re: My hospital bed rest story(tmi warning)*Update 1/16*

good luck Mamma :-) i will keep a look out for your posts. how old is your son?

Quoting sheena hatch:" good luck Mamma :-) i will keep a look out for your posts. how old is your son?"

He will be 3 in April

Oh wow, honey, this sounds really overwhelming for anyone, but you sound like you're handling it in the best way possible!

I think about you & hope the best for you. I'll be checking back here for updates! And congrats on the crocheting.... it keeps your hands busy & gives you something to focus on! Good luck, lil mama! Love & good wishes to Baby Creedence!!

Wishing you the very best!

You're in my thoughts. :hugs:

I know I always make jokes, I tend to do that to make people feel better, but I really am praying and crossing and knocking on wood that little Creedence stays in there until 34 weeks and really DOES spiderman those walls and turns around <3 I know this is so NOT what you want, and I want you to be able to at least avoid the c-section <3

This week must have been so stressful for you. I'm glad today was better. You're almost out of the first week, yay! I hope baby Creedence stays put for many more weeks. Good luck with everything!

Still thinking of you. I'm glad the nurses are bending the rules for you!

I couldn't even imagine how they could expect a mother to be without her child, it isn't like he is all over everyone elses rooms, it is only you he is affecting and I am sure you guys have him wash his hands and such before he visits.
I have always found that rule ridiculous. Because seeing your child is going to lessen your stress level, making it beneficial for you to be able to see him.

oh god hope for the best for you being in the hospital sucks and on bed rest i thought i was gonna have to be on bed rest in the 1st trimester i thought i was dying i was so sick but i pulled out of it it was a mild sickness and i guess i got lucky though out my whole pregnancy good luck.

ugh i hated those compression boots =/ i feel your pain momma! i was in the hospital at 27 wks & got my cerclage removed.. i was only in for 8 days though since i insisted i do bedrest at home.. im so sorry your water broke early   i hope the best for you and your boy! just stay optimistic, i know bedrest stinks.. but itll all be worth it! i was on bedrest from 6 wks til 33wks when i delivered.. reading books & scrapbooking helped a lot to pass time. Hubby was deployed at the time so writing letters helped a lot too.. i know yours is home, but you can always write him, the new baby, and your son letters to read when they're older...even to put in the baby book.

Hey sweetie. As you already know I've been through those same thoughts the last couple of weeks. It's been hard trying to find a balance between hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. I try to be optimistic and focus on the best case scenario, then someone walks in and brings me back down. It's about time I deal with reality which more than likely will be neither best or worst case scenario. As always, I'm here if u need to talk.

You look mega cute in those compression boots   I e been bad and have t been wearing mine  

Glad everything is still stable. Hospital bedrest is no fun at all. I could never manage to concentrate on anything as complicated as crocheting. lol I'm awfully impressed. I'm glad you talked the nurses into letting your son come visit. It was so hard being away from them when my youngest was in the NICU and that was only for 4.5 days. It was so sweet that he wanted you to sing to him.  

Did you look into the ronald mcdonald houses for the area? They're a free organization that provides housing and sometimes meals for the parents of kids who spend a long time in the hospital. If you can work that out, you might not have to worry about finding a place. Good luck! You can do this.

Quoting Little momma09:" ugh i hated those compression boots =/ i feel your pain momma! i was in the hospital at 27 wks & ... [snip!] ... but you can always write him, the new baby, and your son letters to read when they're older...even to put in the baby book."

I really want to make a scrapbook of our wedding and I never made a baby book for my son so now is the perfect time. I'm also having DH bring me all the mementos I had put aside from our wedding so I can make a shadow box(we just got married Christmas Eve).
And actually, I dont mind the compression boots at all. I usually wear them all night while I'm sleeping and then probably half of the day. They don't bother me as much as being stuck in this damn bed. I am already sore from it  

Aw hun   I've been away from BG for so long... I'm so sorry to hear this has happened to you! I will keep you in my thoughts for sure <3 if you need a texting buddy or something just pm me. When I was in the hospital with Gavin after he was born I was bored out of my mind so I can only imagine how you must feel

Sending positive vibes your way! Stay strong mama! I know it is hard, but you will make it through.