So we packed the car, sadly said goodbye to our sweet MC, and drove to the hospital. We got there around 5. On the way we stopped downtown to admire the pretty Plantation Wildlife art and the pretty Christmas decor, I also picked up a pair of ruffle jeans for Molly Caroline from the clearance rack at Mary Madison. That was a fun little memory.
We headed to labor and delivery (I made between 5-8 trips up there at the end of my pregnancy, so if I didn't know the nurses from Molly Caroline's birth, then I probably met them during one of my many visits for an ultrasound for my breech/highly active/perfect scoring BPP Anna Claire!
So it was Sunday evening, November 22nd! Michelle was working and got us settled (I taught her daughter 10 years ago) and she is hilarious. We love her. When she checked me it about sent me through the roof in pain/uncomfort. Not a good sign. She said that my cervix was posterior and I was still only at a 2. We were spending the night. So she called Dr. Stubley. Meanwhile she mentioned that she never got a gift from me last time BC she wasn't working (she was actually my nurse that I remember waking up to in May of 2012 after my D & C) and that all the nurses carried around their anchor tumblers for months! Made me happy! Ha
Dr Stubley inserted the catheter and let me just say that I don't remember having so much discomfort when I had it with MC. Turns out it was because my cervix really wasn't ready for it this time. I held my breath and wondered how I'd make it through labor with pitocin again if this hurt so bad! Lol I did ask if he could feel her head and he said he couldn't. That made me wonder if she flipped back to breech. I felt her moving transverse the night before at midnight. He decided to do an ultrasound and turns out she was angled kind of diagnal with her head not engaged in my pelvis. He said Dr McCollum would probably do another one in the morning to be sure. Then I was sent over to Mother/Baby for the night. This was around 7pm. As I walked over I was greeted by some of my faves, Jessica, Whitney, Martha, etc. They started cheering and asking what their theme was this time. They said that they had been talking about me for 21/2 years! I told them it was a holiday theme. :) and was thrilled to find out that Jessica was my nurse for the night. She is a moms on call consultant/lactation consultant and teaches the birthing classes at the hospital. I felt like I got the jackpot. She was also the nurse I had the nighth before I had MC, and she was working the next 3 nights!
Our room was much bigger this time. We unpacked, watched tv, and I wrote thank you notes. Matt ordered us Longhorn and we ate that. He was especially loving it! He felt like he was on vacation.
Meanwhile I never felt like the catheter was going to fall out. I had major contractions from it last time and it fell out before I even made it to my room. But this time I didn't feel much of anything except a little discomfort. Another nurse came to check it and basically told me I was no where ready to have this baby and I figured the foley may not work this time. Finally at 10:30pm I got up to go to the bathroom and it fell out! I felt great afterwards. Just like with MC, I declined the ambien to sleep. I got a little bit of sleep that night.
Jessica woke me up at 6 to start getting ready. I showered but didn't wash my hair. I figured I'd be sweating from the pain and it would be a waste of time. Last time I even curled it lol. I just couldn't believe that we made it! It was officially November 23rd, Anna Claire's birthday!
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