contractions last night.  Of course, I am not supposed to be having a baby right now…so I was somewhat in denial that this was actually happening now.  By the time  we made it to the hospital, I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes.  As in “the real deal” labor contractions.  You may remember that, Bryson came early (not quite 36 weeks), but in the world of babies, that is not the same thing as not quite 34 weeks. which is where we are right now with belly bean #2. 

Yesterday really wasn’t a stressful day or anything, so I am not sure what I did to start all of this.  But somehow, I landed myself in the hospital on the antepartum unit, for what seems like an indefinite period of time.  They started treating me with terbutaline to stop the contractions.  And that seems to be working- until about 30 minutes before my next dose is due.  Our midwife has said that if things are totally quiet overnight, maybe we will be released tomorrow, on the stipulation that I will be on bedrest until we get close the the magic 36 week mark. 

Give me strength.  I have been sitting here for less than 24 hours and I am already stir crazy.  I cannot imagine 2 weeks of this. 

More to come…