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High-Risk Pregnancy
Bed-Rest Mamas Daily Check-In ~ WEDNESDAY ~
This
thread is for any mama on bed-rest, in any form. We are stuck home or
in the hospital, in a bed or on our couches, and could use the support
of each other to make it through this time in order to get to a healthy
baby. We all know how hard bed-rest is and we wish everyone a healthy
pregnancy!!!! Anyone is welcome to join, and anyone can start this daily
thread. Just copy and paste this paragraph and info lines below if you
get here and the thread has yet to start for that day. Feel free to give
us updates about your condition. Be sure to check out the links to our
member and resource list below.
Name:
Due:
Began bed-rest:
Type:
Reason:
Congratulations to TravAnda (Amanda) whose son was born at 39 weeks. Way to go mama following your
bed-rest days!
Welcoming Moemeek and wishing her a safe pregnancy from here on in.
Question of the Day: What?s-working-you Wednesday: Anything going on currently that?s been nagging you to bits?
If you have any updates, upcoming appointments, or anything else to say, let us know!
Bed-rest check-in resource list
Rest up motionless mamas!
Nutmeg, cilantro, sage, mint, thyme... these are a few of my favorite things!
We have four children; one left us too soon.
We have four children; one left us too soon.
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Re: Bed-Rest Mamas Daily Check-In ~ WEDNESDAY ~
Finally joining over here!
Name: Cheryl (CJ)
Due: April 1st
Began bed-rest: January 7th
Type: Strict? Up for bathroom/shower and meals only
Reason Constant strong contractions and cervix thinning and smoothing (as of 32 wks dilating as well)
Hey ya'll! I have been snooping here and there since I was put on bed rest, but every time I try and respond to this thread my message disappears and so I give up! LOL - maybe it will work this time!
I have been on strict bed rest since January 7th (though I broke the rules a couple times for baby/bridal showers). That was at 28 weeks and here I am at 35 weeks 5 days! Woo hoo! I found the first month to be the worst. So emotional and weepy all the time trying to adjust to life still going on around me while I am stuck in this 2bed/2bath prison.... but it got better and I've def adjusted! Here's to only a few weeks left!
UPDATE: Went to the Dr. yesterday and my cervix is still measuring at 2.1cm with funneling but has not gotten shorter. For now we are happy campers. Hoping to make it to the 24 weeks mark and then heading to 28,30,32,34 and then 36. Only 13 weeks of bed rest left!
It is driving me NUTS that I can't start on the new nursery. We have SO much to do and I hate that I have to wait till 36 weeks to do it all!
QOTD: The state of my house is driving me insane. Nesting kicked in last night and it is going to take everything I have not to scrub our bathroom today. My bed rest isn't a strict since we are past the 34 week mark, but we still need to keep my bp down and fluid up. However, I have a tendency to overdo it when I get the go ahead to do a few things, so I am being very, very mindful of my activity.
UPDATES: 36 weeks tomorrow. That was my personal goal for some reason. It isn't ideal, but he can come anytime from tomorrow on and I will feel somewhat at ease.
QOTD: Everything
I am in week 5 of this bedrest and I can't handle it. I still have some doctors telling me it isn't necessary given some of the measurements they have gotten, but I am still scared since I'm only 22 weeks. Bedrest has made me 100 times more anxious. I sit around and think about everything and feel every pain/twinge, etc. My DH is working 70 hours a week and I am beat. Everyone who can help is helping and I am sick of having people in our house constantly......not to mention that it is messy all the time. Sorry for the vent, but with 2 kids and a working DH, this has not gotten any easier for me. I am not the SAHM type and I feel like I have been "forced" to be a SAHM all of a sudden. We used to be so active and everything has come to a halt. Even though people are here to help, my kids still want me to help all the time.
No new updates for me. I go back to the MFM on Monday and am hoping nothing has changed!
Hang in there mama! I know with the kids it is especially rough!!
QOTD: Like one of the other girls mentioned, the not cleaning/organizing thing is hardest for me right now. I normally vacum everyday or every other day. Hubby prefers to vacuum 1 time a week or less. We have two cats -one with long white hair and it is everywhere. Pantry, closet and fridge all look like heck right now. My husband is very busy with work, doing an MBA and volunteering at a cancer hospital once a week so I feel bad asking him to do the other stuff too. It is what it is- I guess! (several people have offered to come help clean and he declined!)
Update: Nothing too exciting- I had an appt with my OB yesterday but she cant monitor the subchorionic hematoma with her equipment so it was mainly just listening to the heartbeat, weighing me, etc. My appt with the high risk Dr is next week. I'm praying for a clean bill of health. On this topic, I dressed up for my Dr.s appt yesterday- hair, makeup and a cute outfit! Leaving the house is the highlight of my week!!!
mrsdjm: Congrats on 36 weeks! I am so jealous! Here is hoping we are all lucky enough to get that far.
