Bed rest ... maybe

mintea · February 2018

Hey guys, so I was on the go all weekend and Sunday night had some light bleeding and what looked like a bit of losing my mucus plug. They had me go in Monday morning for a check and my cervix was closed but I was having pretty regular contractions. My OB sent me home and said to spend the day in bed drinking water and napping and monitoring the contractions to see if they would stop. They stayed about 10 minutes apart lasting for 1 minute all day. As instructed I called and gave her the update and she said to stay in bed doing the same thing and to keep her posted in the morning unless something accelerated, in which case to call sooner. Everything stayed the same so I called and left the update with the nurse this morning, but I haven't heard back yet. I don't know what she's going to say, but I am starting to get stressed out about this play it by ear situation. Mostly because my work is asking if I'm being put on bed rest and for now I've just been saying I am on bed rest at the moment until we have more clarity. But I think they are starting to lose patience with that explanation and I sort of need to know if I should be canceling things that are coming up this week. Sorry for the long, aw post. I guess my question is more of those of you who have been on bed rest before, do they usually do it in such piecemeal chunks or at some point do you get a longer-term prescription for bed rest?

DDRRT1982 · February 2018

If you weren't so far along then I bet they would give you more strict guidelines. We are just to the stage that they want these babies to stay in a little longer, but if labor start they probably wouldn't stop. It is frustrating, but unfortunately common at this stage. Maybe just explain to your OB your work situation and ask for how long you can expect to be playing it by ear.

stlbuckeye132 · February 2018

No advice or experience, but sorry you're going through that! It does sound stressful and frustrating not having a solid plan forward.

kiki75 · February 2018

Work can cool their dang jets. If they want to play it safe and start cancelling/moving stuff later in the week, super for them. If they hope to keep those things on the books, they can wait and see what the doctor says. The last thing you need at the moment is more stress. Next time you talk to your doctor's office, let them know work is giving you a hard time and they'll give you all the tools you need to politely, professionally, lawfully, tell work to chill.

My doctor is always more than happy to tell either mine or MH's jobs what's what if they needed to be told.

cford08 · February 2018

@mintea if work calls you again before OB does just tell them yeah I'm on bedrest so they can do whatever they need to. Like @kiki75 said your OB office will most definitely give you whatever you need to cover you!

to you and the LO!

mintea · February 2018

Thank you guys for the support! So they had me come into the office and did another non-stress test and this time it didn't really show much activity. I sort of felt like the boy who cried wolf because then the second I get in the car I definitely had a contraction. That aside, they said they want me to stay in bed for three more days and if all is quiet then I can try to resume activities. Work is accepting of that so that's a big stress reliever to at least you know what the next couple of days are going to look like. Now I sense my biggest struggle is going to be my husband stepping it up for 3 more days

mdfarmchick · February 2018

@mintea so scary. I think @kiki75 gave the best advice. Hopefully everything calms down and baby cooks a little longer. How far along are you now? Enjoy your three days of Netflix and chill and remind YH that this is kind of like practice for a newborn except you both still get sleep.

mintea · February 2018

Thanks @mdfarmchick! I am 32+2. The baby is a giant though because I have sort of poorly controlled gestational diabetes. He was measuring 36 weeks on Friday. They referred me to the high risk doctor to talk about insulin but they couldn't fit me in until next Wednesday. I am really looking forward to visiting the perinatologist though because I've heard they spend a little bit more time looking at your case comprehensively. I love, love, love my obstetrician but they just seem so incredibly busy and I don't really feel like they're able to take the time to think through all the factors and considerations.

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