INOVA Fairfax Hospital is My Current Address

The month of June has been quite exciting for my family. We had just closed on our first house and moved in on the 10th. I was 27 weeks into my second pregnancy and was really enjoying my last few months as just a family of three. Everything was really going very well with the pregnancy. I had no issues, my weight gain was much better than it had been with Hamza (as in not as much), I was feeling great and getting ready to start unpacking baby clothes and items in preparation for this little man in the next few months.

Father's Day 2011:
Ali had decided he wanted a whole little weekend to choose what we do and I had no problem with that! We started at the pool on Saturday afternoon and ended the evening walking around Old Town Alexandria. Definetly one of our favorite things to do and little did we know that it would be our last little family outting for a while.
The next day, I made him breakfast and gave him his card that I had made and hid for a few weeks. The day went on as it normally does on the weekend, quietly and camly.

That was until dinner time.

At about 6 PM I had noticed that certain things that were going on with me were not what they should be. We called Steph who told us immediately to call my doctor to which she returned our call and said to come to Reston Hospital right away. Upon getting undressed and into the bed, she could already tell that my water had broken. At any other point after September would have been fine but I was only 27 weeks pregnant and it was way too early.

I was transferred to Fairfax Hospital that night and put on a terrible drug called Magnesium Sulfate to prevent and/or stop any contractions. I had all the side effects that they said I would get but multiplied by 100. Like seeing a dog in the room (hallucinations), loosing all of my reflexes & strength, double vision and couldn't even talk. Ali even ended up having to brush my teeth and put my hair up for me. For the most part, I don't remember Sunday evening to about Tuesday morning.

So I am here until this little man decides to come out. It could be tomorrow, it could be in Septemeber. I couldn't be more thankful to Steph for taking Hamza those first days and for my mom who jumped on the first flight out and is staying with him now. I don't know what we would have done without you. This is going to be an interesting road we are all about to go down.