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CrazeyJaneyR
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i can NOT imagine REAL bedrest.
CrazeyJaneyR
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B/c i'm on limited activity and i'm going freakin NUTS here. All I want is a green tea latte from starbucks and I KNOW I shouldn't bring Angie into the car and go but I REALLY WANT TO. ?How do you guys sit still all day? I think if this happens to me I may need to be hospitalized, because I don't know if I can do it. I'm not saying doing dumb stuff will take a priority, but I'm saying I find myself doing things that I shouldn't without even realizing it. Plus, how would I accomplish bedrest wit ha 14 month old? Oh lord, I pray I don't need it. I'll find out Wednesday if my cervix has improved.
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Re: i can NOT imagine REAL bedrest.
I go on 100% hospitalized bedrest on January 4th - where I will be hooked up to monitors all day long and have very restricted movement.
I think I might go crazy, but I plan to a) Knit, b) crochet, c) embroider, d) email people and maybe e) work. Sigh, not looking forward to it.
Funny enough, one of my main concerns is how the hell am I going to get one of the nurses to bring me a Starbucks X-tra Hot Soy Latte every morning???
I was on strict bed rest for 2 months (at home and some in the hospital). Honestly, I ended up resorting to sleeping the days away.....that's one way to pass the boredom! Other than that, I watched movies, read, prayed for visitors, and scrap-booked.
People always use to say, "enjoy the rest now because you wont get much of it once the babies are here" and it bugged me. However, they were kinda right......lol.
GL!
I have been on hospital bedrest for five weeks now, and will be here until I deliver. It certainly isn't what I would have chosen, but I just accepted it early on and haven't fought it. I try not dwell on it, and I am so glad with every day that has passed by that I have not had to deliver, that I have viewed the continuing bedrest as a blessing. I am glad I can do something to help my babies. The wierdest thing for me--other than the time away from my husband--is not being in fresh air for so long. I love being outside. I am a little sad that my husband and I will not get to really enjoy our last couple weeks as a child-free couple, but I am comforted by the fact that the reward will be so great.
The days are more full than some people think--much of our mornings are taken up by tests--then I am allowed to take a shower (yay!) and I do my make up every day just for a sense of normalcy--this brings us to lunchtime. Then, in the afternoon, I either watch tv, play on the computer or do some sort of activity--our church was collecting Christmas cards to send to soldiers, so I spent a couple days writing out a ton of those; I am putting together a photo album; some friends brought some simple little Christmas ornament crafts; and I am keeping a blog. For at least an hour every afternoon, I read while playing classical music for the girls--although my husband brought my Christmas CDs last night so I will probably mix those in now! Then there's dinner and I have another NST in the evening. Then my husband arrives and that pretty much takes us to bedtime!
Also, the nurses are all really nice and try to chat when they come in for their hourly check-ins. We don't have family nearby, but some great friends have made time to visit.
I'll be really happy to home but this is definitely the best plan for us! The doctors are "amazed" we have held out this long, so it's great to have clear evidence that the bedrest is working.