Too Soon...

We had a little scare the other day. I hadn't felt the baby move like I normally did. They tell you to do fetal counts with your baby and they should move at least 10 times in a 2 hour period. Well, I only felt her move 2 times throughout the entire day. This made me a little nervous but I was trying to keep my calm. 


While Vail was napping, I called my doctor to see what I should do. They had me do a fetal kick test for an hour to see if I could get 4 or more kicks and after an hour I only felt one small little movement. 


Then I started to get nervous. They asked me to come into the birthing center to have the baby monitored. Luckily my parents live close by so they met Vail and I at the hospital and Theo came from the East side. 


There was a long waiting period before I was hooked up to the monitor system and during that time were lots of prayers. Thankfully, I felt a huge kick right when the nurse was walking into the room. Although it was a sign of relief I was still worried as to why the movements were so low. 


So the monitoring began and it took what seemed like forever to find the heartbeat but when we heard that sound, tears of joy gushed down my face. I am already so in love with this precious angel that if the worse thoughts going through my head came true, I don't know how I would survive. As I was crying tears of joy, I looked up at the nurse and she was also crying tears of joy. What a great feeling to know that such wonderful people work there. 


Turns out Baby is healthy and they weren't sure why the movement was so low but in turn they found out that I was having consistent contractions every 3-5 min. WHAT??!!! You have got to be kidding me!!! Our master bedroom is half painted, I haven't washed any of the baby clothes, I don't have a carseat, I'm not mentally ready to give birth yet. 


This baby cannot come yet. They told me they would have monitor me for an hour to see if there was any change to my cervix due to the constant contractions. So an hour went by. I have to say "waiting" can sometimes be a pain but it always brings time where TV, phones, distractions go away and we had some good quality family time. My parents, Theo, Vail and I talked and laughed and talked about what-ifs and life. It was a nice hour spent with my loves.


After an hour they checked my cervix and thankfully nothing had changed. So they sent me home with orders to take things easy and to rest. 


My sweet baby girl, we need you to cook for another 4 weeks. Although I can't wait to meet you, I want you as healthy as can be. You have a lot of people who can't wait to love you - love momma