And The Good Doctor Said.....

Medicine, more bedrest and wait & see. Ok that's basically it. I'm on medication to stop or at least slow down contx. If that doesn't work, then I have to be tested every two weeks to find out if the princess' arrival is imminent. He scheduled my next visits for 2/4/6wks out and parted with "hopefully we'll make it to all of them." Gee, late February delivery? Not what I'm hoping for! Yaa-Yaa has been a doll, she brought over some quickie meals that the kids can make for themselves in the microwave on the nights that D's not here to cook dinner; just so I can rest. Not to mention snacks, fresh fruit and a bag of tricks (magazine, craft projects etc) to keep me busy while I'm out of commission. And a Rubbermaid tote with newborn diapers and preemie & newborn clothes washed and ready to go should I deliver sooner than expected. Do y'all love this girl or what?? Oh and a great Starbucks iced caramel macchiato (which I had the common sense not to drink *before* my appt so it wouldn't throw off my glucose test).
I'm off to bed for now and tomorrow I guess I'll kick into gear making a baby blanket and see what else I can do to keep myself busy. G's reading a book about Martha Washington so maybe I'll read some of it with her. E. is excited to start working on a new Kg level workbook which I'm sure to help him out with. And NikPik is potty training!! YIPPEEE!!!!!! He's doing it on his own and his very first potty chart for stickers went up on the wall tonight; I think I'm more excited than he is LOL He's got 4 stickers already and hopefully will start earning them quickly. It will be so nice to have just one baby in diapers :-)

TTFN from LazyLand (at least that's what it feels like)

Just a Quickie...

Evening Friends! Just thought I'd give you a quick update. It's been 4 days since my last visit to the L &D unit. I'm still resting, drinking my water and generally being a lump on a log. Still contracting and despite my daughter's insistence that I call the dr, I know when I need to and when I don't. Granted, I shouldn't start contx just by having to get up to get a drink or such for 15mins,but I am. Tomorrow, I have a late afternoon checkup with OB and among other fun (not) tests run at this point in any pregnancy, I'm sure I'll get an earful about what exactly 'bedrest' means for me. The general consensus from those who see me often are that I will be on 'strict' bedrest as of tomorrow; we'll see.
Meanwhile, we've made it another week that the young princess has stayed put....keep on cooking little girl!
I'll update tomorrow night or the next when I can to let you know the doc's advice.
Thank you for all the email check-ins, jokes, cyber-hugs and smiles, they're really helping me :-)
And if anyone happens to have an "in" with George Carlin, let him know I said he can add BEDREST to his infamous list of oxymorons! LOL

Hugs & Sweet Dreams to you all.

Close, but no cigars....yet

I was a good patient all week. Stayed in bed or on the couch with a few brief exceptions here and there,but no heavy lifting, no lifting kids, no housework. Drank my water each day, took my medicine & my vitamins each day and basically felt like a lazy lump. Ok a lazy lump cooking a baby,but you know what I mean. Oh and I stayed in the house allllllll week.
SO.....I woke up this morning not feeling too well at all. Tried some black tea to quell my stomache...nada. Lay on my left side and drank water....nada. Contractions and all the other "fun stuff" (not) that would give one reason to think that labor is starting...at ****27 WEEKS***?!?!?!?!? Not one to push the panic button about myself, I hesitated to call the hospital, Auntie to watch the kids and D. out of work for what could be nothing. C'mon this is baby #5 I should be able to handle it right? I know I know.... Well, contrax went from every ten minutes to every 5 and were getting worse so I finally called. No time wasted by Auntie or D. they both arrived here at the same time from opposite directions (how good are they? LOL). Five minutes later, we were out the door to the hospital. Within about 10mins I was in bed hooked up to a monitor. Within a half an hour I was given a shot of Terbutaline to stop the contx. It worked. It gave me the shakes really bad,but it did its job. Some tests were run to see if the princess is ready to come yet and they came back NEGATIVE! YAY!! We just bought ourselves another two weeks. We were there about 2+hrs and they discharged me with instructions for what to watch for. No real theories on why my body is kicking into gear so soon,but the nurse told me that if I feel like this again, get in there and we'll do it all again. Cross your fingers, say a prayer that we have MANY weeks to go before I return. I've got 10 at least before she comes and that would be if she's delivered at 37wks. In the meantime, I'm off my feet, lots of water etc as I've been doing all week.
So that's my lovely little update for you. Thank you for the emails; I will reply as soon as I can. The laptop has not been available every day and I don't think I'm supposed to be sitting at the desk as much as I'm used to, tsk tsk.
Keep those "stay put" vibes and prayers coming, they're working :-)

Hugs to all!

How About a Riddle??

What's hard to do even though it's not strenuous? What's anything BUT relaxing?

Give up??? BEDREST! :::::::::::::::sigh::::::::::::::

Yes boys and girls, I'm on bedrest. It's not strict which is good,but I'm doing my best to stay put which is not easy with a gaggle of kids running around. No lifting, no carrying, no housework, etc sounds divine doesn't it? Except that there's no staying put with kids in the house. I live for their bedtimes LOL Thankfully, we have the laptop for me to use in bed (or on the sofa) or I think I'd really be bored since I'm not much of a tv person. What's good is that E & N can watch Playhouse Disney on the tv in my bedroom while I sit here and I know they're not getting into anything. I can teach G from in here, read, and I keep telling myself that this is the perfect time to finish the cross stitch baby quilt for the baby that I started THIRTEEN YEARS AGO when I was on bedrest expecting princess #1. The only glitch there is that my eyes are thirteen years older too and aren't terribly fond of tiny little x's and needles with eyes of their own that I can scarcely see :::gasp::: I will NOT give in to it; I'm NOT old. :-) I'll just pull out my trusty, dusty super size magnifying glass if I take a notion to start stitching. LOL
Meanwhile, I will give thanks every day that this princess is still tucked safe and warm inside of me, kicking away and count the Thursdays until she should arrive.