Well, this weekend was annoying, haha! On Friday, I was having really bad back pain and some pretty decent contractions so I had Jeremy try to check my cervix to see if anything was going on. He said he thought I was dilated to 5!! What the what?!!? So, we decided we better go to the hospital and get checked out in case I was having back labor like I did with Cedric (and couple others too!). We had my mom come sit with the kids at the house after school and headed out there. They checked my cervix when I first got there and said that my cervix was funky right now! It is dilating at different rates. The cervix is shaped like a doughnut and the "outside" of it is dilated to 5-6 and the "inside" (the part closest to the baby's head) is dilated to 3. I have to be at 4 to be admitted. They hooked me up to the contraction machine and I was having them consistently every 3-5 mintues, sometimes faster than that actually. I started to get a wee bit excited because the doc and nurses were saying things like "I hope you don't go too fast because this is your seventh", etc. The doc was going to admit me but, decided to wait two hours and see where I was at after that. So, I started to walk the halls, bounce on the birth ball, etc. And then outta nowhere, the contractions just started to fizzle out. They slowed way down and I made no more dilation progress. They sent me home to "labor at home". Joy. I love laboring at home with all the kids and chores and everything else. Thanks. UGH! So, I was at the hospital for five hours and nothing to show for it! Why would they not just break my water or give me pitocin or something to get it over with. Good grief, obviously something was going on and I'm dilated a lot already?!?!?! Grrrrr... but, they gave me a prescription for vicodin. Super. They don't want to intervene or do anything un-natural to get the baby going but, let's pump her full of VICODIN?!?! REALLY?!?!? My back throbbed all weekend along with the contractions that I was still having, just not regularly. Super annoying.
I have been trying lots of natural induction methods and old wives tales and nothing is working.....so far! I am going to try some more things today like nipple stimulation. That should be fun. I am so close to trying the whole castor oil thing again. I swore I would never do it again after the time I took it when I was pregnant with Cedric, haha! Oh my, I was stuck on the toilet forever!!! Bahbhahahaha!
I must say though, the birthing suites at the Carthage Memorial Hospital are the nicest I have seen anywhere! HUGE rooms, with kitchenettes and all! Big, nice, couch beds for the dads and visitors. HUGE bathrooms with jetted tubs and all! I can't wait to deliver there!! Come on baby girl!!!!!
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