Let the blogging begin!!!!

Soooo I have always wanted to start blogging but just never could find the time until a little thing I call bed rest! Who knew these past few weeks would go by so fast! Having to sit at home 24/7  and not being able to do anything but go to the bathroom and shower can get extremely miserable! Especially when I couldn't even do anything for Hayden! Sadly Facebook and blogging have become my sanity! :) On November 27th I started having horrible contractions after a long morning of Black Friday shopping! Being 7 months pregnant would not stop me from getting the good deals! :) Buuuut I do have to say I sat the whole time in a chair from midnight till 5 at Walmart waiting for laptops so I really wasn't up and moving the whole time. So once the pain got completely unbearable we headed for the hospital. When we got there I wasn't dilated at all but the pain was just so intense. They gave me medication to stop the contractions and when it didn't work they tried option #2, Magnesium and ran a few tests including a fetal fibro test which determines if you are at risk for pre term labor. When the results to that came back positive they decided to admit me for the night. Within seconds of moving me into a room contractions got worse and I was already dilated to a 3 and 70% effaced! They upped my magnesium to the highest level they could and had to put me on oxygen. With things moving so quickly Banner Gateway would be unequipped to handle a 30 week baby if they were unable to stop the contractions. So I had to be transported to Banner Desert, a level 3 hospital with the best neonatal care! Once at Desert the Magnesium was able to stop the contractions and stabilize everything. I had to stay in the hospital for 3 days for monitoring and boy was that miserable! Once they took me completely off the medication and monitored me for 24 hours I was able to go home but on strict bed rest! Now we have made it almost 5 weeks from where we were at and are so so blessed. Many prayers were said and lots of support! I can definitely say it was a test of faith and made us all so much stronger and a revelation of just how powerful prayer is. Our Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us and he was definitely there with us in this scary time and weeks to follow. I am so thankful to have the gospel in my life and the knowledge of Gods plan for us! I am also thankful for the love and support of family and for all that they did and are doing in this trying time! :)