Hospital

I was debating if I should keep this in order of events but I figure it does not harm to go back and forth anyways.  So I am in the foothills hospital and likely will be for a while.  My water broker on Friday Oct. 2 at around 1pm.  I went for a walk at lunch to pick up a bit of salad and went back to the office for a 1pm meeting.  As soon as I get through the door for the floor my office is in I felt a gash of warm fluid coming out of me.  At first I was embarrassed and confused.  I didn't know what it was.  Last time I felt that way it was blood and clots at 8th week of my pregnancy and I had to stay in bed for 4 weeks.  I excuses myself from the meeting to go to the washroom and found just wetness, no blood.  I was happy but what is this wetness? Did I somehow pee'ed my pants?  But it doesn't smell the same and it is very clear.  Also I hear more "tingling" but I don't feel myself peeing.  I pull up my pants and went back to the office; feeling more confused.

I ate the little salad that I got during the meeting and once the meeting was finished I asked my co-worker who had a baby last Dec. What water breaking was like.  That's the only thing I can come up with at the time.  She said it's a lot of water and that it is way too early.  I told her it was a lot of water.  Both of us googled it a bit and I was still convince that's what is and gather it was a good situation. 

I called bear and he told me to call the ob/gym.  I spoke to the nurse at the ob/gym's office.  They told me to go to Rockyview.  My co-worker also told me to put on a pad just in case.  I have some normal size pad in my office so I went to the washroom.  On my way there, more fluid came out; enough to soak my jeans and drip down my legs.  I called Craig again and he came and pick me up outside of city hall after hailing a taxi outside of the Hyatt.  We make it to the Rockyview and more gushes on the way up.   By the time they got me into a room and gave me a robe to change into, there was a big puddle on the floor.  With that much liquid, the nurse had no doubt what was going on but they still tested to confirm.

We waited for a while for the doctor to come in.  They wanted to transfer me to foodhills in case I go into labor because they are not equip to handle babies this young (24 weeks) at the rockyview.  They gave me a staerio shot for baby to develop its lung.  They had a hard time starting an iv on me before the transport.

I got an ambulance ride to Foothills. It is the only hospital that handles pre-mature babies before 32 weeks in southern Alberta however it's about 30 minutes drive from home when there is no traffic.  Once we were at the foothills, I got put into this triage bed.  It is in such a small space about 8 of them in this room that's full of women coming in for various pregnancy issue.  I was there all night.  There was no dinner and a woman in labor screaming like a porn star all night.  The space is so crammed I sent mommy and bear home.  I was hoping they will stay until I was moved into a real room but it doesn't seem it would happen and there is nothing they can do there.

First post

Since I am sitting in the hospital (more about that later) I am starting a blog about Bear and I starting a family.  I'll try to post frequently since for now I have nothing to do but sit in bed.