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Bedrest Mama's Daily Check-In***Wednesday
Name - Michelle
Due Date - 4/20
Date Placed on Bedrest - at 14 wks
Type - modified bedrest at home
Why - herniated disks in back/now contractions
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer- My biggest pet peeve is when close family or friends(who know I'm on bedrest) make snarky comments about my pregnancy situation. Uh, I'm not supposed to do the dishes for the safety of my unborn child, so go f' yourself. Don't make a nasty comment about it on my FB page...or make a comment about me needing to eat because my baby must be hungry. When you puke all the time, every day and feel like crap...you go eat. I know I need to and am doing my best. So bug off. And these are people who've NEVER been pregnant. Probably why they are dumb enough to make the comments they do to a pregnant women. But it still drives me up a wall and makes me wanna kill them. :-)
Updates- Last night I had a bad fall. We have wood floors and I'm just not sure how it happened. Ok, so I wasn't being really careful and moving too fast. Next thing I knew, I was on the ground with the wind knocked out of me. Holy freakin cow, it hurt! I landed on my hip and slid onto my belly, so thankfully, it looks like Olivia is fine. She didn't move much for awhile, but the nurse said she just got shook up. My hip is all swollen and bruised (like my pride) and I can't walk. I think I jacked my back really bad when I fell, because my whole left leg has shooting pains down it. I fell on the right hip, but my left side is what has been affected by my herniated disks.
So all in all, I'll be fine. But now my family is all freaked out. It's gonna be one of those 999 phone call kinda days...
Lauren...I'm so glad to hear that little buddy is going to keep cooking. I know you're frustrated at more bedrest, but hey, at least you can keep hanging with us! :-) It sounds like it's best case for you, with little buddy having gained weight and having the oppertunity to keep doing so. I love your blog...it's really nicely done. I hope all your friends and family respected you guys and let you be yesterday!
Jennifer...any new news on your Grandpa or the cat? It sounded like things were looking up. I'm hoping they are both continuing to do better.
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Re: Bedrest Mama's Daily Check-In***Wednesday
Name - Jennifer
Due Date - 4/16
Date Placed on Bedrest - 12/31
Type - strict bedrest at home
Why - hypertension; pre-e risk
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer- Right now I'd have to say my biggest pet peeve is the state of my house, specifically the dishes piling up in the kitchen and the laundry that needs to get done.........and the fact that there's nothing I can do about it. I'm going to have to hire a house keeper, but I'm not sure how we're going to afford that.
Updates- I'm feeling "off" today. I'm not sure how else to describe it. My arms feel heavy and sort of swollen. Like it takes extra effort to bend them. And I can tell my hands are swollen. Not excessively so, but still swollen. I'm feeling very sluggish and lethargic. And, I also have this stomach thing going on that I haven't quite figured out yet. I have these weird waves of feeling hot, nauseous and stomach crampy. And then it just goes away for a while. Weird.
In other news, my DH bought a new car yesterday. So, he took me for a short ride. Shhhhh.....don't tell my OB.
I don't really have any updates on my mom's cat since I didn't talk to her yesterday. DH's grandpa made it through the surgery ok, but it seems like he's very confused (he was having dementia issues before all this). He finally got some sleep yesterday/last night, so maybe that will help.
**Lauren - I'm glad you finally spoke to the doctor and that LB has grown a little, even if it wasn't as much as they wanted. I'm also glad that he gets to stay in there for a while and cook some more
I read your blog and want you to know you really are in my thoughts and prayers. It makes it so much more personal when you know the whole story.......
**Michelle - OMG! Your fall is so scary! I'm glad you're ok, but be careful girl!! Your body doesn't need further injury! T&P to you. And, btw - I've only gotten a few snarky comments. I'm hoping it will stay that way because I would just have to go off on them.....
Name - Chelsea
Due Date - 2/16
Date Placed on Bedrest - 1/4
Type - modified bedrest at home
Why - PTL, shortened cervix
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer- DH doesn't seem to understand. Example 1, yesterday I took out chicken and he was upset because I didn't cook it - but I'm on bedrest, shouldn't he cook it? Example 2 - DH put the dresser together in the loft. So I ask him when he is going to move it into the nursery. He told me that I needed to move stuff so that he could put it in there - but I'm on bedrest, shouldn't he move it? I could go on, but I will stop. Oh...lastly, he says I get emotional every night at 10pm. Maybe because it is at that point I realize that he has spent the last 5 hours in front of the computer not talking to me.
Updates- Depressed about bedrest today. Just waiting for my appointment tomorrow.
**Jennifer** Glad everyone is doing better.
**Lauren** Happy to hear you have a few more weeks!
**Michelle** Oh that fall - glad you're okay. We have pretty slippery floors. I am going to walk slow today.
Name - Kristi
Due Date - 3/15
Date Placed on Bedrest - at 24 weeks
Type - modified bedrest at home
Why - contractions
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest
Answer- My biggest pet peeve is that I am not working due to bedrest and I feel like I'm lazy and DH is busting his butt to make sure we are ok. (sorry today is one of my depressed days.)
