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*** Weekend Bedrest Check-in ***

tracinttracint member
in High-Risk Pregnancy
*I'm only posting one check-in for the weekend but please feel free to check-in on both days if you'd like*

Any new pregnancy symptoms, cravings, or aversions?

Upcoming appointments, milestones, or updates? (Ticker change?)

QOTWeekend: What are some of the things that you have to have on your nightstand/bedside table? (I would've asked what's in your purse/bag, but I don't think this group is going out much these days... but feel free to tell us both if you'd like)

Open Topic: What's on your mind?
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Re: *** Weekend Bedrest Check-in ***

  • haziedazehaziedaze member
    My contractions seem to keep getting worse. I used to be able to sit reclined for long peroids, now I need to lay down most of the time to keep them spaced out :/

    30 weeks tomorrow! First outpatient NST and appt Tuesday... need to get my disability leave extended.

    Water bottle, nifedipine, phone, computer, ipad.

    I've been super upbeat lately about having a termie this time, these contractions have me all worried. Not enough to call/go in, just preoccupied. I'm enjoying being more pregnant than I've ever been though!
    BFP#1 9/14/10 (EDD 5/21/11); no fetal pole 6w6d, 7w4d, d&c 10/8
    BFP#2 3/16/11, beta 138; 4/12 Baby/HB DS born 9/10/11 at 29w4d due to partial abruption and PTL
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    BFP#3 8/19/13 Another boy! 17P, modified bedrest and Nifedipine helped us have a termie! DS2 born 4/19/14 at 38w5d.
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  • twodaisiestwodaisies member
    Last week was a Busy one: officially went on bed rest (luckily modified and not full)' I've gotten both steroid shots (one Friday and one Saturday), got my ffn test back - negative (yay), and started the vaginal progesterone. Contractions are way down so maybe something is working and hopefully cervix length will look better this week (at least not shorter). My next goal is 30 weeks. Next to me - water bottle, usually some sort of snack, phone, iPad, knitting project. I think I'm going to have my dh bring down my laptop and possibly the computer printer so I can do a bit more work this week. I'm definitely worrying about having a premie. I'm also worried about getting things done since I can't do much of anything right now and I was so not prepared for the bed rest possibility. Heck, I was in the process of going on a trip to see my sister who is currently living in Vienna, Austria when I got my cerclage and had to cancel. Since my cerclage, I was first on take it easy instructions and then recently bed rest. I also worry as I only work part time right now (but bring in half the salary normally), but now my hours are cut back because cant do quite as much from home and I'll be going back to work shortly (still part time) after baby comes so that will make things harder to get things done that I can't get done now to prepare for baby. Ugh. Too much on mind clearly.
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  • tracinttracint member
    @haziedaze I'm so sorry to hear about all the contractions. I had lots of Braxton Hicks contractions from 19-22wks. Are yours anything like bh or are they more like full on painful contractions?

    @twodaisies hooray for a negative fFN test!!

    Yesterday and today were rough. I think I caught a cold from my germ-y brother. Which wouldn't have been too bad except that I have very sensitive sinuses so it turned into a sinus infection :( my whole face hurts!! I'm trying so hard to use home remedies instead of medication... humidifier, neti pot, warm & cool compress, cough drops, vicks vapor rub. I feel a little better but if it goes on too long I'll have to break down and take something:(

    QOTW: Right now on my night stand I have a box of tissue, vicks vapor rub, cough drops, my thermos of water, and my vitamins.

    Open Topic: I don't know if it's because I'm PgAL and I keep fearing that something is going to go wrong or if it's because I'm so incredibly tired of being on bedrest and constantly expecting to go into ptl.... but I keep going back and forth between wishing that LO was here already and hoping that she makes it full term. Logically I know it's best for her to stay on the inside for as long as possible, but the unknown is really stressful....
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  • haziedazehaziedaze member
    @tracint Honestly, I don't know. They vary a lot. I get what I think are normal BHs when I stand up or change sides in bed- like everything gets hard and it's uncomfortable but not painful. Yesterday's felt more like early labor. They were every 3-6 mins for several hours and I'd have to breathe through every 3rd one about. They also felt lower. I've had runs like this before, they happen more on Sats and Sundays before my Makena on Monday. I have no bleeding or leaking fluid and they don't get closer together or more intense so I don't go in. Hoping I'll know when it's labor.

    As far as what you wrote with your open topic, you could have taken the words right out of my mouth. I remember with DS I felt hugely guilty that I actually felt better after I delivered. Sure I was sore but the constant contractions were over and I could walk and do stairs and do housework again. I worked with him right up till the end but I have no idea how I did it, it was miserable.

    I want a termie this time very badly, but the constant contractions and worrying whether this is it or not is exhausting. I hate not being able to take walks, wrestle with my son, or participate in family life. I'll do whatever I can, but I can't even imagine another 7 weeks of this. It makes me want to cry.
    BFP#1 9/14/10 (EDD 5/21/11); no fetal pole 6w6d, 7w4d, d&c 10/8
    BFP#2 3/16/11, beta 138; 4/12 Baby/HB DS born 9/10/11 at 29w4d due to partial abruption and PTL
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    BFP#3 8/19/13 Another boy! 17P, modified bedrest and Nifedipine helped us have a termie! DS2 born 4/19/14 at 38w5d.
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  • tracinttracint member
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    @haziedaze... I'm glad it's not just me who feels that way... I feel so guilty when I think that way but I suppose it's just natural. 7 weeks seems like an eternity but hopefully it'll be here before we know it... hopefully.
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