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T and P's request

mommy0411mommy0411 member
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I am 31 weeks with my second child and my 22 month old DS has PDD-NOS. Well today I started contracting regularly so I went to the doctor and I am 1 cm dilated. That immediately got me admitted to labor and delivery. They also did the fetal fibronectin test and it came back positive :( 

So I am getting the steroid shots and procardia to calm things down. I will be in the hospital until tomorrow evening at least. Hopefully this baby will keep cooking for at least 6 more weeks. Until then I am on bed rest. I am a stay at home mom and I don't how I am going to manage all of my sons sensory and therapy needs and be on bed rest :( 

Has anyone been on bed rest before with a special needs child? Any tips?

Thank you! 



DS1: 4/15/2011
Dx: ASD, SPD and receptive and expressive speech delay at 21 months
BFP #2: CP 5/2012
DS2: 4/24/2013
BFP #4: Miscarriage at 5 weeks 7/2014
BFP #5: 8/8/2014 Due 4/20/2015 
Its a healthy girl!!!!! 
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  • kcisthebombdotcomkcisthebombdotcom member

    No personal experience--just wanted to send positive thoughts your way that your LO keeps cooking for 6 more weeks.

    Do you have any family in the area that could help out? If no family, could you hire someone as a mother's helper for the time being to help entertain DS?

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  • irishbaby0708irishbaby0708 member
    Thinking of you!!  I had my son at 30 weeks but, I did not have another child at home.   I hope you can keep your Lo cooking a little longer. 
    10/17/2009 - Our Miracle came 10 weeks early. IF,2 MC and 1 Preemie we have our miracle.. Baby Hope 10 weeks 5days was taken from us on Dec 18, 2007. Forever with us and Forever missed. Triplets Lost baby A @ weeks, Lost Baby B at 6 weeks and lost baby Abigail at 14 weeks when she was born to little for this life..... Forever with us ....
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  • realisticdreamsrealisticdreams member
    If you don't have anyone to help, i'm not sure that it's doable while still being on strict bedrest.  

    When I was in/out of the hospital on/off bedrest with dd2 P basically missed everything.  I had EI go to my grandma's house or our house but her outpatient appt's I just had to move.  I didn't have anyone else who could drive her or anything.  I remember the day after I had dd2 I got a call from a therapy center we had been on the waitlist for 6+ months, and we ended up having to keep waiting for the next spot bc I couldn't make the appt the next day!

    Good luck, I hope you have some support.
    DD1(4):VSD & PFO (Closed!), Prenatal stroke, Mild CP, Delayed pyloric opening/reflux, Brachycephaly & Plagiocephaly, Sacral lipoma, Tethered spinal cord, Compound heterozygous MTHFR, Neurogenic bladder, Urinary retention & dyssynergia, incomplete emptying, enlarged Bladder with Poor Muscle Tone, EDS-Type 3. Mito-Disorder has been mentioned

    DD2(2.5): Late term premie due to PTL, low fluid & IUGR, Reflux, delayed visual maturation, compound heteroygous MTHFR, PFAPA, Bilateral kidney reflux, Transient hypogammaglobulinemia, EDS-Type 3


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  • grbnikgrbnik

    I am hoping that your LO waits a little while longer!  I don't have any advice about the therapies, but I can imagine how difficult it could be (I don't have any family or close friends nearby). 

    I hope that you can relax (easier said than done I am sure) and get done for your LO what you need to.   

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  • d.fd.f member

    I only have one child, so no experience with bed rest and a SN child.  I just want to send good thoughts.  

    I was Dx with preterm labor at 30w 3d. They gave me the steroid shots and were anticipating that i would deliver very early.  The meds (terbutaline and procardia) and bed rest kept me pregnant for exactly 6 more weeks.  I was very lucky DS was born 3 days after the took me off procardia and 5 after the completely let me off bed rest.  He was able to go home with me.  I'm sending good thoughts that you have a similar or even better outcome :-) 

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