25 Weeks

I am 25 weeks now.  I had a little scary moment Friday morning but thankfully everything ended up ok for now.  I've have contractions on a regular basis about 1-2 times an hour since 14 weeks or so.  Thursday night they were more frequent and a little painful.  They woke me up several times in the night and I couldn't go back to sleep.  That morning they were still bad and every time I tried to walk I would have another one.  I laid down all morning and they still didn't go away.  My dr told me to call her if I had more than 4-5 in an hour so I went ahead and called after they came 15-20 minutes apart. 

She put me on a monitor and thankfully they slowed down when I got there.  I had a bad one right when I got there before she put the monitor on and two bad ones while I was hooked up.  She said it was good that I only had 2 in an hour so she checked my cervix and confirmed it was closed.  She also did the fetal fibronectin test which will tell me if I am likely to go into labor in the next 3 weeks.  If it's negative I have a 2% chance.  Let's pray for negative!

I know I've been overdoing it lately.  I have reorganized my entire house and got the baby's room in order.  I have also lifted things i probably shouldn't have lifted and been outside too much in the heat.  My dr told me my urine showed signs of slight dehydration so I need to drink lots and lots of water, v8 and coconut water.  I also have to relax and rest and NO EXERCISING.  I have tried to take Sydney on walks either every morning or every night and last night was really tough.  I go see her in two weeks for my glucose test so she'll check me out again then. 

My BP was 118/80 and I gained another 3 pounds!!!!  I told Mark we will either have a really healthy baby or a really "healthy" mama!