Hospital Evening 1

I just spent my first night in the hospital since I was born. I had a little bit of a hard time getting to sleep, which for me is surprising. Normally I can sleep anywhere. I knew once I got to sleep I would be fine. I tried reading which usually works like a champ but I guess my brains were working too hard. So I eventually just turned off everything and tried a relaxation breathing technique that they taught us in our L&D prep class and it worked.

Braxton Hicks Contractions were pretty annoying last night. I would say the worst they've been thus far. It seems to me that they've been stronger and more frequent since I got to the hospital but I have a sneakin suspicion that I'm just noticing them more because I'm not up and about. They told me they'd give me something to help me sleep if the contractions got too distracting -- but I'm still working on ignoring them. I guess my thought process is "if you're not going to do anything for ME I'm not going to aknowledge you". Stubborn streak? Me? Nooo..........

It's 6:35am and they just took my blood to the lab. SO CURIOUS to see how my results come back. Last night before I fell asleep, after hours of relaxing in bed, my blood pressure was higher than ever before. I can't remember the bottom number but the top number was 145.....doesn't make sense to me...but they reminded me that is why I'm here....

More in a bit! Thankfully I have this blog to check in to. It helps pass the time so I'll probably update all day.