We’ve had quite a lazy day today.  Well, I have had quite a lazy day today.  I let Owen go play golf with his buddies today, because in the coming weeks I’m not sure he’ll be able to leave me!

We got good news this morning.  Only 2 contractions overnight (which I again didn’t feel), and there have been no changes since Friday.

I’m still about 1cm dilated.  I say about because it’s kind of a subjective number, but I know it’s no more than 1cm. 

Baby is still up high, and is not trying to join us. 

As of right now, I’m still allowed to get up to use the restroom, shower and stretch every now and again.  But I have to stay lying down all other times in bed.

We will get to see our regular doctor in the morning, and we can’t wait!  Although we know she’s not going to tell us anything any different than we’ve already heard, it’s just comforting to get to talk to her about what’s going on, since she knows our history so well.  Although really so do all of the other doctors and nurses.  They all remember us from 10 months ago!!

We will also get an ultrasound sometime tomorrow.  Probably in the morning, but we’re not sure yet.  I was mistaken when I said in an earlier post that we would get daily ultrasounds.  We’ll get one Tuesday, then probably a few days later…I’m not really sure yet. 

The ultrasound will tell us a lot.  Making sure the baby hasn’t moved down at all, is still breech and that my fluid levels are still high are all what they will be looking for.

We’re anticipating being here until she’s born.  And we’re hoping that is at least a month from now, if not more.  There may come a point when we can go home and do this bed rest thing at home, but that will at least be a few weeks from now if we can make it that far.  And even that is speculation at this point.

Sayla Grace is being quite the trooper.  I’m trying to pretend in my mind that we’re just on vacation and we’ll be home to see her in a few weeks!

She’s come up to visit a few times every day, and has fun playing in the bed with me and trying to chew on my IV tubes and ID bracelets.  Today she ate cauliflower in bed with me for the first time and loved it!  Little things like that make me happy! 

Owen has given me strict instructions that I’m not allowed to cry when she’s here, or he will stop bringing her up here!  He wouldn’t really keep her from me, but I do have to watch how upset I get.

Being away from her is the hardest part of all of this, so I would appreciate your prayers specifically in this regard.  You mamma’s know the feeling. 

I did get my IV out today, which was happy news.  The Group B strep test came back negative, so they said I didn’t need the antibiotics anymore.  Group B strep is just a type of bacteria that pregnant women can carry and pass on to the baby during delivery, but it’s easily treated with antibiotics prior to delivery. 

Since I came in preterm, they automatically treated me with the IV antibiotics until they could get the test results back.  But since it came back negative I don’t need the meds any more.  My hand sure was happy about that! 

That’s really all of the exciting news I have at the moment.  I’m passing time by working and watching back to back episodes of Cake Boss on TLC.  They do need more channels in this joint!!

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Well our journey continues here at the hospital.  We are officially here until baby is born, which will hopefully be many more weeks.

Here’s the latest…

After being here roughly 24 hours, we finally saw the on call doctor.  She was wonderful, and I could tell she felt very bad telling us we had to stay. 

Turns out I am a full 1 cm dilated, and my cervix has softened (it’s supposed to be closed and hard!!) 

I’m having random contractions, but they are very mild and I can’t feel them. This is one of the main reasons I can’t go home, because not being able to feel them, I can’t count them.  I’m only allowed 6 in one hour before they have to intervene with meds.  And naturally, if I can’t feel them to count them, I’d be doomed at home!! 

The good news is that my water has not broken, my membranes (aka amniotic sac that the baby is swimming around in) is still up very high away from my cervix.  And the baby is still breech, butt down and up high as well. 

Unlike her sister at this point, she is not actively trying to join the world.  It’s just something about my body that has decided she needs to be outside the womb.  We’re just can’t figure out what that is!

Right now I’m 26 weeks and 5 days along.  I’ll be 27 weeks on Wednesday, and Sunday I’ll be past the point where I had Sayla Grace. 

Baby already weighs 2 pounds, and they are making me eat eat eat to fatten her up even more.  I’m incredibly stuffed all the time!  But I’m not complaining!!! 

Her heart rate is great, staying around 156 or so and is very strong.  She has strong kicks and gets the hiccups alot! 

I’m on a bunch of different meds…Penicillin to ward off any potential infection; Procardia to stop contractions; Indocin to stop contractions; and a regular saline drip.  Oh, and my weekly Progesterone shots. 

The only major side effect from any of those comes from the Indocin.  There is a chance it can decrease the amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the baby, so that is why I’m getting the saline drip. 

I’ll also get daily ultra sounds to check the fluid levels.  Because of this, I can only have 8 doses of the Indocin so we don’t deplete the amniotic fluid.  So far I’ve had 2 doses. 

I’m allowed to sit up, but not sit up straight.  I can get up to go to the bathroom, and I’m allowed one shower a day.  Although honestly I spend most of my time lying down, and I don’t plan on showering every day!  So if you come visit and I’m stinky, I apologize in advance!!!

