LONG night!

Saturday night was a LONG night. Halloween was great (post to come) and it was so fun having John and Jane (home for a 2 week stretch before heading back to the mission field) to celebrate with. The guests left and I started feeling a little queasy... I took a bath hoping to calm my stomach, which worked for about 10 minutes. 10 minutes later everything I had eaten in the past 24 hours decided to resurface. I laid on the bathroom floor ALL night long until about 3:00 AM. I then realized I was getting dehydrated so I tried drinking some fluids. 10 minutes later that decided it didn't want to stay down either.

Andy and I then decided to go to the hospital to make sure baby was ok....**Sidenote--ask anyone in my family they will tell you when I have gotten the stomach flu in the past it is NO joke. I usually lose 10+ lbs, lose all fluid, sound like a dying seal, and work myself into such dehydration that I have to go to the ER to get an IV. Ask Ashley about the time she was babysitting the kids while my parents were out of town and the Doctor gave me an anti-nausea medicine that I was allergic to...it ended up with me getting Lock-Jaw and rushed to the Doctor so my throat wouldn't swell up and basically kill me...good times**

Anyway, back to Saturday night. So we get to the hospital and they sent me straight to Labor and Delivery. After I reassured everyone I was NOT in labor, they got me hooked up to the monitors. As it turns out what I thought were upset stomach pains were really contractions! I had been having them every 3-5 minutes! I knew I always wanted an epidural, but now my feelings are confirmed! I will be getting an epidural FOR SURE! They got my hooked up to an IV, gave me 4 Liters of fluid plus some anti-nausea medicine. The lack of fluid was what started my contractions...but the 4 Liters didn't solve the problem. So they went to Plan B which was a muscle relaxer. After giving me the shot the contractions finally slowed down and eventually stopped. Phew!

I was sent home with direct orders not to do anything but rest and drink LOTS of fluid. I now only have about 1-2 contractions every hour which the doctors said is normal and will be just fine.

So if I jump off the blog wagon for a few days/weeks it's because I am not supposed to be blogging :-)...

In other news.... this fine young gentleman comes home THIS Saturday!!! 9:10 AM, Orange County Airport!!!
The doctor said so long as I stay stable the rest of the week as I am now I can go to California... oh and if I make sure I don't go to a "Podunk (sp?) town". When I told him I was going to Orange County, he just looked at me and said, "Well, make sure you are close to a good hospital in case you need to see a Doctor"--Obviously he has never heard of Saddleback Memorial. So I will be taking it easy so we can welcome home Elder Trevor Dean Bruce!!!