Unfortunately I haven’t had much of a chance to update my blog since the boys have been born, but there have been plenty of shenanigans to which you will now get updates! The next few entries will be in parts as there is a LOT to update!
Part 1 – The Magic Toilet
The last doctor appointment that Josh and I went to made me nervous. Dr. Smith had looked at our ultrasound and decided that Cameron was falling off of the growth chart he should be following. This was something that he had discussed with us when we had our very first appointment, so it was to be expected, but I had been worried about Cameron being the smaller of the two already.
Dr. Smith decided that he would schedule an ultrasound for the following Tuesday in order to decide if we were going to schedule an early ultrasound to make sure that Cameron continued getting what he needed. I felt like that Tuesday was taking a million years to come around!
Josh and I went to Trenton on November 23rd both to visit family and take our Torrent in to the shop to be fixed. The weekend before this had been my nephew’s birthday, which we missed and I had told Josh I was looking at that weekend as the last time we could be visiting family with the possibility that the boys could come early. I went anyway; truth is I can’t give up a chance to visit family!
I didn’t sleep well that night, but with the giant beach ball I had been carrying around sleeping had become less and less common. So when Josh’s mom suggested watching a movie the following day I jumped at the opportunity to take a nap! They knew it too! Everyone had gotten used to me taking naps whenever there was a flat surface available.
Just as I lay down I got the urge to empty my bladder, after a short debate with myself I decided it would probably be a good idea to go to the washroom. Josh and Debby started watching the movie while I was busy. And this is where things got interesting! When I went to wipe I peed all over my hand, completely embarrassed I promptly sat back down and cleaned off my hand in the sink beside me. I was really glad that I was with myself and no one knew what happened! How could I not know I wasn’t finished peeing! As I sat there every so often thinking I was finished, it just kept coming, gushing and gushing some more! That’s when I realized I didn’t pee on my hand....
I called for Josh three times, but he couldn’t hear me because of the movie being so loud, so I waited. I listened for a chance to yell when the movie was quiet. Finally I got it and yelled his name. He replied back with a very annoyed “what!” I told him to come here and after huffing and puffing he did. He opened the door and asked me what I wanted. I very shyly said “I can’t get up,” Assuming I meant because I was in pain he said “oh” and stepped forward to help me until I clarified, “No, I CAN’T get up!” He asked me if I thought my water broke as I gushed again and smiled, he turned around and yell for his mom!
After gathering towels for me to sit on in Debby’s van we headed for Belleville hospital! Josh was driving and I could tell he was panicking. Debby kept telling him to slow down, that I was fine and I was. I sat in the back seat smiling away while I text my mom and my sister to let them know what was going on. My sister even called me in somewhat of a panic herself. No one was expecting the boys to make their début so soon.
Once we got to Belleville hospital we were directed to go to the elevators and head upstairs. It wasn’t like in the movies when they bring you a wheel chair and take you there.
Once we got upstairs I gave the registration nurse my information and they gave me a room where the doctor could come and check me out. I changed out of my, now soaked, clothes and put on a hospital gown. I had to pee in cups and cough while doctors stared at my lady parts. After determining that is was in fact my water that broke they started calling Kingston to have me transferred.
While the doctor was speaking to Dr. Smith, another nurse came over to put an IV in. She stood on the left side of the bed trying to get it in there, poking me a few times. Finally she decided to try my right arm and was going to have me hold it over my chest so she was poking me with the needle right in front of my face! I told her flat out that she was crazy! Then I told her she needed to switch sides with my sister I she wanted to put it into my right arm. I couldn’t believe she was actually serious about sticking a needle in my arm right in front of my face.
At this point Josh and his mom had left the hospital and headed back to Trenton to get our vehicle and to pick up his dad from work. I was starting to get a little stressed that he wasn’t going to make it back to the hospital before they transferred me, but my sister was texting him and keeping him up to date on what was going on.
Finally the ambulance that was going to transfer me arrived, before Josh, and I was moved onto the gurney. It was so weird to have people lift me from one bed to another, I just felt like telling them to step back so I could move from one to the other on my own!
The ride to Kingston was kind of crazy. They used the lights and sirens at intersections trying to ensure I made it to Kingston before I went into hard labour! Riding in that ambulance was the first time I realized just how little respect people on the road have for an emergency vehicle. A couple of transports actually cut us off on the 401 and the driver had to slam on the brakes! Now that I couldn’t believe! She had the sirens wailing and the lights flashing and people still acted like it was invisible! I sure was thankful that we made it to Kingston in one piece, because my night was just beginning....
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