Hanging out in the hospital.....

As most of you probably know, my water broke yesterday at a routine appt. at my doctor's office. Didn't expect that at all. I wasn't feeling any contractions and had no symptoms of labor coming that soon. My doctor immediately sent me to the hospital to be admitted. I will be in the hospital until the baby is born b/c of the risk of infection since my water broke. Unfortunately since I am only 26 weeks, it is way to early for this lil guy (still no name yet!!!) to come out. I didn't have any contractions on Thursday, but Friday morning the contractions started. They hooked me up to magnesium to stop the contractions. They gave me a pretty high dose to "kick them in the butt". It worked, but man that was no fun! I am now hooked to a much lower dose of magnesium for probably another 24 hrs or so. Hopefully, once they stop the magnesium the contractions don't start back up again. The doctor would like to see him stay in there for at least another 6 weeks. So, that is our goal. The longer this lil guy stays in the oven, the better. I am at Home Hospital in Lafayette. They have an awesome NICU here and are prepared to take care of this baby whenever he decides to come. I am just not ready to do that again. It doesn't seem like that long ago we were in the NICU in Ft. Wayne with Brayden and he was born at 35 weeks. He only spent 8 days in the NICU and that was no fun.

I have only been in this hospital room for 24 hours and this really sucks! I am not used to being without my hubby and my Jake and Bubby. Before this it has been well over a year before they stayed over night with anyone else. Of course they can come visit me, but it just isn't the same. I just wish I was home with them, but as Josh keeps telling me I have to be strong for the lil guy who needs me more than they do. Let me tell you, that is a lot easier said than done. Everyone tells me the boys will be fine and they have plenty of people to look after them, but it still breaks my heart. This isn't going to be easy for me, Josh or the boys, but I'm sure it is going to make our family a whole lot closer. It could be a lot worse, but it isn't. We will get through this, it will just take lots of time and probably lots of tears shed by us (especially mommy).

I want to say a big thank you to all of our wonderful family members who have already helped us a bunch. We really appreciate everything you have done and continue to do to help us. We love you very much and couldn't do it without you. THANK YOU!

P.S. I have my cell phone with me and you can call for an update any time 574-721-1395. The hospital number is 765-449-5057 and ask for room number 5708.