Updates/QOTD: I got really annoyed yesterday. I mean really really annoyed. DH left around 11 to help a friend move. At 6:30pm, I hadn't heard from him at all, so I called. No answer. I sent a text. Same result. So I texted his buddy. Then his buddy's girlfriend. No one answered. Then I called DH again but it went straight to voicemail. Yes, I was getting obsessive, but what if I really needed him? He is my ride to the hospital and the buddy's girlfriend (a close friend of mine) is my backup plan. DH's baby brother is my third best option because all other family is too far away, but he just turned 21 and is a little on the wild side, so I would have to preface any such request with "are you sober". Yes, I know I sound crazy, but best rest + pregnancy hormones + unreachable DH = crazy best rest mama.
Preemie ID DDs; then DS; then natural M/C; now due 10/17
High risk for pre-term: weekly Makena injections
Thanks! I went on bed rest the same time this time I did with DD; at 29 weeks. We induced at 37 with her, so I am hoping to go at least the same with this one! Seven weeks down...
I too get obsessive when people don't answer their phone, especially DH and my mom. I am paranoid by nature, so when someone doesn't answer, my first thought is "oh they are are hurt or dead." Morbid, but true.
QOTD: The state of our house. I like everything to be neat and clean. Watching dishes pile up in th sick or not being able to make my bed drives me nuts. I know I can't do any of it. Also, I'm turning into a nagging wife about packing our hospital bag. Most of it is laying out in the guest room but I would feel better if it was in a bag ready to go. DH is doing the best he can so I feel bad complaining. He has the weight of everything on his shoulders right now and mess doesn't bother him. Also, sure petty I know, I wish I could have an hour or so to myself where I didn't need "babysitting". But, I need someone here in case something happens and to keep me from getting up and doing things I'm not supposed to.
Update: Next appointment is tomorrow for ultrasound and internal check. Is it bad that I desparately want to make it to term eventhough I know the reality is that I won't? With only 6 weeks at home with these cuties due using my FMLA for bedrest, I want the time at home with them instead of in the NICU. I'm sure everyone feels this way.
Updates: Had low readings at the Drs yesterday, so he said continue bedrest and maybe he'd switch me to "modified activity" at 37 weeks instead of inducing! There is hope yet for real labor and a VBAC!
QOTD: But here's what's nagging me... I'm on bedrest for PIH, and with my history of pre-e, this doesn't surprise me, but something quirky is happening... yesterday at my Drs visit, I had great readings - as low as a month ago or more, and I've only been on bedrest a week (and admittedly, I am up a few times for 30+ minutes throughout the day dealing with my DD). Last night I realized I forgot to take my extra iron supplement in the morning, did some reading/label checking, and realized I've been on a double dose of iron (56 mg/day) since being told I was slightly anemic in Dec. Ironically, my BP wasn't climbing till shortly after starting the extra iron... today I skipped it again and my BP has been fabulous! So am I on bedrest completely unnecessarily just because of superdosing iron all this time? Ugh. I want to wait one more day before calling my Dr with the anecdotal info, but he's so clueless about all this stuff that I am wondering if it'll make any difference. Would you request bloodwork to check iron levels if it was you? I hate being a nagging patient, but something just doesn't seem right if it took 2 months for my BP to climb to bedrest levels and then 24 hours for it to drop when I miss one supplement... I wish I had a nurse on hand to check me like 5 times a day and make sure I'm getting accurate readings. Maybe my cuff is just randomly not working right.
UPDATES: I'm hoping our babies will be here before this weekend! We had my 36 week appt yesterday. Both babies looked great on the NST and fluid levels are holding. My Group B Strep test came back negative (yeah!), and we found out I am now 4 cm dilated and 100% effaced (up from 2 cm the week before), but I'm still only having irregular contractions. Last night, I'm pretty sure I lost my mucus plug (sorry if TMI), and I've been trying to walk around a bit more to move things along. My OB asked us to come back tomorrow morning, and if I'm up to 5 cm or more, we'll likely go ahead and induce tomorrow!!! If not, we'll schedule an induction for sometime in the next week since Baby A has been measuring small.
QOTD: I've been off strict bedrest and allowed to resume modified activity for a little over a week now. It is driving me crazy that I have no stamina left and still can't get anything done! Just walking around the house wipes me out, and I can't reach anything high or low, so I really can't get a whole lot done in the last few days we have left before the babies get here! I realize it's a relatively small complaint, and I am SO INCREDIBLY LUCKY to have made it this far, but it's annoying me nonetheless.
Name: Monica
Due: 4/23/11
Began bed-rest: 2/24/11
Type: Up to pee and eat only
Reason: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
Hi ladies! This is my first check in over here. I've been on bedrest for about a week and boycotted the computer until today.
Anyone have any good boredom busters? I need a distraction, I'm freaking myself out about this blood pressure medicine I'm supposed to start taking.