Nobody Freak Out - Seriously

Better to be Safe than Sorry
-Alisha 

So funny story, the Smiths spent last night in the hospital.  I had some possible amniotic fluid leak and after calling the hospital nurse, we were encouraged to come in. They did a million tests, found no amniotic fluid leak, did a ton of blood work, and did a quick ultrasound. Everything was fine, Rhett's heartbeat is perfection and I was not contracting, but I knew that. The only reason I even consented to going in was the little voice in my ear saying, "better safe than sorry." All I could think was "sorry about what, exactly?". When I could not answer that without anything other than something grievous, I decided we should go.

The ultrasound did show that my amniotic fluid was on the low side of normal but it could have just been Rhett's placement. We have a full ultrasound on the 8th and at that point they will do something called an AFI (Amniotic Fluid Index), meaning they will re-measure the fluid around our tiny human. If it is still on the low range, it will mean more monitoring and possibly an early delivery. But NOT any time soon, so nobody start panicking. Seriously, I need everyone to breathe. In. Out. In. Out. You got this, it will all be okay.

This little emergency trip did two things for us: 1) Make us both realize that we are TOTALLY unprepared for a hospital trip and eventual baby. No bags are packed, no plan, nothing really set up for him. It was a little fire under our rumps to get our 'ish together, like yesterday. We are working on that...tomorrow ha! AND 2) It reassured us that we totallllllyy picked the right hospital. We were the only couple in Labor and Delivery and got alllll of the attention. The residents were amazing, very carrying, and did NOTHING without my doctor's consent. My doctor is their teacher, so we knew that they were being taught by the best. We also got to tour the delivery room with the tub and we are in LOVE! There is usually only one birth per day at the hospital, so we will more than likely get that room. We were also thrilled at how quickly we were seen. We went into the ER side (we were the only people in there) and were brought RIGHT to the check in desk and then the L&D nurse came and got us. We spent  5 minutes MAX in the ER. Seriously? Amazing. We saw the doctor almost immediately after I was hooked up and my vitals were taken. It was like someone flew us into the twilight zone of hospitals, where patients didn't have to be patient. And they were super thorough without being ridiculous, which was amazing. Oh and if you are wondering why no one uses our hospital, it is because they tend to be less medicalized than the major women's hospital in our state. But women spend hours in the waiting room at that fancy women's hospital and if you water breaks in  the waiting room, they hand you a towel. Our hospital doesn't even have a waiting room, lol! Good choice I think! Here is a little Kate tip: don't just deliver at the hospital that everyone else does. Look around, sometimes you will find a gem that will treat you like a human!

So that was our night. Rhett is good, I am good, and Alisha is tired. We got home around 5am (we got there about 2ish) and she PASSED out. Our doula wants me to take it easy, so poor Alisha will be running her butt off. Sorry boo, love you always!

Oh and here is our hospital birthing center if anyone is curious:

http://www.mhri.org/birthing-center/