Lordy Lordy, I am Almost 40!!! (weeks) he he

I am 39 weeks, 1 day today. I made it through the weekend; but not without a hiccup or two.

I have spent the last 12 hours in bed with a horrible bout of food poisoning believe it or not.

Sunday between services we decided to have some people over to fellowship and use up the remaining sausages and hamburgers from Nya's party the day prior.

Around 8:30pm last night after evening service I started feeling really strange. I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I was getting really strange pains between my breast bone (which is where my stomach currently is with the baby taking up so much space)

The pains then became couple with tightening of my abdomen and nauseousness.

By the time I reached home I was so much worse. I couldn't get off the couch to get Nya ready for bed; Dennard had to get her ready and tuck her in for me when he got home.

Come 1am I was brutally sick. I was literally up the entire night sick.

Nya came into my room at 7am once she woke up to see why I wasn't up yet. I couldn't even lift my head off my pillow. She crawled into bed with me while Dennard got ready for work.

He wanted to stay home with me, but said that with the upcoming arrival of our Sweet Pea, he couldn't take any time off right now.

I decided to put a show on for Nya on my phone and close my eyes for a little bit. That 'little bit' turned into 2hours. I woke up and Nya was quietly still laying beside me watching her Sid the Science kid shows.

I am so grateful for such a good girl who will let me rest and sleep without any interruptions or complaints.

I didn't feel any better after my sleep, so I called my dad to see if he could drop off some ginger ale and take Nya for a few hours. She hadn't had breakfast yet and I was in no state to be more than a few feet from the washroom.

My good ol' dad came to the rescue again. He had a business meeting lined up for today, but without hesitation cancelled it so he could watch Nya for me.

After about two hours my older sister called me and said that she read online that food poisoning could be very detramental to the baby.

Upon hearing that, I called the labour and delivery unit at Credit Valley who urged me to come in.

I called Dennard right away and he said he'd be home by 1pm to take me.

On the way there I started getting contractions. They became more and more intense too.

Good thing I was on my way to the hosptial!!

Walking up to the hosptial doors, hand in hand with my sweetheart, I began to cry. A wave of emotion flooded me. 'Am I ready for this? Could today be the day? I never got to say a proper good bye to Nya! I was hoping to hold out to July!!! I thought I'd go into labour in the night, not the day!'. Lol

I had a few bouts of tears as we walked the halls go the L&D unit; my husband encouraging me the whole way.

By the time we got there, the labour and delivery unit was debating whether or not to take me or send me to ER. Mumbling amongst themselves I heard 'do you think it's labour or just the flu?'...'we don't have a lot of beds here avaliable, maybe she should go to ER'.

Standing there in disbelief as to what I was hearing I thought to myself 'you better take me!!! I've been violently ill for over 12 hours now, probably very dehydrated, my baby has been very quiet all AM and now I'm contracting!!!'.

No sooner did these thoughts run through my mind did they welcome me into a room. Fewfh!!!

I undressed and slipped on the hosptial smock and was immediately strapped up to the baby monitor.

I could hear the wonderful 'wosh wosh' of our Sweet Pea's heartbeat and watched the contraction sheet as it printed; lots of high peeks showing contractions every 8 mins.

Dr Korby came in shortly and checked to see if I was dialating. Yup, 2cms to be exact! She said the lining of my cervix was still pretty thick and that the baby seemed to be doing great. She said the baby was fine and that the symptoms of  vomiting and diarrhea were either a result of something I ate or my body's hormones in shock preparing for delivery.

After a long wait, they finally discharged me and told me to come back if my contractors were 3min apart. The nurse looked at me and said 'I have a feeling you'll be back tonight or tomorrow AM'. With that my husband let out a cheer and I let out a grunt of 'are you serious?!?!'. Lol

My husband wants her to come now so he can still preach on Sunday; go figure! Lol

I want to hold out past Sunday so I can have her in July.

Well, with no word of a lie, pulling out of the hosptial parking lot I started getting contractions every 3 mins apart!!! This was on going the whole way home.

We called my dad and let him now that it was best he keep Nya for the night since we would probably have to go back to the hosptial again soon at that rate.

Nya was very upset that she hadn't been with me all day and was crying in the background asking for me. He put her on the phone and she was begging me to come get her. She was tired and wanted mommy.

Holding back tears I tried to tell her that her sister would be coming soon and that she would soon get to meet her.

That didn't go over well. Lol All she wanted was me.

Not wanting my last time with her being one of sadness and tears, Dennard and I decided to stop by my dad's, bring her McDonalds, cheer her up and for me to do her hair.

After a few hours there, still counting every contraction (which was now ranging from 3 mins to 12 mins apart) I was able to get Nya ready for bed, pray for her and lay with her for a bit.

She asked me several times if she could come to the hosptial with us. I just told her that the hosptial was full sick people and we didn't want her getting sick. 'Ohhhh!' she said. 'They might cough on me!'. With a laugh I responded 'yes, that is true!'. Lol

What melted my heart the most was laying in the bed, face to face and her saying 'thanks for doing my hair mommy. It looks really pretty. I will look pretty when I meet my sister. I'll show her my hair and she'll like it'. Lol

So sweet!!

With a kiss and a hug, I said goodnight and headed downstairs to meet Dennard at the door.

She cried for me as we left, but at least I got to snuggle with her and pray for her before we went home.

It's now 10pm, I've showered and so has Dennard. He wants to take me back to the hosptial now,.but I want to wait for my contractions to get a little closer.

I really don't want to go all the way back there to only be sent back home.

I'd rather rest here and try and get some sleep if possible. I need as much strength as I can get to push this little one out.

I've been up since 1am, so I am beyond exhausted.

So, we'll see what the next few hours holds. We could very well be making our way back to the hosptial soon and welcoming our precious baby girl!!! Xoxo

This is all very exciting yet VERY surreal!!! It doesn't feel like it's really real for some reason. It kind of feels like a dream?!

Waiting to be seen by Dr Korby. Yes, I have sparkly earrings on..lol. A women should always look her best; or at least try too. Lol With no makeup on, I had to wear the earrings for some class. Loooool

Symptoms right now:

- Major MAJOR back labour!!! Pain and discomfort like I've never felt before!!!!
- still can't eat; still feel nauseous.  Been able to only eat a bowl of soup and an apple all day
- bad charly horses in both of my calves
- the pain in my back is so intense my hips, legs and knees are really hurting