Hospital Bed Rest - Day 12

Today I am 29 weeks! I had an ultrasound to check the grow of the baby. They believe she is 2lbs 13oz and in the 31st percentile. They said she looks perfect so far. They also said my cerclage is still in place and that my cervical length is holding steady at 8mm. There is not much change from last week which is good news.We didn't get any great pictures from the ultrasound because the baby kept moving and at one point had her legs over her head.

Avery's primary nicu nurse, Lorina, came to visit me today. She no longer works in the nicu and is now a clinical analyst. She actually works in the building I work at in Beachwood so I randomly pass her in the halls sometime. It was nice of her to come visit and catch up.

Dr Peterson came to visit today too. She is a neonatalogist that was there when Avery was in the nicu. She is  also head of the nicu follow up clinic that Avery attended yearly after getting out of the nicu. They have neonatatology come to visit antepartum moms, letting them know what would happen with the baby should they deliver today. She said if the baby was delivered at 29/30 weeks, it would get a line through its belly button like Avery had when she was born. They can draw blood through it or give medications. She said if the baby was born at 32 weeks, they do a normal IV and 99% of the time, the baby wouldn't need to be intubated. She also asked how Avery has been doing.

I went to Art Therapy today. We made pea pod necklaces and had some extra time at the end and I made a bracelet. My bracelet has an "A" charm for Avery and another initial on it for the new baby and also a dragonfly charm. I'm not sure why I like dragonflies so much but I do. Art Therapy was fun. I will be back next Friday to decorate a onesie.

I asked for the nurse to weigh my yesterday because I hadn't gotten weighed in almost a month. When I first became pregnant, I weighed 98 pounds. A few weeks ago, i weighed 113 at an office visit. Yesterday I weighed 110 pounds. You would think I would gain weight just sitting around doing nothing but eating and watching netflix but I think since the food is too healthy, that I am not gaining any weight. Looks like I will have to order more chocolate pudding and ice cream.

Here is the ultrasound pic of Baby S. Not the best pic..You can see her head and nose and then she is a little squished. I'm surprised we even got that picture because this baby pretty much never stops moving around.

 29 weeks!

Belly is getting big!

How cute is this? The peas stand for Avery and the new baby. I got to choose any color but Avery's birthstone is green and who knows when this baby is going to be born so I just made them both the same color. The necklace looks really cute when I am wearing it.

Look at all the fun jewelry making supplies!

Here is the bracelet I made..it looks really cute in real life. Notice how I didn't include the new baby's initial in the picture...sorry Janet!

How cute are these? Now i need ideas to decorate the onesie for next week :)

Hospital Bed Rest - Day 2

I kept myself occupied today. I worked on my Shutterfly photo book, answered some work emails, read some pages in a fun book (Tim always makes fun of me and says no books are fun), watched some tv and am now working on the blog.

I got my second round of steroid shots to help the baby's lungs develop. I also got my flu shot. (I thought I got it yesterday but that was just the tdap). They started me on iron because my iron was a little low and they started me on vaginal progesterone suppositories. Dr Rao, my regular OB, stopped in to see how I was doing. He said he doesn't know if the vaginal suppositories are going to help but they aren't going to hurt anything so why not. I am willing to try anything to keep this baby in as long as possible.

I didn't get to sleep until 3:30 am this morning. At home, I sometimes take a unisom to help me sleep because I have trouble trying to sleep when I am pregnant and unisom is safe to take when pregnant. I just could not fall asleep. So I tried to take a nap today and people were coming in the room every 15-20 minutes. At 7am its the change of shifts so both nurses will come in..then a little later the nursing assistant comes in to take vitals..then the doctors do their rounds, then Room Service delivered my food, then the lactation consultant came in (yes, even though I technically still have 13 weeks to go), then housekeeping came in and then the holistic support lady came in. She is going to come to my room and give me a reiki treatment tomorrow. Reiki is a form of "energy healing" where a guide places their hands over you and guides energy to help you relax, relieve pain, and help heal your body. Its supposed to be good for pregnant women so what the heck, what do I have to lose. Click HERE for a little more about Reiki.

I did get some fun visitors today though. Some volunteers came around with a pastry tray from Executive Caterers and cups of tea. Then there was a delivery of a prayer shawl someone made from St Cosmas and Damien Parish. But the best visitors of the day were Tim and Avery! I was excited to see them. I have only been gone a day but I missed them a lot. It was good to see them, even though Avery ate some of every snack i had. She had parts of a brownie, vanilla pudding, a granola bar, a banana and some goldfish! I think she was only here a little over an hour!

Hoping I will get some rest tonight. Here are some pics from today.

Yum!

My lunch from today..of course I didnt eat the chicken.

My dinner from today. I got the brownie and pudding for Avery :)

Here is the prayer and prayer shawl they dropped off.

Hanging out with Mommy in bed

Some cute little girl decided to eat my pudding!

I forgot to tell you that Tim called yesterday super excited. One of our Easter Egger chickens finally laid their first egg..its greenish blue! (Tim says it looks a lot bluer in real life). Yes its a little oblong but sometimes when chickens first start laying, they have weird shaped eggs. I wonder what colors the other two easter eggers will lay.