Saturday, November 20, 2010
Prison or bedrest?
I'm trying to decide which one is actually worse than the other-it's not easy! Let's break this down....confined to a small space (both), you can go to the bathroom & shower (both), regular meals (both although in prison you can go to an actual dining area-I'm in bed!), visitors allowed (both).....see where I'm going with this? Not much difference! If I were in prison, I could get up and walk around my small cell and have yard privileges. Not the case on bedrest...but I DO get to go to the doctor every tues and stop at the drive thru starbucks along the way! On the plus side, my "time served" IS for a wonderful reason and I will be so glad to be "paroled" once Noah is born :)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
First entry!
Welcome to my blog all about the exciting adventures in BED REST! I know you all must be thrilled beyond to be reading this, but I need something to help keep me sane (aside from desserts that enlarge my ass) and will hopefully entertain some of you along the way. Let me give you some backstory on how this came to be!
I am currently 26wks preggo with our 2nd baby boy to be named Noah! He is scheduled to be born via c section on Valentine's Day (now hubby HAS to celebrate-HA!). But will he make it that far???? Prob not :( Oh well, after 9 yrs I'm used to no flowers on Feb 14th. But back on track... When I was 20yrs old precancerous cells were found on my cervix, so drs decided the best course of action was to perform a LEEP. This is a procedure that removes a part of your cervix. Fast forward to becoming pregnant with our 1st son Hayden-cervix was closely monitored and everything was just fine! Tried to push my big headed boy out for just over 3 solid hrs and IT WAS NOT GONNA HAPPEN! So went in for a c section instead. OUCH! Little did we know what this could mean for future babies....
Now pregnant again, went in for the same cervical monitoring and it hasn't gone well at all. A woman NEEDS her cervix!!!! This keeps the little peanut safe & sound inside the mama to grow and thrive until the end when she dilates and pushes that bundle of joy out! Not gonna be the case here (but his head is bound to be huge so I would just be skipping the pushing anyway!) Your cervix needs to maintain a length of AT LEAST 3cm to avoid complications. For most women this is not a problem to even consider but I am cervically challenged to begin with. (On a silly note, a friend asked me last night if I could have a fake cervix put in, you know, like boobs? I WISH! LOL!) At my last appt my cervix had shortened to 1.3cm. Anything under 1.5cm warrants instant and full bed rest so here I am! The danger is my cervix will give up causing my water to break and baby Noah being born far too early. SO....I have to stay lying down to keep the pressure from my uterus off of my cervix.
And now I hope to update and entertain you all with my exciting days & nights! Feel free to pass this along to anyone you know and thanks for reading!
I am currently 26wks preggo with our 2nd baby boy to be named Noah! He is scheduled to be born via c section on Valentine's Day (now hubby HAS to celebrate-HA!). But will he make it that far???? Prob not :( Oh well, after 9 yrs I'm used to no flowers on Feb 14th. But back on track... When I was 20yrs old precancerous cells were found on my cervix, so drs decided the best course of action was to perform a LEEP. This is a procedure that removes a part of your cervix. Fast forward to becoming pregnant with our 1st son Hayden-cervix was closely monitored and everything was just fine! Tried to push my big headed boy out for just over 3 solid hrs and IT WAS NOT GONNA HAPPEN! So went in for a c section instead. OUCH! Little did we know what this could mean for future babies....
Now pregnant again, went in for the same cervical monitoring and it hasn't gone well at all. A woman NEEDS her cervix!!!! This keeps the little peanut safe & sound inside the mama to grow and thrive until the end when she dilates and pushes that bundle of joy out! Not gonna be the case here (but his head is bound to be huge so I would just be skipping the pushing anyway!) Your cervix needs to maintain a length of AT LEAST 3cm to avoid complications. For most women this is not a problem to even consider but I am cervically challenged to begin with. (On a silly note, a friend asked me last night if I could have a fake cervix put in, you know, like boobs? I WISH! LOL!) At my last appt my cervix had shortened to 1.3cm. Anything under 1.5cm warrants instant and full bed rest so here I am! The danger is my cervix will give up causing my water to break and baby Noah being born far too early. SO....I have to stay lying down to keep the pressure from my uterus off of my cervix.
And now I hope to update and entertain you all with my exciting days & nights! Feel free to pass this along to anyone you know and thanks for reading!
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