THE COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY HAS BEGUN!!

Well everyone it has been confirmed today that baby Brayden will be born on Monday, March 23rd by elective C-section at 34 weeks 1day gestation. I will go into the hospital sunday night around 5 pm where they will start my fibrinogen treatment to bring my blood level up and then I will be put on a continous infusion until at least 2 days after the delivery. At that point I will go back to being treated probably 3 times a week the same as during pregnancy for 6 weeks after. The actual delivery itself will take place in the main hospital operating rooms (theatre) rather than the maternity unit, that way all the doctors and specialists will be very close to one another. There will be a team from the NICU waiting with all the necessary equipment to stabalize the baby if need be. My doctor told me we should be able to see the baby before the transport him but more than likely he will at a minimum spend the first night in the NICU. This will all depend on how strong he is when he comes out. He has been such a fighter so far, I'm sure he will be just fine maybe only needed a little bit of help to start with breathing, feeding, etc. Is very strange to think that in just a little over a week I will have my precious baby in my arms *tear*. Will everyone keep us both in your thoughts and prayers that things go smoothly and problems with both of us are kept to a minimum. :)

Hospital stay

Well I'm back home after a 4 day stay in the hospital. On sunday I was lying in bed when I started having a visual disturbance like the room was spinning and felt really dizzy along with headaches and swelling. So I decided to ring the hospital and they told me to come in to be checked out. The OB on call decided to admit me for observation to keep an eye on my blood pressure. For the most part my blood pressure was fine and the headache seemed to wear off but was still having a lot of swelling in my fingers and legs. Then on Monday night at about 2:30 in the morning I woke up to go to the toilet and was having really bad pains down low on my stomach. At that point I asked the nurse for some pain medication (tylenol). She noticed I seemed in quite a bit of pain so she took me back to my bed and had a feel of my tummy and noticed I was contracting. She put me on the monitor and sure enough I was having contractions every 2 minutes for about 30 minutes. The nurse went ahead and paged the doctor on call to come down and check me out then said "If you keep this up you might meet your baby sooner than you think!" From that point I was really scared because I want him to stay in at least a few weeks longer. When the doctor arrived thankfully my contractions had started to ease up. During her exam she said I wasn't dilated nor was my cervix getting short. All was good news, they left me on the monitor for another hour and all settled and was able to go back to sleep. Since I have only had a few minor contractions but nothing to worry about. I was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and have felt ok. Still have quite a bit of soreness around my pelvic bone but other that that not much else. I did have my appointment with my regular OB yesterday and she advised she will be booking my C-section during the week of March 23rd (34 weeks gestation). Am getting very nervous knowing that my little one will be here in a little more than 2 weeks. Just hope he stays put until then and continues to grow strong for his big birthday :)