This was a pretty uneventful day. Your heartbeats were beating strong and my labor had decreased but had not completely stopped. At this point I was getting a breatheen (sp) shot in my hip every two hours. I recieved this until you were born. My magnesium dosage was decreased, I believe they do this so that the drug does not harm you. I began taking phinergan (again) for the nausea that the magnesium caused. I was also on an antibiotic to prevent a bladder infection due to the cathedar and I was having my glucose levels checked like every hour... I had developed gestational diabetes a few weeks before labor started. Needless to say, I was drugged up. The best part... I was able to receive my second round of medicine which would speed up the growth completion of your lungs. This had been my first priority.
That night, daddy slept on the couch again. I think we fell asleep around 11:30. Well, I slept for about 2 hours and then I woke up. Wide Awake. I think the ambien they gave me had the adverse reaction. I am not the type of person that can just lay there in silence so I went to turn on the TV and dropped the remote. Attempted several times to wake up daddy... I yelled his name, threw a pillow at him and nothing (any other night if I sneezed he would wake up) poor guy, he was exhausted. So, I had to call the nurse's station. Whitney came to the rescue. She was so kind, she asked me if I was okay and if there was anything I needed. In that pitch black room, I started to cry and I asked her if she could just sit and talk to me for a little while. We sat there for hours (I swear) and we talked, barely anything about labor, mostly about her boyfriend and some of her relationships. It was exactly what I needed. I was able to escape my worry for a bit, I fell asleep and the next day I woke up, feeling refreshed.
We had decided that Allen should go back to work so that we could save his time for when you came. So, Mimi, Memaw, and Trudy stayed with me for the day. Your Nana also stayed for the most part of that day too.
I remember at one point in the day, Mimi, Memaw, and Trudy went to lunch and Nana stayed with me. I was laying in that hospital bed, no shower, so stinky, and pretty drugged up (not take the pain away drugged up but in and out of it drugged up). I was so emotional this day, I literally pushed tears back all day. One of the sweetest moments was, your Nana was standing on the left side of me tickling my arm, I looked at her, tears began running down my face and I said, "Jody, it's coming, I can feel it." I'm not ready! I was so scared for you. She told me it would be okay and to try not to worry, trust God and pray about it. We decided later that day that she should head home to, we needed her to save her days also.
Daddy got there around 3:00 and Keely came around 5:00 (scrubs and all, she came straight from work). That night we had a fun time in the hospital room. We talked, laughed, and cut up. Everyone (besides me) enjoyed some awesome looking cheese quesadillas (I'm not bitter). I did get to have some super yummy lime jello (this was my favorite). This night felt like a fun night in college where we were just all hanging out. I remember thinking that you girls were probably like, that's our mommy, that loud, somewhat annoying straight from the gut laugh, I think you loved that!
Just like Mommy!!!
We had a FUN night! I wanted to do a fun activity with you so I put my self in your shoes... If I were Londyn & Livi what would I want to do? Easy, play in the dog bowl. So, I got a big mixing bowl, filled it up with water and got (your favorites) Lilly and Daisy's food bowls. We sat on the back porch and I let you do whatever you pleased. You had FUN!!! Laughing, Kicking, Moving, all around.... just like you did in my belly, one year ago today.
They show their love very differently.
One thing is for sure...
You LOVE each other!!!
