"strictist bedrest until further notice"

Bedrest day 3- How I got here...

This past weekend when I was in Spokane visiting Brian and getting a bunch of baby shopping done, I started having bad indigestion (or what I though was indigestion), came home Sunday early because I just didn't feel right, but started to feel better so went to work Mon, Tues and Wed. Was having bad cramps a few times a day where my stomach would get really hard for a few minutes, then go away- but they didn't hurt, so Mom said they were just Braxton Hicks and not to be too worried. I didn't, but Wednesday after work I was running an errand and got a horrible sharp pain in my lower abdomen that lasted a while, I called my Dr and she said she wanted me to go in to hospital to be put on a monitor because of the headaches, back pain and the 10 min cramp i'd had. By the time I got there, the cramp had gone away and I was feeling like an idiot for even going in. They hooked me up and within 30 min recorded a "uterine disturbance". So they monitored me another 30 min then decided they needed an ultrasound to rule out the worse case senerio, my placenta looked great and my cervix still measured 4.12 cm (which is aparantly good), so that meant the contractions weren't affecting my cervix. One good thing that came out of all of it was that we got to see the ultrasound in 3D-and yes it is still a boy :-)

This is a view of his face with his right hand up near his eye. His nose is pretty much dead center, then you can see his mouth just below it. Still hard to see, but I think he looks pretty cute :-) He loves to have his hand by his face...

After the ultrasound came back good, they monitored my contractions another hour and decided I was having enough of them that I needed a shot of Terbutaline to stop the contractions... I had the craziest jitters after they gave it to me.... but it must have worked, or sort of. They sent me home with these strict orders:

 

Basically it says: Strict bedrest until further notice. Get lots of fluids, do not work until further notice, call to schedule an apt with Dr. Thill for next week. Stay in bed or on couch at all times except to use restroom or shower.

So.. thats what I am doing :-)

Thursday I watched a movie (August Rush), started reading the Baby Name book..., took a nap, layed on the couch, made lots of phone calls, took a shower :-) and went to bed.

Friday I watched Jeremy clean the house, getting ready for the workers, read more of my book, took another nap, played solitare, wrote a shopping list/to do list for Jeremy. Found a good receipe for pork chops, took a shower :-) hung out with the workers, had dinner, went to bed.

Today: had an awesome breakfast Jeremy made with the workers, studied Col. 2 together, am watching Jeremy tear up the old tile in the entry way, updating my blog.. will probabuly take a nap, play solitare, read a book etc and will TAKE A SHOWER :-) (notice this is the highlight of my days... ha ha)

Me doing what I basically spend the day doing now.. with my bedrest buddy Daisy (she is loving having me home on the couch.. )