False Alarm

Phew! Last Sunday we had a scare, and I was in hospital for a night because of that. It's just because he didn't move one bit even after I kept poking him all around for 5 hours. As inexperience as we are, it's better to be safe than sorry, so Kalle took me to emergency room and it took them an hour before I get to see an ob/gyn. Maybe to them it's just normal, but to us, every second is an agony. I don't know what to expect, I don't know how should I feel, I have tightening all the time (no pain, though...-thank god) Nevertheless, it was enough to make both of us anxious. Kalle kept checking the desk asking when can we be attended to? He seems nervous too.

And after the 4th time asking the counter, they did a routine check, blood pressure, taking history etc. After another 20 minutes we were waiting in a room for the ob/gyn to appear (which she didn't) they decided to transfer me to maternity ward where they have this CTG machine to monitor fetal heart rate and contraction. Apparently I've been having contractions every five minutes (which is abnormal at 34 weeks). They did pelvic exam and told me that my cervix has not yet open (phew!) but it does became shorter, which means I might get into labor. So they admit me into the ward to be monitored overnight. With an I.V. drip, CTG strapped to my belly, two injections of corticosteroids over 12 hours period for fetal lung development (just in case he wants to make an early appearance) and two patches of drugs (tocolytic meds) to delay the contractions, I felt safe once I heard the heartbeat. Phewww!

During that day I was supposed to meet up with friends for lunch at Sari Rasa, an Indonesian restaurant.I've been thinking of that nasi padang for few days now. Lucky me they still went there and took away for me, and brought to hospital because the food sucks! big time (as always) So, Kalle had my hospital dinner and I had nasi padang...YUMMO!! Thanks dear for being by my side always. Love you so much! (although I asked him to sleep at home that night because of the A/C, we always fight at home because I'm always hot and he's always cold especially now).