The Pregnancy Post: Week by Week! Week 34
Monday was a scary day for my family and I. Because of the excess heat I experienced on Sunday I had heat exhaustion, dehydration and nausea. I had to make a trip to the Labor and Delivery ward at my hospital. They hooked me up to monitors and an IV drip to counter act the dehydration. Well while Lon and I were waiting for the drip to finish, I started having contractions. They started out really light and progressed to the point where they were nine minutes apart, lasting sixty seconds each. We were both really scared and worried that Anna was going to come six weeks early. Thankfully, my midwife had the nurse give me a shot that slowed and eventually stopped the contractions. But it raised my heart rate and made me feel unstable, so we stayed in the hospital most of the night. I am okay now, but it was a scary wake up call for me. I need to take it easy more often, which is hard for me with Alan. I struggle with making sure he is happy and entertained while at the same time I am not ...