31 Weeks & 1 Day A Lot Has Happened in 2 Weeks!

Well I made it to 31 weeks. I went into full blown labor on Friday March 19th at work at about 1:01pm. I was 29 weeks that day. Nothing lead up to this. There was zero warning. Marco was at home with Ava and I had the truck that day. I remember turning to my boss and telling her this is not right I had a contraction that lasted 8 minutes. And only had a couple second break in between the next one. I was really afraid something was wrong with the girls because of the amount of pain. What was going through my head at that point in time was something was wrong with the girls. Deanna, my former boss called Marco and my dad just happen to be at my house and brought Marco & Ava to my work. I was in so much pain it was like someone reached in and grabbed my lungs and trying to push out my behind. They ended up calling an ambulance to take me to the hospital.


When they got me to Saint Joseph Hospital there was about 15 people in the room not including my husband and Ava. I have never been undressed so fast in my life! The took my clothes all in on swoop. They started to put me on the monitors to see how I was contraction and to measure the girls heart rates. The nurse could not find the heart beats on either girl. She did not say anything to us about it but we knew what she was doing. She then turned to one of the other nurses and said we need a doctor in here. I just about lost it!! What the heck! I know that I have to give up one baby but I cannot give up both are you kidding me. Then she found them. All this time I am contracting every 2 minutes. This whole time all that was going through my head was I was not ready to say goodbye to Olivia. I have 11 weeks with her still and it is not time yet. God has only given her to me for a short time and right now he cannot have her yet.

They gave me the fist shot of steroids in my butt. That was fun. And they gave me one med right away to stop labor that did not work. So they gave me good old magnesium via IV. Dr. Nord came in the room to tell me that I was going to be taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Peoria and the helicopter would be there soon to get me. I was pretty upset. I have three children who need me dearly along with a husband who needs me. Well we could hear the helicopter coming in so Ava said goodbye to me. She was crying and would not talk to anyone but me. She climbed up on the bed next to me and put her little head on my arm like she always does. Then we said our goodbyes. It was hard. Marco was going to meet me over there.

The labor and delivery nurse came from Saint Francis along with a flight nurse. They needed 20 minutes of both girls heart beats on the strip before we could get on the helicopter. It took 45 minutes of all that before we got what we needed. The cot they have you on for the ride over is only about 18-24 inches wide. You have to lay on your side and they buckle you in with about 6 belts. You don't move. It only took about 15 minutes to get to Saint Francis. I have to tell you I hate flying in planes, but the helicopter ride was GREAT! All I could think of was Marco would really like this.

It took about 12-18 hours to get the contractions to slow up from every 2-4 minutes. They had me on magnesium and something else. After 5 days at Saint Francis I got to go home. I was so happy and we surprised the kids too! I walked and Kyra was speechless! That was Wednesday March 24th.

two days later on Friday March 26th I woke up in the morning and went to the bathroom and I was loosing my mucus plug and I had bloody show. So I called Dr. Wellman's office and they told me to go to Saint Joseph to get checked out. Well the doctor on call sent me back to Saint Francis. I was able to go back home on Sunday March 28th. But Dr. Renfroe told me if I come back I will not get to leave again. She was right on Monday March 29th my water broke.

I was not sure if it was or not. I had and appointment on Wednesday March 31st with Dr. Wellman. Indeed my water had broke and I was heading back to Saint Francis for the last time.