Updates- I had to go to L&D to get checked out on Monday due to period like cramps and stomach tightening. When they checked me they said LO is RIGHT THERE. She is so low they are surprised I'm not dialated yet and believe that me already being on bedrest has helped me not to be dialated. However I am having more and more contractions and they dont believe LO is going to stay in till March.
Ah, Kristi....that sucks. You are getting sooooo close to being in the clear. Try and focus on a day by day approach. I'm praying that your LO stays put for at least a few more weeks. That baby must be really excited to see you! Take it extra easy...no cheating on bedrest now! T&P's to you!
Sounds like everyone is having a crappy day. Sorry to hear that ladies. Maybe it's going to be a full moon or something soon. Seems like we have all been a little down in the dumps lately. I'll try and think of something funny or happy to post to cheer us up....but don't hold your breath. I'm particularly pukey today because they've been having me try prenatals again to get some of my levels up and they've made me really sick. Bah!!!
You're right we do sound sad today. Maybe we will all have really exciting evenings?! I just ran out of lime juice so this is adding extra depression to my day
Name - Michelle
Due Date - 3/1
Date Placed on Bedrest - 34 weeks
Type - modified bedrest at home
Why - PTL and previous PTL. DS born at 35 weeks, DD at 36 weeks
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer-This is my first full day so not too much yet. I really would like to do some cleaning but my Mom is coming over tomorrow to help out.
Update: 33 week appt I was dialeted to 1 and the head was high. Positive FFN test. No contractions during NST. Put on 10 mg Procardia as a precaution. Yesterdays 34 week appt almost dailated to 2 and 2 contractions during the NST.
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Can I join please! Just put on bed rest today.
Name - Stephanie
Due Date - may 27 (but anytime in April is good due to triplets)
Date Placed on Bedrest - 22 weeks
Type -strick bedrest at home
Why - PTL shortening and funneling certix.
Well i cannot complain yet since i have only been on it half day.
I am terrified of PTL and just so worried about keeping my boys in there for 10 weeks. And i feel bad for DH who now has to do everything, including take care of DD all by himself.
Name - Karen
Due Date - 3/18
Date Placed on Bedrest -1/12 (31 weeks) at home
Type - Strict Bed rest at home
Why - Low lying placenta and a bleed in a blood vessel attached to the placenta
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer - Having to rely on someone else for virtually EVERYTHING!!!! I'm a control freak and this is killing me!
Update: Nothing new really...was a boring. lonely day today. My DH who normally works at home ahd to actually go to the office today so I had no one to talk to all day, until my mom came in the afternoon afer picking up DD from school. I think that is the worst part of this is the lack of people contact all day long
Name - Lauren
Due Date - 3/23
Date Placed on Bedrest -off and on throughout pg, officially 1/4
Type -Strict Hospital Bedrest
Why - IUGR
Question of the Day - What is your biggest pet peeve about being on bedrest...guess I should have done this on Friday! :-)
Answer - having to rely on nurses for everything--it can sometimes take forever to get a simple med or get more water, etc. for example: I have been here for 16 days and I am STILL waiting on my physical therapy consult to come show me what I can be doing to keep my muscles from atrophying haha that and i am so sick of hospital food!! ugh you would think they could change up the menu just a little...
Update: Today was on okay day, I feel like Im back to the "daily grind" of being on bedrest again--knowing I have at least 2 more weeks sucks but ive kinda gotten to the point of just giving in and realizing that this situation is out of my control--a super exciting update: I got the hospital to waive the fee for me being in a private room!! it was costing us $57/A DAY!! and apparently they felt bad for me cuz they waived it! yay to not having to share a room w/ weirdos! haha
**Michelle- oh my word! That is so scary about the fall! Im glad that everything seems okay though--just remember trust your body and your instincts if anything starts to feel off in the next couple days get it checked out!
**Jennifer--you lucky duck! getting to go for a car ride *sigh* im totally jealous--glad to hear that DH's grandpa made it through surgery okay, oh and i too am having the weird stomach stuff going on, maybe our digestive systems are out of whack from sitting around so much
**Chelsea- awh im sorry your DH isnt really "getting it", as much as being on hospital bed rest stinks I feel for you guys at home because Im sure there is so much temptation to do stuff like cook, clean, etc. and it doesnt help when you have a DH who is thinking you should be doing that stuff--just think you are on the final countdown only a few more weeks!
**Kristi- Im sorry you are having a rough day! I sometimes feel like a big bum w/ my DH too as he works so hard and is so supportive! Just remember--even being on bedrest youre working hard too! You are creating and sustaining a new life,a little girl!! Thats pretty hard work!
Swik/Michelle & Stephanie-- welcome to the check-in! I hope this can be of some support for you both!
** Karen- Im sorry youre having a lonely day! Bedrest can be so isolating sometimes! Hopefully you can find something fun to do tomorrow!
Hugs for Karen!!!
Quick question for Lauren...is there a resturant near you that would deliver food to the hospital for you? It's not an every day solution, but maybe you could treat yourself once a week? And I'm so happy that you were able to get your own room...sharing would be a nightmare!!!!