We’re Home!
Posted on | December 20, 2009 | 7 Comments
I was officially released from the hospital at 8 this morning. I cannot even begin to describe how happy I was to get out of there and walk into our house again. The doctor checked my cervix and said that I was still at 1 cm and having about two contractions an hour, which is normal for this stage of the game. Honestly, I am fairly sure the majority of the contractions were brought on by moving around so much during the night. Hospital beds SUCK worse that you can even know, especially the L&D beds which are made for “working” not sleeping. I got a total of about 6 hours of sleep in the three days I was there. No matter how many pillows I piled up, nothing helped. I just cried a million times and was so ready to leave this morning. I was especially excited to have that darn IV removed. I swear, that thing was HORRIBLE and burned like fire. I went through at least 20 ice packs while I was there.
The first thing I did when we got home was crash on the couch, although I still haven’t gotten more than a few hours of sleep at a time. It was very unnerving that Knox hadn’t moved since I went off the mag sulfate, so I was getting a little worried. Luckily, he seems to have gotten some rest, too, and is moving more, now. I hope he is feeling okay in there, he’s had a rough few days. I know all this was for him, but it’s hard to feel comfortable with having your body pumped full of medicines when you’ve been conditioning yourself to take as little medication as possible in pregnancy.
I am on Brethine, now, only as needed. I took one this evening because my stomach was so tight whenever I moved. It felt more like BH than the real ones I was experiencing the other day, but it seemed to help. The bed rest is modified, so I can do some things, but the majority of my waking hours (at least 8 to 10) are to be spent laying down. I can spend no more than one hour on my feet, so no working for the duration. The doc gave me the clear to go to our family Christmas celebrations, but I will definitely be a couch potato at each one! It’s hard to lay around and have other people help me, I am so used to being in control and doing everything myself. Trevor has been wonderful, refilling my water, making sure I am comfortable and getting rest. I just love him so much. Our parents and my siblings have been visiting us since we got admitted, and MIL brought us a few groceries this morning and my mom is bringing a chicken pot pie for dinner tomorrow. Our best friends have been there for us, visiting each day since all this started. Lindsey even brought me dinner and a bag of bed rest goodies including my favorite ice cream, a Cosmo magazine and doughnuts for Trevor, she is the best! Everyone already cares so much about Knox, and it is so sweet of them all to help us out. Let’s hope the bed rest goes well and Knox is in there for at LEAST five more weeks.
I’ll be going back to the doctor next week to get checked out, as well as the following week. Let’s hope we make no further progress until it’s actually time for Knox to come. At least we got both steroid shots for his lungs in case he were to come early, but I would prefer that he wait, of course. Thanks for keeping up with all of this drama, it means a lot to us that so many people have been thinking about and praying for us. Ya’ll are great!
In the midst of all of our preterm labor craziness, some friends of ours had their baby girl, Reese, today and she is just gorgeous. Congrats Trey and Casey! I hate that I can’t visit tomorrow, but I am sure she is just as precious as her picture shows!
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December 20th, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Glad to hear you are home. Rest up!!
December 20th, 2009 @ 5:35 am
So glad you're home! Hang in there – you're doing the very best thing in the world for Knox, and we can be bedrest buddies! The only thing that allowed me to sleep in the hospital was Ambien, approved by my doc to take since I was there 14 nights…and the burning IV only subsided when I made them turn up the saline drip so that the other meds were being diluted. The tricks you learn! Hang in there, Mama!
December 20th, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
Yay! Welcome home!
December 21st, 2009 @ 2:19 pm
So glad to hear that you are home! Still praying that he stays put a little longer!
December 21st, 2009 @ 4:16 pm
So glad to hear you are home! I also want to say thanks, as I sit here in the hosiptal on mag sulfate, for your detailed posts about your stay at L&D. I was admitted yesterday, and reading what you have written really helped me be knowledgeable about what they were giving me!
December 21st, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
Aww, we're just glad you are home now and Knox is behaving!
P.S. The password for this post is sinful?! Maybe it's a reflection of all the unhealthy crap I brought you the other night!
December 21st, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
So glad that you're home! Take care of yourself and your little one!