They moved us into a big room at the end of the hall that has it’s own little hallway and a nice view.  We’ve brought a few of SG’s things up here so she can spend some days playing up here with us.  And we’ll bring her pack ‘n play so she can spend a few nights with us. 

Right now her grandmother’s are alternating taking care of her and she’s quite happy.  I’m thankful she’s not at the age where she recognizes I’m not there.  Although she’s always happy to see me when she comes up here.

I miss her like CRAZY, and I cherish the little time I get to spend with her.  But I know it’s only temporary, and she’ll understand one day!  I’ve never spent the night away from her since we brought her home, so that part is hard.  To not see her smiling face when I wake up in the morning is excruciating, but I’m getting through it!   

Tas is with his Uncle Gray and girlfriend Rezi and son Gabby, and I’m sure he’s loving life right now!!  He loves getting to spend time with them because he can run and play and be with his “pack” of other Vizsla’s.

We don’t really need anything right now other than prayers.  I still have a bunch of “to do” things from when I was here with SG almost a year ago!! 

We are accepting visitors – room 311 at St. Vincent’s.

Again we appreciate all of your thoughts and prayers, and I will try and update here as things change.  But hopefully we’ll have the same uneventful days over and over and there will be nothing new to report!

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“Welcome back!,” the nurses said to me as I checked into the lovely Labor and Delivery this morning, 14 weeks ahead of schedule. (I’m 26 weeks 4 days pregnant with baby girl #2, due August 30th). 

How’d I get here?  Well apparently my crazy body doesn’t want to be pregnant for any longer than it absolutely has to be!

Getting here was kind of by accident.  Yesterday I had a very busy day with Sayla Grace.  She was having one of those days where she didn’t want to be put down, or left alone for more than 2 seconds.

If I did put her down to play, I had to be right there by her side and couldn’t leave the room.  We were up and down, on and off the floor playing. I was constantly carrying her everywhere.

I know, I know.  I needed to be taking it a bit more easy, but my baby needed me, and I can’t tell that sweet face “no.” 

By the end of the day, I was exhausted, but that’s nothing new.  Owen came home and took over until bedtime, and I put my feet up and rested. 

Late in the evening, I started feeling the baby “tap dancing on my cervix” like I had felt with Sayla Grace.  Although when I felt it with SG, I didn’t know that’s not a normal thing! 

I’ve felt it before with this baby, and every time, I call the doc, and I go into the office to get checked out and go home.

Well when I called this morning to get an appointment, there were no available doctors because they were all going into surgery this morning.  So the only option for me was to come up to Labor and Delivery and get checked out here. 

So off I went.  Sayla Grace’s Grandmamma Joyce happened to be off work today, so she came over to take care of her while I was gone. 

The plan was a quick trip, a little monitoring and home by afternoon. 

But we all know my girls can’t make this pregnancy thing simple!!  Turns out I’m 1cm dilated and contracting.  Oops!! 

The dilation is not a huge concern because I “just had a baby 10 months ago” and my muscles never had a chance to acclimate back to normal.  I’m not “hour glassing,” my water hasn’t broken and I’m not bleeding. 

So that news put me here at least through the afternoon until they could reach the doctor. 

After they talked to the doctor, I got a shot of Brethine (typically for things like asthma) to stop the contractions.  It worked, and I’ve been contraction free since I got the shot.  I can have up to 2 more of these shots throughout the night/day tomorrow if I contract again.  But we’re hoping that doesn’t happen!

I also got a steroid shot to help baby’s lungs develop.  You’ll remember I got that shot with Sayla Grace, and I’m convinced it’s the reason she only spent 17 hours on the ventilator after she was born.  I’ll get one more dose this evening, and she’ll be covered! 

After the shots, and some yummy catfish lunch, I got an ultra sound.  Baby is healthy, and although I am about 1cm dilated, they still aren’t concerned.

Baby is breech at the moment, and literally sitting on top of my bladder.  Yeah, it’s great.  But at least I’m allowed to get up from the bed to go to the bathroom this time, so I can handle it.

I’ll stay on the monitor’s throughout the night, they will check again in the morning to be sure I’ve not dilated anymore, and decide then when I can go home.  Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon I’ll be home. 

I might go home on a monitor, I might not.  I might be on bed rest, I might not.  We really don’t know yet. 

But I will have to take it easy, and we’re going to have to hire a nanny of sorts to help with Sayla Grace during the days that Owen is working.  So if you’re in the nanny market, shoot me an email (jessicawprescott@gmail.com)!!  Apparently I’ll be conducting interviews this week!

We think we are closer to coming up with a name, we just have to make up our minds before we share our current choice.  I’ll share soon, hopefully!

We appreciate your prayers!  Again, I’m at total peace with this process.  Even much more so than with Sayla Grace ~ probably because I’ve been to this rodeo before!  But this is another strong baby girl…some days I think she’s stronger than her sister based on the kicks she gives me!!  But in all seriousness, God has given me that amazing peace beyond understanding, and I’m not worried about a thing! 

But prayers are always appreciated!

I’ll keep you updated!

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