Laughing Thyme Farm: Living the Dream

I am now 30 weeks pregnant!  Since I generally go early, I have less than 10 weeks to go!  (Which also means that Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner.)  It’s generally around this time that I realize I need to get out the packed away baby clothes and the crib.  I start doing little baby things like getting plain onesies and embroidering baby-type stuff on them.  We’re wrapping up plans for family to come so that I won’t have to go to the hospital alone.  I need to buy the cloth diapers for Sean….a new adventure for me.  We’re all excited and “ready” in the familial sense to meet Sean, but there is still quite a bit to do. 

We had a little scare last Friday, which is the reason that I haven’t been on to blog.  I just didn’t feel like it!  I woke up early Friday morning with the stomach flu.  I ended up getting sick and also dehydrated, which in turn gave me contractions.  I also had some VERY painful gastritis. 

Eric called a general practitioner who told us to call the OB who told us to call the general practioner who told us to call the OB. (That wasn’t a typo.)  Finally after calling around for over an hour, my dr. let me come in.  After getting there she sent me to the hospital to get hooked up to an IV.  They were able to stop the contractions and get me hydrated.  I still had really bad gastritis for a few days.  Occasionally I’ll still have a pain in my stomach after I eat, but I’m mostly better now.  Sean is very much healthy and better off in my tummy than here in the outside world. 

We’re all thankful to God that He took care of Sean and me.  I generally don’t go to the dr unless I’m in a lot of pain…..and I was.  And Eric usually goes to work even if I am sick, because I can usually handle things at home even if I am.  Luckily, he decided to stay home because I was in so much pain and I was in enough pain with the gastritis to go the dr.  And so Sean stayed safe!