It's Pat!

Things are moving along here. I'm now 27 weeks into this pregnancy and everything has been good for the most part. Yesterday however, I spent 3 hours in the hospital. I was out of the office on a home visit when my back started hurting. It was on and off for the hour I was there, but when I got in the car and started driving, it got much worse. I was to the point where I thought I might have to pull over when I called the doctor. After explaining what was going on, they said they wanted me to go to the hospital to make sure everything was okay. So they checked me out on the maternity ward and hooked me up to a heartrate and contraction monitor. The doctor on duty was one I knew from my practice so that was nice. The baby was fine but I was having some small contractions. First they were concerned that I might have a kidney infection, which the doctor said would be "really bad", but the tests came back clear. He did say that my back was really tight and spazing and that I should see a chiropractor or massage therapist. In the midst of this, nurse Pat got on my case about not drinking enough water. She also got mad when I ate something (we were there for 3 hours) even though nobody told me I wasn't supposed to eat anything! Bottom line is that I'm supposed to get lots of rest, drink tons of water, and take the next 2 days off of work. BLAH. I'm very thankful it wasn't anything more than that though because I did not want Ava to make a dramatic entrance yesterday! Here is a pic from last Friday, at 26 weeks: