~~Bed Rest Mama's Tuesday Check In!~~

mrsjrmiller

Please let me know if anyone needs to be added or removed, or if anything about your status has changed.

Here is a list of nesties who can commiserate together during bedrest. Nothing better to do, right? Share your story, progress, news, and any ideas of how to keep yourself busy. Check in will occur each day on the High Risk Pregnancy Board in the mornings.

Post back with your info if you?d like to be added to the list!

QOTD: What is your opinion on the following: circumsion, vaccines, cloth diapers - and anything else baby related you want to weigh in on....

Name:  Babyreyna (Valerie)
EDD: 8/20/09
Type of BR: Strict (Only allowed to get up to eat, shower, and eat, if I cant do it in bed.)
Since when: 4/20/09 until delivery
Reason: Shortening Cervix, Pre term labour in first preg. delivered @ 26 weeks

Name: mrst1014 (Meagen)
EDD: Sept. 22, 2009 (God Willing)
Type of BR:  Strict, just get to go to the bathroom, shower ever other day, but I have to use a shower seat.
Since when: 8 weeks (2/13)
Reason: It started with a SCH. At 14 weeks I had massive bleeding and needed two blood transfusions. I also have partial placenta abruption.

Name: jennandjt (Jen)
EDD:  September 22nd
Type of BR: strict bedrest with bathroom privileges and the occasional trip downstairs to the recliner. All meals are delivered by my DH as I do not want to spend anymore time than I have to putting pressure on my cervix!
Since when: April 22.....19wk2day
Reason: during my BIG ultrasound they found my cervix 1.5 cm dilated and I went in for an emergency cerclage. Hoping to hold on to this pregnancy as long as possible as I was given a 50, 50 chance....would love to beat those odds!!

Name: Mrs.Babbsy
EDD: 10/13/09 Mono-di twin GIRLS:)
Type: Full bedrest with shower and bathroom priveleges
Since: 5/20                                                                                
Reason: Preterm Labor, shortening cervix and baby B is 18% behind.

Name: Lucky428
EDD:  10/13/09
Type of BR: Modified
Reason: small placental tear

Name: Yellowb
EDD: 9/5/09
Type: Modified with one outing per week
Since: 5/26/09                                                                                
Reason: large fibroid on cervix, cervix continues to shorten. Possible use of steroid shots in the next few weeks if cervix continues to shorten

Name: Realisticdreams8
EDD:  11/9/2009
Type of BR: Modified, Basically House Arrest and stay off my feet
Since when: May 29, 2009, 16 weeks 4 days
Reason: spotting, cramping/pain from marginal placenta previa

Name: Kate (mrsbhk22)
EDD:  07-23
Type of BR: Strict BR, Only bathroom and shower privlidges
Since when:  5/28
Reason:  Pre-term contractions and dilation.  Prior pre-term delivery (35w)

Name: Cindy453
EDD:  8/29/09
Type of BR: didn't specify... stay off my feet and relax. No work or shopping trips.
Since when:  26 wks 6 days
Reason:  severe pitting edema, considered high risk for pre-e and gestational diabetes- spilling sugar +4 on last visit, going for glucose test this week

Name: AC Soup (Alexis)
EDD:  9/12/09
Type of BR: Strict @ home, only get up to pee and 2 mins showers- seeing the Dr. every 1-2 weeks for regular FFN tests and u/s
Since when: 24 wks 4 days

Name:  n&d+2
Due date:  August 28th
Since when: 6/10---28 weeks 5 days
Type of Bedrest: Modified, at home. resting most of the day
Reason:  twin pregnancy, shortening cervix, positive ffn test

Name: 2baclark (Shanika)
EDD: 11/10
Type of BR: Modified bedrest. Can get up to use the bathroom, shower and brush teeth
Since when:  5/19
Reason: Incompetent cervix.

Name:  mrsjrmiller (Arika)
Due date:  October 21
Since when:  22w 5d (June 22)
Type of Bedrest: Strict, can shower, use bathroom, but I can drive to my appointments for now.
Reason:  preeclampsia

Name: kadyra (Andrea)
EDD: September 13th
Type of Bedrest: Strict until 28 weeks, modified from 28 weeks until...
Since when: 25weeks 6days (June 6)
Reason: Placental abruption, IUGR, preterm contractions, and severe dyspnea of pregnancy (sometimes requiring 02)

Name:  Jen (Jen*Johnson*)
Due date:  October 29th
Since when:  20w (June 12)
Type of bedrest: Modified... I am allowed to do what's necessary to watch my 9 month old but I need to be laying most of the day still.
Reason:  Low Amniotic Fluid.

Name: lisap921 (Lisa)
EDD: Aug 16th
Type of Bedrest: Modified - can use bathroom and shower.  No housework, sex, driving, work. 
Since:  July 6th  (34 weeks 1 day)
Reason:  Woke up Friday July 3rd with light bleeding - progressed into heavier bleeding with clotting.  Went to hospital and was having contractions 3 mins apart!  Put on Mag to stop contractions - stayed in hospital 3 nights...home now on modified bedrest for 2 weeks.

Name: Ramella (Mell)
EDD: September 3, 2009
Type of Bedrest: Strict/Modified - can use bathroom and shower with max of 10 minutes on my feet.  No housework, driving, work, no sitting.  Taking terbutaline every 8 hours, and 1600 mg of magnesium twice a day.
Since:  May 7, 2009 (23 weeks)
Reason:  IC, major beaking with only 1cm of closed cervix at 23 weeks.  IC has has progressed to completely effaced at 30 weeks, with 1cm dilated.   We are back to 1.2 cm of cervix, but 1cm dilated at 32 weeks. With every week not in labor, we have increasing hope that we'll have a full term baby  It's been a long way from 23 weeks to 32 weeks today!

Name:  Francisca
EDD:   10-25-09
Type of BR: Hospitilized, bed pan and IV until either 32 wks or I stop contracting and re-efface a little
Since when: 07/7/09
Reason: pre term labor

Name: Sandra_05 (Sandy)
EDD: Sept 6th
Type of Bedrest: Modified ? allowed to shower, make quick meals and walk down stairs. Not supposed to be on my feet for longer than 15 minutes at a time. 
Since:  July 20th
Reason:  PIH and previous history of pre-e

Name: Jessica (JessandJeremy)
EDD: 10/4/09  
Type of BR: Modified  
Since when: 7/18/09
Reason: PT Contractions

Name: Jessica-Kay
EDD: 9/20/09 
Type of BR: Strict (up to use bathroom and shower)
Since when: 7/11/09 (29 weeks 6 days)
Reason: PT Contractions and positive Fetal Fibronectin test.

Name: lynnew
EDD: 8/28/09
Type of BR: Modified  
Since when: 6/11/09
Reason: So many reasons, they are hard to list.  I was carrying twins and lost one at 20 weeks.  I have had a shortened cervix, contractions, a positive FfN test, abnormal Dopplers on blood flow, baby's heart rate dropped and is low,  now a drop off in growth or small growth.  I was in the hospital a bit but now and home and hoping she is going to be healthy healthy healthy!

Name:  sunandsand
EDD: by LMP its 9/14/09, will be induced 2 wks before that
Type of BR: Can shower, get up to pee, microwave a meal, drive myself to appts
Since when: July 22
Reason: PIH, swelling, h/a, RUQ pain, contractions

Name:  mefsta777
EDD: 1/4/10
Type of BR: Modified, no more than 30 minutes of sitting or standing, no leaving the house
Since when: 7/31/09
Reason: "threatened miscarriage" and placental abruption

Name:  Jenna (SoonToBeTabor)
EDD: 9/12/09
Type of BR: strict BR, left side only but can get up to use the bathroom and shower
Since when: 7/30/09
Reason:  severe hypertension, as well as the beginning stages of pre-e and a history of pre-e

Name:  megan (megsok11)
EDD: November 11, 2009
Type of BR: strict - only quick shower, bathroom, food, and doctor appt.  hope to get modified BR after 28wks, but i know i won't be able to go back to work.  Getting 17P injections from home health weekly until 36wks, and received betamethasone injections at 24wks.
Since when: July 14, 2009 (23wk 0d)
Reason:  one episode of spotting, vag US showed cervical funneling.  no risk factors, first pregnancy, no spotting since that one time

Name: Carrie (cagreeran)
EDD: Sept. 11
Type of BR: Modified (can walk around the house a little, bathroom, shower, make quick meal, not allowed to go up and down stairs more then 3 times a day)
Since when: July 27 (33w4d)
Reason: Intense BH Contractions the night of July 27. Went to Hsp. next morning was put on the monitor was having more then 6 an hour. Two shots to relax my uterus and was sent home on bedrest.

 

Name: Angeline924
EDD: 11/28
Type of BR: strict bedrest. Can get up to use the bathroom, shower( 5 min every other day)
Since when:  7/30 22w3d
Reason: Incompetent cervix, I was dilated 2 cm w/ bulging bag at last appt, had an emergency cerclage

Name: Cindy (Timmylulu)
EDD: 10/16
Type of BR: wasn't specified but for the next week I can use the bathroom, shower, make lunch, go to dr. appointment and my baby shower this weekend
Since when:  8/7 (29w 6d)
Reason: History of loss at 21 weeks, reason unknown, but I went into labor early and baby boy was too young to live. This pg I have been getting P17 shots weekly starting at 16 wks and biweekly us starting at the same time. At my visit last week my cervix shortened from about 30-31 to 29 but when pressure was applied it went to 27 so dr. wants me off my feet

Please let us know any updates!

mrsjrmiller

Update: All is well. The appointment, although LONG was great yesterday. The prob with seeing high risk docs is that everyone else is high risk too and things obviously come up. My appointment was at 4 and I was not seen till 5:30.... My BP was up there but when I showed her my readings from the week she agreed it was from sitting there waiting so long.... Go back next week and will do another 24 hr urine and lab work.  Thinking I really may make it in this pregnancy!

 QOTD: What is your opinion on the following: circumsion, vaccines, cloth diapers - and anything else baby related you want to weigh in on....

I have no strong feelings on any of this. I circumsized DS, followed the traditional vaccine schedule and I use disposalable diapers. I do feel bad adding thousands of diapers to the landfills but I am just not a cloth diaper kinda gal....

Kadyra

Update: The A/C is fixed!  The dude showed up an hour late, but it is fixed.  So nice to get a good night's sleep.  Except for the contractions that kept me up, but those are becoming a routine.

QOTD: I didn't care about circumcision, but if it's a boy, DH wants it done.  So we're doing it.  We're doing all the vaccines.  I'm a doctor, and I think they're important.  I know everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I just don't get that one.  And we're using disposable diapers.  We discussed cloth, but decided they weren't for us.  SIL uses them-- and good for her.  But we're just not cool like that.  My stepdad is pissed at us for not using glass bottles for after I start pumping.  But if he knew how often we drop stuff, he'd agree that the BPA-free plastic are a better fit.  Plus I don't think the daycares will take glass.  We're using a crib bumper.  It has ties on the top and bottom, so I'm happy with it.  We'll take it out when kiddo gets more mobile.  We also have a preemie head/body positioner for the carseat.  This particular one was recommended by the AAP, so I am extremely happy with it.  I don't care if the carseat people don't like it.  I don't want my IUGR preemie slumping down and getting squished.  We are not co-sleeping.  I work too much and am too tired without a baby in my life to even contemplate this.  The baby will be in the crib from day 1.  We're using a pacifier, but DH and I haven't figured out just how.  Everything I've read says not to use it for sleep and not to use them after 6 months because of the increase risk of ear infections.  DH wants to use them for sleep, but we haven't really discussed this.  He hasn't read much so.... We can't have much of a discussion.  The problem with not using a pacifier past 6 months is they tend to suck on something else and I do not want a thumb sucker!  DH sucked his thumb for years as a kid and doesn't want that hassle.  There's just so much to think about!

sunandsand

No updates...BPP and NST tomorrow, we'll see if my amniotic fluid is under 5, if so I'm being admitted.

QOTD-We are circ-ing. I went back and forth on the vaccine thing and decided I just don't have the energy to thoroughly research every injection and then deal with the legalities of trying to get LO in school without doing them. My SIL firmly believes that they can cause autism, so she isn't doing any of them. She had a hard time finding a pedi who supported her. I have a very good friend who CD's, so I looked into it...its very expensive to start doing, DH didn't want to do it, and since we have multiple people who will be watching LO who have never CD'd, we decided to do disposables. 

sandra_05

Update: So yesterday morning I started having contractions 10 mins apart and by mid-afternoon they were about 8 mins apart and my BP was 145/95. I am not sure why I was being stubborn about not calling my OB, but I think I had a moment where I just became overwhelmed with the idea that I was actually going to have a second child. I know that is absolutely ridiculous but I had a quick moment of panic. My OB sent me directly to L&D and when I got there my BP was 150/100 and I was having contractions 6 mins apart. The OB on call felt that if my BP did not go down then they would be doing a c/s later that evening. Luckily my BP went down to 135/85 while I was on my left side and I was given two doses of Turbataline, which stopped the contractions. I didn't like the way it made me felt (shaking and jittery) but I am very thankful that it stopped the contractions because LO needs to bake a little longer. I think if I was a few days closer to the 37 wk mark the OB would have just done the c/s since I am schedule for one in 2 1/2 wks. They are going to reevaluate my c/s date when I go back in on Thursday.

QOTD: I never really had an opinion about circumcisions but my husband felt pretty strongly for it so we had one done for DS and will have one for LO too. We will do disposable diapers instead of cloth diapers and will use bottles with the drop-in liners for breastmilk and formula. If LO likes the pacifier than we will use them and then make a decision based how much he uses it on when to stop. DS always spit them out right before falling asleep so we ended up keeping it until 17 months. We just made it disappear one day and he never looked for them again. He spoke early though so we never had to worry about it holding back his speech or anything delays like that. I figure we will play it by ear with LO and decide what is the best for him.

mandyunc2003

I posted this on the Monday check-in earlier, but I guess I didn't do it soon enough   Can you please add me to the list?

Name: Mandy (mandyunc2003)
EDD: 11/10 (more realistically, 10/13-10/27 since it's di-di b/g twins)
Type of BR: Strict!  Allowed to get up for restroom breaks and meals only.
Since when:  8/6 (26w 2d)
Reason: Went from 3.7cm to 2.4cm within 3 weeks, and Baby A (girl) is only in the 9th percentile for weight (1 lb 11 oz).  Baby B is doing great and checked in at 2 lbs (45th percentile), so I'm ordered to eat every 3 hours and make it fattening   

After the initial MFM appointment last Thursday, I was monitoring for contractions at home (starting Saturday) and had 9 in 45 minutes, so I had my first trip to L&D that night.  They released me on Sunday morning after finally miniimizing the contractions to about 1-2/hr, but I'm on both a Terbutaline pump and Procardia to keep the babies in as long as possible.  I went back to the MFM yesterday, and luckily my cervix had not shortened through the whole ordeal.  *Fingers crossed* that I make it to at least 36 weeks, and reading about some of you has given me hope!

ericacathryn

Could I be added to this list?  I don't know how long I'll be on bed rest, but I'm here for now...

Name: Erica (ericacathryn)
EDD: 1/29/2010
Type of BR: Modified, but this was explained as only getting up for meals and bathroom breaks.
Since when:  8/5
Reason:  Subchorionic hematoma that keeps getting bigger.  They first saw it when I was nine weeks and spotting lightly, and they said it was so small that they weren't at all worried about it.  The spotting went away.  Then two and a half weeks ago I woke up to a huge gush of blood.  The ultrasound at the ER showed that the hematoma had grown to 7cm x 4cm x 3cm.  They didn't put me on bed rest, just told me to take it easy.  I kept bleeding, but mostly brown, then last Wednesday I went back because the blood seemed to be increasing and heading back to red.  The hematoma had grown to 10cm x 5cm x 3cm.  They put me on modified bed rest until my follow up this week.  My ultrasound this morning showed more growth, though they didn't tell me how much.  There was no doctor in the office so I have to go back tomorrow to actually speak to the doctor in person.  I'll know more about how long this bedrest will last after speaking to him, I hope. 

I have a 14 month old, so bedrest isn't easy.  My husband is doing everything for him.  I was just sitting as much as possible until today, but over the weekend I went to a good friend's wedding.  I sat the whole time, wherever I was, but the nurse wasn't pleased with that and I sort of regret it now.  She told me I have to actually lie down - not just sit, so that's what I'm doing.  Everything I've read says that it's not proven that bed rest helps with SCH though, so I guess I figured as long as I was resting I was doing what I needed to do. I'm taking it more seriously now.  I'll only be 16 weeks on Saturday, and I'm really hoping that I won't have to be on bed rest the whole pregnancy.  We rely on my paycheck, so I'd have to find a way to work from bed, and I think my husband will go crazy without help with our son.  Why can't pregnancy just be easy???

 

BeachBride72106

I would like to be added.

BeachBride7212006 (Sarah)

 EDD:9/29/2009

Type: Hospital with bathroom privlages.

Since: 8/5 (32 weeks) 

Reason: Mild pre-e, history of late loss that may have been related to pre-e with previous pregnancy.