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thejuliejewels
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XP: Hospital bedrest or strict bedrest experience
thejuliejewels
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Hi all. I've been lurking on this board for a few weeks from the multiples board because of some cervical funneling, so I'm XP'ing. I hope you don't mind if I join you and I know there are a lot of bed rest situations on this board...
I was wondering if anyone could share their current bed rest
situation or previous experience, either at home, or in the hospital so I
can get some peace of mind. I'm 3 days in the hospital and going
batty. I thought each day was going to get easier, but I'm massively
struggling because I'm so unhappy being here and having my DH go home
each night. 
I know I'm here for a very good reason, but it's just
really tough. Being an IF vet, I also want healthy babies more than
anything in the world. But being in the hospital is rough.
So I'm 24w, 3 days with b/g di/di twins. I posted 2 weeks ago because my MFM found my a 2cm cervical funnel on my 22w anatomy scan and I was curious to get some perspective. I was scanned at 16w and then the practice had scheduling issues for the anatomy, so my cervix wasn't scanned until 22w. The past 2 weeks have been rough because I have had to deal with my unhappiness that maybe this could have been prevented or intervened much sooner if they were checking much earlier on. Cerclage wasn't an option per the doc, as they thought it was too late in the pregnancy and much too risky. They also pushed to see me back in 4w to check funneling, and my gut told me that it was much too long to wait... thank GOD I did, because now I'm sitting in the hospital with a .5-1cm dilation. My practice didn't 'believe in bedrest' but other MoMs had commented their practices had similar views, so apparently these scientific institutions (I'm at a teaching hospital linked to an ivy league) are a bit out there. So a lot of my frustration comes from the fact that I went from no restrictions, to laid up in a hospital bed with bathroom privileges and no doctor will tell me how long I will be here. And always questioning if I did less, went on bed rest 4 weeks ago, if I'd still be home and comfy. It was a huge shock because I went straight from MFM appointment, to checking in at the hospital across the street.
The first day, I got magnesium and steroids and was
prepared for delivery although I had no signs other than cervical
incompetence. They also haven't checked my cervix, nor do they want to
any time soon because they said the less going on the better. I am
going to prod tomorrow with the docs to get an ETA on when they want to
check. Because I know I could be dilated a cm for weeks to months and
no one will tell me a plan of when I will be released. First I was told 2
days, then a week, then a doc today said prepare for a month. I can do
this from home! I know I can! And I would be so much more
comfortable, my Mom already said she'd move in to give me 24 hr care for
when my husband goes to work or if I need to get to the hospital which
is under 10 minutes away.
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Re: XP: Hospital bedrest or strict bedrest experience
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)
First off, I'm sorry you have to go through all of this. Your story is almost identical to mine at 22 weeks. The doctors said they didn't have a long plan the first few days, they wanted to stabilize things first (I was also having contract
Expecting twins! Put on strict bedrest at home after preterm labor at 22 weeks. Hospitalized at 22 weeks and again at 29 weeks. No more please!
Are you on vaginal progesterone? I wasn't the standard when I was pregnant three years ago but the studies show it is as effective as a cerclage (still debated in twins but many MFMs will still do it).
I have an identical story. 
First off...hugs to you..keep those babies baking. I dont have any experince from being put on bedrest for long periods but i can relate to the what if i would of had the scan earlier. I lost my girl at 23w 5 d to IC. I went to L and D the day be
With my first I was in the hospital on bedrest for 21 days (and then 5 more days post-partum). With my second I was on bedrest at home for 7 weeks.
The hospital was tough, I didn't have bathroom privileges, I had a cathetar and could not shower u