22 weeks, 2 days-BEDREST!

This just in, folks, I am officially on bedrest.

Yesterday morning, when I was at work, I noticed that I was having a lot of irritability/contractions. I tried to just not think about them and get some work done but by 12:30 or so I was worried. I was not quite sure what to do because I didn't want to go to the hospital for them just to tell me to go home but I didn't want to miss an opportunity to stop labor if it was really coming. I decided to call the advice nurse whom promptly stated to go straight to Labor and Delivery. I was scared again. When I got to L&D, they listened for the heartbeats; of course, Jocelyn didn't want to cooperate and it took them a long time to find hers. I was really freaking out. They finally found both of the HBs which sounded perfectly and hooked me up to the contraction moniter. I was contracting every 2-3 minutes. These were more like contractions, not irritability, even though they didn't really hurt. They gave me some turbutelin to try and stop the contractions but that didn't even make them waver. At the same time, the doc came in to examine me. My cervix is the same that it has always been, closed, firm, and 4 cms long. They gave me another medication to stop the contractions but it still didn't work. The doc was a little flabbergasted as to what to do. She told me that she was going to send me home with a prescription for the 2nd medication to take every 6 hours as needed. Since the contractions aren't changing my cervix, there is nothing that they can do for me in the hospital.

So I am on full blown bedrest until further notice... no work, no getting up unless I have to go to the bathroom. I don't know what I am going to do for the next 14 or so weeks. I think I am going to go stir-crazy. I am usually the kind of person that always wants to be on the run. I guess I can handle it knowing that my babies are safe and sound inside of me for another 98 days but who's counting anyway? I guess I am going to be on the internet a lot and watching TV, reading books... what else is there to do? I slept until 1:00 this after afternoon because c'mon what else is there to do? I am thinking about all the stuff I am going to miss over the next 3 or so months. School-shopping for my daughter, her starting soccer, first day of school, our family vacation to Orca's Island in September, our birthing classes, halloween...its all worth it if I have two healthy babies at the end.

21 weeks, 6 days

Everything is still doing great! I went in for another appointment yesterday, the doc confirmed that I am doing good. My cervix (hold in there, sister) was completely closed and still long (3.7 CM+). The babies are doing great, HBs 150's and 160's! My little babies are growing big and strong! I am having an ultrasound in 4 weeks on Sept 3rd. I will be 26 weeks and can't wait until I get past that viability date of 24 weeks. They will be sooo... big by 26 weeks! I am so excited

My daughter is staying the whole week with my mom this week. I miss her so much! I haven't been without her for this long since my honeymoon. She is enjoying herself and probably doesn't even miss it here, even though she says that she does. The hubby and I are besides ourselves with boredom. We are catching up on OZ, the series, and watching baby story. I am in bed by 9:30 every night. I feel like an old lady already!

Well, I am off to shave my legs that I haven't shaved in over 2 weeks... (opps did I actually say that?) I will leave you with my 21 week preggo pic...