June 26, 2007 by DreA.

June 24, 2007

Well I am back in the hospital; I have now been placed on hospital bed rest until our little boy arrives. As nice as it sounds, watching TV all day, room service, a little red button that when pushed someone comes running, I am going insane. I have now been on bed rest for a month and in the hospital for 2 weeks. I have developed some “itching” issue that they think has to do with all the hundreds of medication that I am on. So I just lay there and itch….it is horrible. They do not want to take me off any of the meds, because they are all helping so much. I will just have to deal! Also, the word ‘bed rest’ is kind of funny. The nurses are continuously in here checking my vitals, giving me my meds and following up on other annoying things that I have to do. It does get lonely though. I have visitors, but the time when no one is here is quiet and can be kind of hard. When Rob is at work, I miss him so much. He is able to stay the nights he does not work which are great, and when he has to go I have to fight back tears at least till he leaves the room. I know it is silly; I just get so emotional lately. I can’t stand to have him see me upset, because it bothers him and I know we have so much that needs to be done outside of here, so he has to go get it done. I feel so selfish, but he is being amazing about everything. Showering me with treats and not leaving my side for as long as he possibly can. I don’t know how much longer we both can be patient. The doctors are hoping to reassess at 34 weeks, which is 1 ½ weeks away…YEAH! They will look to see if the baby’s lungs are developed and see what both of our statuses at that time. So far, all of my blood tests are coming back perfect and my blood pressure is under control….and our little man is growing strong! He weighs over 4 pounds now. I have had steroid shots to strengthen his lungs and I have a non-stress test for him everyday. However, he has developed a ‘reputation’ around here I have heard from several of the nurses, that he is a lazy baby. I just hope he is still laid back when he gets here!  I will continue to write my blog entries and have Rob put them in for me…..I will keep you all updated!

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June 17, 2007 by DreA.

Well it has been quite a week. I went in for a routing OB appt and was sent over to Labor and Delivery for some monitoring, because of high blood pressure. Once I got there, it was discovered that my blood pressure was not going down. I was then admitted and told that I would be there until delivery. YUCK!!! I was moved to my room and there I sat, contemplating if this was something I was going to actually be able to do. I was so bored, and it had only been 2 days. Well, after 4 days of not being able to control my BP….they loaded me up at 2am and shipped me off to a different hosipital with a better NICU. I was told it was just for further testing and if by chance I delivered before 34 weeks they would be better equiped for my baby. Once we got there, my BP was so high it scared the Dr I think. Luckily my mother was with me, otherwise I think I would have just lost it.(Rob had to work) Within 30 minutes of being at the new hospital, I was told not to eat or drink, because I would most likely be having a baby. HOLY COW! I was now in tears….mainly in fear. I was not ready to hear that. First of all, they told me NOT to call Rob….I was just going for monitoring…..Second, WE ARE NOT READY YET! As the day went on, more test were done and they found that the baby was doing great, my blood test were normal, we just need to figure out how to control the BP. Well it only took 3 days. 3 days of odd roomates and no sleep.(so much for bedrest) With much prayer, my BP was regulated and they asked if I wanted to go home…HECK YEAH! I want to go home! So here I sit, I am going back to LD today for a non-stress test for the baby. I am a little nervous, I am scared they are going to make me stay again. I will update later! Say a prayer that I will be back!

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June 4, 2007 by DreA.

Well it has been a week of this bed rest stuff. I’m hoping it gets easier with time. Anyway, we had another Dr appt. Everything still looks good! I go back in 2 weeks for an ultrasound and start the non-stress testing for the baby. I often wonder if I am not worrying enough. I just have this confidence that everything is going to be okay, but everytime they take my blood pressure in the office and it is high…I feel like I have failed a test or something. It’s the weirdest feeling. Anyway, I do have some good news….well REALLY good news for someone like me, I passed my glucose test. Which means no gestational diabetes. Bring on the ice cream and candy! YEAH! I told Rob I think the Lord was on his side for sure with this one. It would not have been pretty, me on bedrest…with no salt OR sugar. I would have been a crabby girl. I need to go get tums, I’ll update more later!

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