Jaydin Ethel-Delores Cottingham

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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Gallstones, and babies, and pain oh my

Hello everyone. I wish that I had non stressful things to report today but unfortuanatly I dont. I went yesterday and got an order of protection against Tony, which honestly it broke my heart. When you love and care for someone for as long as I have loved him it hurts. But anyway, while I was at the courthouse I went to such an extreme pain that an abulance got called and the judge was nice enough to hear my case early and grant my order. I got rushed to the hospital with contractions and found out that I have Gallstones which sadly Jaydin is making worse by pushing up against them. They want to do surgery but they cant because it's too much of a risk to Jaydin. So, now the discussion is if they are going to take out the gallbladder when they take Jaydin. They tried to stop the contractions last night but the medicine didnt help. It actually felt worse to me. So, they are just trying to encourage my body to hold on for two more weeks so her lungs are more developed and then they may do something if this doesnt stop. We found out a lot of it is stress related because Jaydin pushes and clenches when I am stressed. I am also dialated to a 1 right now. Looks like no returning to work, I am on maternity leave now. I'm also cancelling the baby shower because nobody can make it. That's okay, with everything going on it may be for the best. I'm just going to have a small lunch with family that day and just enjoy having my family around. It's been really nice to have my dad here from Michigan. I have missed him. I dont want to go into details on the Tony issue thing, but I want everyone to know that I honestly believe with all my heart that things will work out in the end. My dad brought me pictures of Grandma Cottingham and Grandma Sissy and things that belonged to them so it seems as though I feel their strength in me, and it feels good to have a soul renewed.
On the Jaydin front she is doing really well. I actually do have a funny story to share. The hospital was giving me a sonogram to find out what the pain was. The tech told me that she wasnt going to look for baby she was just going to try to see what was causing my pain. What was funny was the first thing she saw when she put the wand on my belly. There was Jaydin not being one bit of shy if you catch my drift. The tech asked me if I knew if it was a boy or girl and i said I was told it was a girl, and she said well, we can definally tell that now if you didnt know before. It was very amuzing and something that made a smile admist all the stress and pain. Well, thats it for now. I am going to go enjoy my dad's company. Dont get to see him often, but itss really nice having him here.