30 Weeks...and always exciting with Wennerstrom kids!

30 Weeks Picture

Well, apparently this baby realizes that Abigail is going to do everything 1st...so he/she decided to beat Abigail at something! With Abigail, I went into the hospital with contractions at 30 weeks. Yesterday, at 29 weeks 6 days, I again went to the hospital with contractions. However, this time was much much much different. I knew what to expect and didn't wait a second...around 1:00 I felt contractions so I tried to hydrate and lay down, but after an hour they weren't stopping so we didn't waste anytime. We called the dr and the sent us to Central Dupage Hospital. Once hooked up to a machine, they were able to track my contractions, which were not very strong or close (8-12 minutes between). They tried an IV but it didn't help...so then I got a shot of something that made my heart race so fast. That worked...from the second I got my shot, the contractions stopped!!!!! They also did this fetal test that is 99% accurate and it said I won't deliver in the next two weeks. This 4 hour trip in the hospital was much better than when I went with Abigail and stayed there for 2 1/2 days...and the test came back positive that I'd deliver in the next 2 weeks with her (and I delivered 10 days later, so this test is amazingly accurate). So I'll be relaxing A LOT the next 6 weeks!!!! I am probably done working, but we'll do whatever it takes to keep this baby growing! At this point, I'm still not on bedrest, just on "limited activity"...so that's great news!!!!

I started packing my bag yesterday morning and I told Rob how "This time, I'll be ready"...but we def. weren't expecting to have to be ready the same day....it really made us realize how much we have to do to get ready! So the next few weeks we will be in full-gear baby mode!!!

Yesterday (before the drama) we went to Home Depot and picked out the paint for Abigail's new big girl room. It's going to be bright, bright pink and brown. Rob was able to tape and start painting before our unexpected visit....so hopefully we'll be able to finish by next weekend and start to move Abigail's stuff to her own room (and yes, by "we" I mean "Rob")!

So that was the 30 week excitement!!! But things are looking much better in terms of having a preemie than with Abigail so we are very hopeful we'll make it to at least 36 weeks...our goal!

I will post tomorrow about Abigail's open house and some cute pics of her from this weekend!