Preterm Labor

I started having braxton hicks super early so I just knew my daughter was going to come before her due date, but nothing prepared me for this preterm labor scare I’ve experienced.

When It Started

I woke up that morning with a lot of things I needed to get done, as far as preparing for my baby’s arrival.  After cooking dinner, I decided to attend a church concert not to far from my moms house.  Upon my arrival at the church, I caught an excruciating pain on my left leg, while trying t o get out the car. I manage to make my way inside the church limping in hopes that this pain goes  away soon but it never did.  After getting home it appears I went from bad to worse. I was now walking like a cripple person, who needed support to do  everything.

IT GOT REAL

I thought to myself I was on my feet all day, with my toes looking like they needed a blanket, just to get certified for the name piggy in a blanket. As a results I decided to sleep it off, in hopes to feel better by morning. However it got real that night, when I couldn’t get out of bed to use the restroom. Thank goodness I had my phone close by, I was able to call for help.  With my baby on my bladder, waking up four to five time that night was tragic!

EMERGENCY ROOM

the next day the pain was still there, so I called my doctors office, After asking me several questions the Nurse on call advised me to go to the emergency room to rule out blood clot on my leg.  I was still feeling braxton hicks contractions which I’ve had since like 28 weeks, therefor preterm labor was the last thing on my mind. I was at my mom’s for the weekend So I notified my husband to pick me up after work to  go to the hospital. An hour later the pain in my legs stated to go away,  and I no longer felt like I needed to go anymore, but my husband insisted it was safer to get the professionals opinions on why the pain was there in the first place.

Braxton Hicks Where?

On my way to the hospital, my braxton hicks started to feel painful and  was not very far apart. After timing them five minutes apart, The possibility of preterm labor was so clear now! Just the though scared me, and somehow I felt like panicking was causing more pain. Not long after I was in the hospital bed with the baby monitors on my belly. After getting questioned several times about whether or not we had sex today as if the answer no to there questions wasn’t good enough, we got the facts! I WAS IN PRETERM LABOR!

What happened…