Squirt decided to check out hospital early...

What an eventful week it's been! I had another obstetrician appointment on Wednesday and the one baby that I haven't planned on delivering out of my fufu decides to spin around and lie nice and perfectly anterior, head down, all perfect and ready to go like a rocket ship on standby...but it did pose a bit of a hurdle for measurements as anterior facing babies can sometimes have "clouded" measurements due to the spine view etc shadowing other bits and pieces so the figures on the graph then showed Squirt actually hadn't grown at all in the last two weeks, It was concerning so I was sent off for an urgent growth scan to see what was going on, It was all booked in for 4pm Thursday afternoon and we were gearing up to see Squirt again but I didn't quite make it that far.....
2:30pm ticked onto the clock and after changing Hunter's nappy I felt what I thought was a typical infamous pregnant weak bladder moment so I waddled off to the toilet and once I peered down my eyes sprung open in surprise to see blood all over my pretty blue undies so the phone was instantly grabbed and my obstetrician was rung. I was ordered straight to the hospital where he would meet me so it was a mad dash to pack Hunter's bag and mine (because I knew I wouldn't be leaving hospital that night), the husbands were rung and off to the hospital we all headed.
I had to do all the urine & blood samples etc, was stuck on the ECG machine to monitor Squirts heartbeat and movements, also to record any contractions I was having, had an internal to check dilation hadn't started as I also lost my mucus plug during the bleed, and also had an ultrasound to check that my placenta wasn't tearing away; all checked out fine and it was quite a mystery as to why I had the bleed. In fact the worst part in all of it was actually getting an IV line stuck in, Dereck (my obstetrician) needed to stick a larger than usual needle in and at first it was a sharp prick and then as it scraped up into my arm I started swearing the F-bomb, one time so loud Sara quickly diverted her eyes away from me lol
I was then given a steroid injection which would mature Squirt's lungs incase he did decide to come along...more pain there! But a necessary to ensure Squirt's health would be in the best tip top shape it could be if he came along!

I was then told I had to stay in for two nights minimum, no surprises there, and was then transferred over to the maternity ward where luckily I had the double room all to myself as another couple was just leaving.
I was served some mystery meat with rice and settled down for the night....argh that hospital bed was like a concrete slab with two matching pillows so I was constantly tossing and turning or getting up to pee!
6am hit and I was woken up with some contractions that were quite regular and strong at times so I was stuck on the ECG machine, had another visit from Dereck and sent off for a more clear ultrasound and also to check growth since I didn't quite get that far the day before lol
Again, everything checked out fine and Squirt's growth actually wasn't an issue afterall, still a nice big chubba bubba and estimated to be about 5lb 7oz's at 34 weeks, sitting in the 74th percentile.
The contractions finally stopped around noon, the bleeding had stopped and I just had one more night to stay. The one thing I missed sorely was my boy and he also didn't cope well at home without me so it was the highlight of my day when he came in with Daddy for a visit and ran straight up to me for cuddles, it just warmed my heart...best medicine ever. And in hubby's hand was a delicious glorious cup of real cafe coffee...ahhhh another warmth to my heart! lol

A couple of my favourite things in life, my boy and real coffee!

Word spread quickly & I had lots of staff come in asking if I was "the surrogate" and they just loved asking all sorts of curious questions as I was a first for a lot of them, I was treated like a rock star and was then moved so I could have a view for my last night....yes I was milking it for everything it was worth and all I needed was a crown and an ermine cape to complete the picture!

View from my room, some of Auckland city and the Sky Tower.

Another quiet night with the double room to myself, another steroid injection (the last one) and a slightly better sleep on the concrete slab...the sun wakes up for the day, so do I and it's more ECG monitoring, another visit from Dereck and the all clear is given for me to go home yay!!!!

All hooked up to the ECG machine.

So Squirt seemed very eager to check out the place he would be taking in his first sights but he can wait a bit longer! Only 32 more days to wait, that's not asking too much....I hope!