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

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" hey. just checking in to see how everything's going with you. hopefully, still well!"</blockquote>



I'm doing good. Still bleeding but its weird its really really watery and I don't know what that means. I have another ultrasound Tuesday where they should do an echocardiogram on his heart to make sure it's doing ok and also measure him to make sure he's growing.
I'm crampy all the time but idk if it's just from him being head down now and moving around weird ways. I don't feel any contractions.

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" hey. just checking in to see how everything's ... [snip!] ... all the time but idk if it's just from him being head down now and moving around weird ways. I don't feel any contractions."

it could be. i've never dealt with something like this, but if you're not feeling real contractions, then the cramps could be just him moving. i get a little crampy now and then when my little guy moves around, lol.

but i'm glad you're doing well! of course, the bleeding and leaking sounds like it sucks, but at least he's still in there and going strong! plus, i'm sure you're in a much better mood being home with your family, so i'm sure that helps a lot!

also,.... your post inspired me to learn to crochet, lol. i have been wanting to for awhile. i know how to knit, but can only do scarves. i have tons of yarn i can use, and i found a video that looked pretty simple on youtube. i'm going to walmart to get a crochet hook tomorrow! i'm excited!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" hey. just checking in to see how everything's ... [snip!] ... all the time but idk if it's just from him being head down now and moving around weird ways. I don't feel any contractions."</blockquote>



I cramp when Scarlytt jabs around. They don't show on the contraction monitors so I assume they're harmless. I guess unless they're regular they shouldn't cause cervical changes.

Quoting lolajessup:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... on the contraction monitors so I assume they're harmless. I guess unless they're regular they shouldn't cause cervical changes."

i was also assuming that maybe the movements feel a little crampier to her than to most if her fluid is low...?

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" i was also assuming that maybe the movements feel a little crampier to her than to most if her fluid is low...?"</blockquote>


Yeah less cushion.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" hey. just checking in to see how everything's ... [snip!] ... all the time but idk if it's just from him being head down now and moving around weird ways. I don't feel any contractions."</blockquote>




I felt really crampy after ptl as well, I think it's because your uterus is a muscle and has been really working out and now that it's over it can stay sore and crampy

wow! I hope all goes well for you hun. keep tht little boy in for a while longer! good luck

<blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" it could be. i've never dealt with something like this, but if you're not feeling real contractions, ... [snip!] ... and i found a video that looked pretty simple on youtube. i'm going to walmart to get a crochet hook tomorrow! i'm excited!"</blockquote>


That's awesome! My favorite things to make are the blankets. The one I'm making for Will is getting really big and I'm going to finish it this week while I have all that time being home alone. I got a whole set of hooks from Walmart for $10.
Being home is soooo awesome. I kept Will home from daycare Friday and we played on the couch and cuddled and watched movies and I cooked breakfast lunch and dinner and I've been cooking dinner every night. It feels so good to be able to take care of my family again! The only thing that sucked was that there were some dishes in the sink when I went in to the hospital and DH and DS used more while I was gone so when I came home there were 2 sink fulls of 2 week old dishes that I had to do lol. And yesterday we went and looked at a few apartments and found one we love(cross your fingers that we get it) and today we did a ton of sorting and packing. I'm not doing anything active really, but DH brought me box after box after box of paperwork and crap today for me to go through for hours. Feels so good to get stuff done.

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" <blockquote><b>Quoting MommaNoodle:</b>" it could be. i've never dealt with something ... [snip!] ... brought me box after box after box of paperwork and crap today for me to go through for hours. Feels so good to get stuff done."

that's great! going through boxes of paperwork is totally not taxing on your body, but still lets you feel like you're doing something! good for you!

the video i watched shows you how to make a square potholder type of thing. but i guess you just keep going to make it a blanket....? idk, lol. it was a 2 part video, so i only watched some of the first part for now. and crocheting looks easier for me to understand because when i was knitting, i ever was able to cross my needles, so i did it a really weird way. it's hard for me to keep track of where i am if i cross them, but my mom insisted it's easier... but crocheting only has one hook so that looks even easier still!

<blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... on the contraction monitors so I assume they're harmless. I guess unless they're regular they shouldn't cause cervical changes."</blockquote>



Yeah it just makes me nervous because when I was 9 days overdue with Will I went in to be induced and they hooked me up to monitors and said I was having contractions. The thing was, I hadn't felt anything and even when they watched it and said ok you're having one right now feel how your stomach is hard? With their hands ON my stomach I still couldn't feel it and even the nurses could tell. They weren't painful but they were enough that my water ended up breaking a few hours later and I was like 4 or 5cm I think. So yeah, I get scared that I won't know I'm in labor.

<blockquote><b>Quoting A, E & W's mommy:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... I think it's because your uterus is a muscle and has been really working out and now that it's over it can stay sore and crampy"</blockquote>



After what?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting lolajessup:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Will☮Creedence:</b>" ... [snip!] ... ended up breaking a few hours later and I was like 4 or 5cm I think. So yeah, I get scared that I won't know I'm in labor."</blockquote>



Thats how I was with lylian too. So I'm afraid of the same thing.

wow...good luck to ya!!!
I hope after all this everything turns out ok

With my low fluid, I didnt start feeling horrid until it was time to have her.. and that ended up with severe back pain that wrapped around into lower period type cramps. It was AWFUL

Quoting Will☮Creedence:" <blockquote><b>Quoting A, E & W's mommy:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting W ... [snip!] ... a muscle and has been really working out and now that it's over it can stay sore and crampy"</blockquote> After what?"

after having had contractions during preterm labour.