...home from school. september 1st was the first day back for teachers. lots of meetings and setting up my classroom. it was a fairly relaxing day, as i had spent many days in august taking my time to set up the things i needed for this coming year. at around 4:00pm, my grade-level partner finally convinced me to leave. we said goodbye and I walked to my car. and then, it happened. a big gush. my undies were completely soaked, but I hopped in my car and headed home, assuming (TMI alert!) that it was just some extra discharge.
when i got home, i told my husband who made me call my ob. i didn't really want to because i'm not an alarmist... but he was convincing, so i called. my ob just happened to be at L&D (Labor and Delivery) and he told me to come in ASAP. i obeyed and hubby drove me to the hospital. when i got there, i was put into triage. they hooked up me up to a few monitors and kept coming in to ask if i was in pain. after about the tenth time, i finally inquired as to why they kept asking... so... it turns out i was having contractions and, um, was in labor?! WAYYYYY TOO EARLY. i honestly had no idea. i thought baby's kicks were just extra, extra strong that day. thank goodness for modern medicine because they were able to administer an iv and put an end to the contractions. and only after i was released (never actually admitted) that i realized the gravity of the situation... since then, i've had multiple visits with my ob. he's monitored my fluid levels, which, thankfully, are still just fine (i leaked but did not fully rupture - so my water did not officially break!), and he's hopeful that i will make it all 40 weeks :) as an aside, i apologize for the serious lag in blogging - between my hospital visit and being back in the full-swing of school, i haven't had much time. being a teacher is more than a full-time job (shout out to my fellow educators out there!) and i'm definitely worried about managing baby and my job (which i love and probably over-think entirely too much). and while we are on that topic, i've arranged child care for little babe once i do return to work. we visited a LOT (and i mean A LOT) of day care centers and nurseries, but at the end of the day, the best decision for us was to have someone we know care for little babe. she is a former teacher herself and i had her son in my class last year (score! she's literally down the street from where i teach!). this is a more costly option, for sure, but since it'll only be for a few weeks (because then i have the summer off), it just made the most sense. working mamas, i feel you and the financial stress, but i keep reminding myself that my mom did it, as did thousands of other women, and so, we will be just fine.
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