Bedrest

On Monday, June 20th I got put on modified bedrest. I was not really expecting that -- although this pregnancy has been WAY different from the first in the way that I am a mental spazz. With Lily, I never worried about anything. But with this baby I have been paranoid from day one and have self diagnosed myself with nearly every pregnancy related malady. I cannot wait to rid myself of these wacky hormones!
When I was sent to physical therapy a few months ago for pelvic pain, I was kind of revealed. I thought that was what was going to go wrong with this pregnancy and SI joint alignment issues wasn't that big of a deal. But I was wrong. As soon as I graduated from PT and was feeling better, I get put on bedrest due to warning signs of preeclampsia.
My blood pressure was slowing sneaking up there -- the highest it has gotten was 132/80, so I was put on BP meds to keep it down. Plus, I am slowing spilling protein in my urine, which is a major warning sign. Those two issues together with headaches and some vision disturbances were enough to get me sent straight to bed. As of right now (and I write this 13 days into bedrest on July 2nd). I am pretty much perfectly fine. The last urine test showed numbers in the 400s. Anything over 150 is abnormal, but the doctor said they wouldn't need to deliver early until the numbers got close to 3000 -- so I have a ways to go. Unfortunately, full on preeclampsia can come on fast and those numbers can jump rapidly. So I am being tested weekly to make sure there are no major changes. The BP meds have kept my pressure down, which is great and hopefully the bedrest will help to continue to keep the BP numbers low to normal. I also get a biophysical profile ultrasound and non-stress test weekly to make sure the baby is still thriving and that my uterus has not turned into a hostile environment for the baby. So far, so good. I've scored a maximum 8/8 on the two tests I've had and the baby is doing great!
I feel the doctors are doing a great job erring on the side of caution. My doctor's partner even had me sent to the hospital for a steroid shot to help the baby's lungs develop faster in case I do have to deliver early. I was not thrilled about this, but after much research I think it was the right choice. Hopefully, it was an unnecessary choice, but better safe than sorry. Dr. Bailey and I are planning on taking this pregnancy all the way to 39 weeks -- I am currently scheduled for delivery on August 17th. So, as long as I can keep all my numbers low we are good to go! Wish me luck! Every day is a new success!

As far as the bedrest goes, I think so far I've had a pretty positive outlook about the whole thing. Of course, it is not ideal and I feel sorry that Lily has to have her summer disrupted and I can't take her fun places. But honestly, it is hot outside and if I have to lay on my couch in the nice air conditioned house watching movies and TV all day while Chip cooks dinner and cleans the house, then I guess I will just have to suck it up and deal. :) Now, I say all this on day 13. Hopefully I have 46 days left and I am sure it is only going to get more and more tedious everyday. Especially since we had Linda and Jeremy here last week to entertain me and more importantly, Lily. And Lily had summer school in June. It is just Lily and I for the rest of the summer -- with help from Grandma, of course. Should be interesting . . . . I'll keep you posted!