yes! I finished Fayola's room with the finishing touches of curtains on her closet. I ran errands and met with my friend Latisha for lunch... yummy food! I finished my paperwork for work so I could have the weekend to myself. Having a great day, felt fatigued though... really fatigued and just felt some lower abdomen cramping. All in all a good day. Went to our friends (Asher & Christina) house for hanging out and playing games... I wanted to rest on the couch, that's all I felt like doing, they were playing Trivial Pursuit.
July 2nd:
I woke up and went to the salon for a waxing, then walked around the Carmel Farmer's market, boy did that make me feel exhausted. At 10AM, we went down to Greenwood to see our little niece, Isabelle, and Jenny & Nick (brother/sister). We hung out at the house, I felt again, lethargic and had some last minute errands to run. I had to run by BabieRUs because I just had to have the changing pad cover, then I really felt Fayola's room would be complete. After that we went to Cheesecake Factory (I ate edemame beans, spinach dip, white pizza, and shared mango cheesecake with my father-in-law).... boy was I full!! We had a great time visiting and relaxing. We then went to our friend's house, Paul, relaxed and talked, at that point I felt like we needed to go home because I was TIRED and so swollen. I had increased pressure, and I was pretty sure that I was leaking some amniotic fluid starting July 1st, but that day finally came to grips with that I really may have been. We went home, went to bed!
July 3rd:
Woke up... decided that we needed to go for a walk, it's what I really wanted to have done both July 1st and 2nd, so we went by the Baha'i center so I could drop off a few things, we talked with some friends. Then off to disc golf because I really wanted to just walk around. We tried to last as long as possible, only make it for 45 minutes, then back home. I went to Trader Joe's, got some Falafal and pita bread, my brother was coming into town!! Yes, I hadn't seem him in a long time. We hung out, relaxed and then we took my brother out for his Birthday dinner, authentic Chinese... wanted to get some DimSum, but they only have that for lunch. I ate some mango beef dish and dumplings, hot/sour soup, it was good! Good restuarant, Shanghai Lil. I used the restroom there and thought, huh... is that urine or amniotic fluid, not sure? Then we went for Frozen Yogurt at Huddles, I got confused on the fireworks show in Indy, so we headed downtown to find out there was fireworks on July 4th, duh!? Not that night, so we headed home to watch Zoolander. :) "Very very good looking". That night, I really saw more fluid, told Eric that "I think I'm leaking amniotic fluid, not sure", He said with his face turning pale white and eyes watering, "I don't think I can do this, I'm not ready yet". He was very nervous to watch me go through labor pains and the risk of his daughter and my life. (Another side note: all day long I felt contractions (didn't know at the time), but they were frequent, just not strong... opps!) That night had discomfort and slight contractions.
July 4th:
Man... I could not wake up out of bed, I was tired! Little did I know this would be the last time I would sleep good for a loooong time! At least 48 hours. I felt like I got hit by a car, however there was no amniotic fluid leaking. We woke up and barely made it to Carmelfest July 4th parade. We saw the Mathews' and watched the parade. I didn't feel bad there, but told my friends... I may be leaking fluid, who knows? We had some lunch at Noodles & Company, I got Japanese Pan Noodles, drank some lemonade... I loved lemonade at the end of my pregnancy, couldn't get enough. We then went back home, watched Happy Gilmore, then my brother was off to Buffalo, if only I would have called the MD earlier, he would have stayed for Fayola's birth. We then went to a cookout at the Laghaie's home, had some yummy burgers. I was feeling good, didn't really feel any contractions. But then... I went to the bathroom, and pretty sure I lost my mucus plug, my heart started pounding a little. We left around 7pm, and I decided we needed to walk some more, so Eric played disc golf and I walked, talking to my friend Anna about how nervous I was about becoming a mommy. We then went home, I cleaned the kitchen, finished any last minute paperwork, sent some emails (knew in the back of my mind I may be going to delivery Fayola soon). We went to get movies at Blockbuster instead of watching the fireworks. I didn't want to see fireworks because I knew I needed rest for work the next day and my feet were super swollen. We got some good movies though at Blockbuster we never got to watch! Got home, I used the bathroom, ahhhh... my bladder felt good and empty. I stood up and heavy trickle of fluid ran down my legs.... "uh oh"... I knew at that point, 930pm, my water definitely broke. I told Eric I was calling the MD, as I was waiting for her to call back, I had more gushing and the "bloody show". She called, I asked if I could wait until Tuesday morning, she was adament that I get the hospital. So I guess I had to go...
Hospital run:
Well... I needed a shower, and needed to finish packing my bag, I had to figure out what to do with our dog, Chloe. So, I took a shower, we then got the carseat in the car (just in case, I still thought for some reason I wasn't quite to the point to give birth). We went by Erin's house to drop off Chloe, I went in and talked for a while, and Eric was getting anxious that I was just talking, we needed to go! We then headed out the door for a 45 minute commute (Eric was definitely speeding though) to Danville, IN, Hendricks Regional Health, where I work, to give birth. While there usually wouldn't be any traffic at 11pm, tonight there was sure enough since it was July 4th. In my mind, I thought, no rush... I'm probably not even going to stay. I wasn't really having a lot of contractions, well none I could feel. I was just in La La land... I sort of forgot the commute to the hospital.
I will continue the birth story in the next posting. Here is the last day I was pregnant, 5 hours before my water broke! :)
Week 37
My brother and I
Family photo!
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