My First Trip to Labor and Delivery

Well, Nick and I took our first little trip to Labor and Delivery at Onslow Memorial last night.  When I was getting ready for church, I started to get tunnel vision, although I didn't feel weird anywhere else at the time.  There was a small blurry spot in the center of my vision that eventually got worse to where I couldn't see anything clearly.  Nick called the on-call midwife when I started feeling dizzy and she said we should go to the ER right away.

By the time I got there, I had an intense headache, my ears were ringing, my hands and mouth were numb and I still couldn't see.  We were sent straight to L&D and I was put to bed with monitors strapped to me in several places.  Soon, I started feeling better, and the nursing staff did several tests while I layed there to be monitored for several hours. 

Nick was giddy with the thought that we might actually have Adrian.  He was so sweet running around the room commenting on all the little baby items prepared for newborns.  He talked to Adrian a lot and was so excited when Adrian's heart rate went up every time he heard his daddy's voice.  He read to him and talked to him the whole time we were there, and the nurse said that Adrian was the healthiest baby on the floor based on his heart rate and movement :) Nick and I were so proud!

After my blood tests came back all completely normal and stable, the nurse suggested that my heart rate had probably dropped significantly and quickly and my body reacted in a strange way.  Being this far along, pregnancy can do strange things to a woman's body so it's hard to pin-point the reasons things happen.  She said she was glad we came in, because my symptoms were of something very serious, although thankfully in my case, I was fine.  ALL the nurses who saw me were extremely nice.  They took their time explaining everything to us and making us relaxed and comfortable.  I'm very thankful that we got to see the L&D unit and see what the staff was like before I actually go into labor, even though it wasn't the best of circumstances.  I know we'll be well taken care of.