I am on day 4 of official hospital bed rest. But for some reason I am getting very little rest. They have people coming in my room so often I barely close my eyes and I am being woken up to get prodded once again.
Right now I am hooked up to the fetal and contraction monitor. Listening to Baby A run away from the monitor and Baby B's heartbeat thump away. The first 24 hrs they had this hooked up constantly, now they just do it a few times a day. The sound puts me to sleep now, thump, thump, thump. And its nearly midnight....I'm not sure if I can stay awake the next 15 mins while they finish this monitoring cycle:)
So, here is a boring blog post while I try! At some point over the weekend when I realized that the babies were going to stay in, but I was going to be in the hospital until I deliver a few sad realizations came over me. I will never wear maternity clothes again, no need to in this place. I won't be pregnant in my house again, won't waddle up our stairs. The dogs will not snuggle their noses into my belly anymore. No more belly shots from our bedroom mirror. No more laying in our bed letting Greg feel the babies move.
Not sure why of all the things I could be worrying about that is what was making me sad this weekend, but it was. I am okay with it now. I know that this is the best place for me and the babies to be. I can take pics from this room:) I can wear maternity pjs and I can waddle to the bathroom here.
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Our journey through infertility, to pregnancy, with a few bumps along the way.
About Me
- Andrea
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
- After years of struggling with infertility we are finally parents to twins thanks to IVF#2! Learning through the difficult time of infertility, a multiples pregnancy, hospital bedrest, and a NICU stay that life is life, there is nothing you can do to control it. All you can do is try to make the best of it:)
Our Journey
- 10/05-Got married!
- 12/06-Began TTC
- 8/07-Diagnosed with Varicocele
- 10/07-Varicocelectomy
- 7/08-First RE appointment
- 9/, 10/, 12/08-IUI #1-3=BFNs
- 1/09 -IUI#4 =BFN
- 4/09 -IVF#1=BFN w/RE #2
- 6/22/09-IVF#2 =BFP!
- 1/15/10-Hazel and Elijah were born
Blog Archive
IF Success Stories
- Busted Babymaker
- Caroline-From Infertility to Baby
- Conceive This!
- Infertility Journey to Motherhood
- IVF on the Down Low
- Little Bluebirds Fly
- Make it Grand
- My Infertile World
- No swimmers in the tubes, no bun in the oven
- Not How I Planned
- Pieces of My Life
- Someday, Someway!
- Swimming Against the Tide
- There's a baby at the end of this, right?
Multiples
Infertility Blogs
Loss
Non-IF blogs I like
Money Spent on IF
- 2008-
- 7/23/08 -$323 RE office visit
- 7/23/08 -$727 cervical cultures
- 8/11/08 -$948 day 3 bloodwork
- 8/11/08 -$536 day 3 ultrasound
- 8/20/08 -$285 for IUI #1
- 9/5/08 -$194 Semen analysis and cryopreservation
- 9/08-9/09 -$150 semen storage fee
- 9/11/08 -$194 semen analysis
- 10/6/08 -pending $3,500 for HSG
- 10/11/08 -$285 for IUI #2
- 12/1/08 -$285 for IUI #3
- 12/27/08 -$285 for IUI #4
- 2009-
- 1/24/09-$248 RE office visit
- 1/28/09 -$412 semen analysis and bloodwork
- 1/30/09 -$542 mock-ET and bloodwork
- 2/6/09 -$3,966 for IVF & ER anesthesia
- 2/10/09 -$1,819.05 for IVF Meds
- 3/25/09 -$1,290 freezing embryos
- 4/2/09 -$293 beta testing
- 6/1/09 -$3,996 for IVF #2
Acronyms
- AF = Aunt Flow (menstruation)
- Beta =Beta blood test, tests for pregnancy hormone
- BFN = Big Fat Negative (on HPT)
- BFP = Big Fat Positive (i.e. PREGNANT!)
- DH = Dear Husband. Even when he's not being particularly dear
- ER = Egg retrieval
- ET = Embryo transfer
- FET=Frozen Embryo Cycle
- HPT = Home Pregnancy Test
- ICSI = Intro Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection
- IF = Infertility
- IL = In-laws
- IUI = Intrauterine Insemination
- IVF = In Vitro Fertilization
- LO = Little Ones (babies)
- MFI = Male Factor Infertility
- MoM = Mother of Multiples
- O = Ovulate
- OPK = Ovulation Predictor Kit (tells when you O)
- Pg = pregnant, pregnancy
- PIO = Progesterone in Oil shots
- POAS = Pee on a Stick (take HPT)
- RE = Reproductive Endocrinologist
- SA = Semen Analysis
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- Stims = Stimulation hormone shots
- TI = Timed Intercourse
- TTC = Trying to Conceive
- TTTC = Trouble Trying to Conceive
- WTF=What the fuck? -why didn't this work
7 comments:
I am sure it must be hard for you guys but hang in there. As you say, its the best place for you and your babies! Hope all continues to go well and you dont die of boredum!!! lol
I am sure it must be hard for you guys but hang in there. As you say, its the best place for you and your babies! Hope all continues to go well and you dont die of boredum!!! lol
Here from LFCA...
I was in the same position a few months ago, hospitalized at 28 weeks. I ended up making it to 33w4d, and my b-g twins are doing incredibly well.
If you feel like reading a similar story that you know has a happy ending, feel free to look at my blog archives. I was hospitalized in August and the babies were born in October.
Good luck!!! I hope you're in the hospital for a good long time.
P.S. Ask for an egg crate for the hospital bed. The first few days were fine, but the bed really started hurting after a while -- it wasn't intended for people to lie on their side, nor was it probably intended to be occupied for weeks/months.
So sorry you are on bed rest over the holidays. YAY for the babies staying in for the long haul though. Sending prayers your way!
OMG! What a scary weekend! I'm so sorry that this all happened to you. You sound like you are in the right place though and they are doing everything they can for you and your babies.
I would be a little upset too about not being able to finish the pregnancy at home, but like you said, it's the right place to be!
I had 16 weeks of total bedrest with 7 in the hospital. I delivered at 27w5d and our b/g twins are now almost 15 weeks old, at home, and doing really well. Sending you lots of thoughts and warm wishes.
From LFCA...
Your sad realizations became my sad realizations- here I was just getting frustrated about maternity clothes fitting- and now I'm also sad that I might not have much of a reason to wear them any more! And all those other things too...
I'm REALLY hoping for the best possible outcome for you. Hang in there.
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