Bed rest here we go
Well, I was on bed rest most of yesterday and all of today so far. Only 8 weeks or so to go...I'm assuming they will keep me on bed rest, but I'm not certain on that. I'll know more Monday when I go to Albany. My mother is coming up Tuesday from Florida because things are looking like they are going to get hot from here. Of course, I could lay around until 37 weeks and never once have premature labor. I HOPE that's what happens, but I don't know.
Some information for you guys who are following me:
Babies are approximately 1.7 and 1.9 pound as of April 3. Both are in the vertex position, both have good fluid and the placenta looks good. Of course, we will see what the stats on Monday are, but as long as they continue to grow at an even pace, things are looking good.
And of course, as long as we don't let this cervix of mine shorten anymore...it was reading less than 3 cm on the 3rd. I'm assuming that means it was between 2 and 3 otherwise the doc would have said less than 2... Four, for those who don't know, was what it started at. I was hoping to get to the 32 week mark before bed rest, but I'll do what I have to.
To cope, I'm going to try to write a fic, either HP or LOTR fandom. I'm also going to write some more of the book I'm working on and learn how to knit or something. I've got a series of books here that I plan to try to read one per week. So if I pace it right, I have to read eight of them! No less!
I found out my insurance coverage is quite good. Labor/delivery is covered 100 percent. If the babies are in the hospital after I leave, which they likely will be in NICU, then it is a 250 copay for each child. But that's it. Total. Regardless of how long they are there. We are also responsible for the 20 percent of professinoal services, but our outofpocket expenses are capped at about 2,000 per member. So, we might be looking at 5,000. Which is SO totally manageable compared to what i was afriad of happening!
So that has taken a factor of stress off my shoulders, as has the fact Mom is coming to help clean and organize. I thought I'd have time, but obviosly being confined to bed I don't. We were goin to go out for our anniversary, I have to see if that is still possible or not. We shouldn't have waited to long to use the coupon! It expires April 22! Argh.
So, yeh, my next milestone. 28 weeks. It comes next Tuesday. Then we will start looking forward to 29 weeks. And so on. Week by week, that's the ticket. I'm going to be looking at things in short jumps. I don't care how sore I get from laying here, these babies are more important right now. I can work on me later on.
If you can, keep the babies and me in your thoughts and with everyone pulling for us, we should be good to go. I'm looking to St. Jude, as my paretns did when I was in utero. They had been told I would be born stillborn or severely mentally handicapped. Look at me now...they looked to St. Jude for assistance. They didn't call it St. Jude's Children's Hopsital for no reason...
My father had a little wisdom to share with me. His mother asked him when they were waiting for me to be born, "Do you pray?" Dad said yes. She asked, "Do you BELIEVE in God?" He said, of course! She said "So why do you openly INSULT him?"
Why'd she say that? He was constantly worrying about everything he prayed about! Grandma told him, if he was worrying, he wasn't REALLY believing that God would hear and help him.
Good point. VERY good point.
I'll leave it at that.
-Kate, Lily and Eve
Some information for you guys who are following me:
Babies are approximately 1.7 and 1.9 pound as of April 3. Both are in the vertex position, both have good fluid and the placenta looks good. Of course, we will see what the stats on Monday are, but as long as they continue to grow at an even pace, things are looking good.
And of course, as long as we don't let this cervix of mine shorten anymore...it was reading less than 3 cm on the 3rd. I'm assuming that means it was between 2 and 3 otherwise the doc would have said less than 2... Four, for those who don't know, was what it started at. I was hoping to get to the 32 week mark before bed rest, but I'll do what I have to.
To cope, I'm going to try to write a fic, either HP or LOTR fandom. I'm also going to write some more of the book I'm working on and learn how to knit or something. I've got a series of books here that I plan to try to read one per week. So if I pace it right, I have to read eight of them! No less!
I found out my insurance coverage is quite good. Labor/delivery is covered 100 percent. If the babies are in the hospital after I leave, which they likely will be in NICU, then it is a 250 copay for each child. But that's it. Total. Regardless of how long they are there. We are also responsible for the 20 percent of professinoal services, but our outofpocket expenses are capped at about 2,000 per member. So, we might be looking at 5,000. Which is SO totally manageable compared to what i was afriad of happening!
So that has taken a factor of stress off my shoulders, as has the fact Mom is coming to help clean and organize. I thought I'd have time, but obviosly being confined to bed I don't. We were goin to go out for our anniversary, I have to see if that is still possible or not. We shouldn't have waited to long to use the coupon! It expires April 22! Argh.
So, yeh, my next milestone. 28 weeks. It comes next Tuesday. Then we will start looking forward to 29 weeks. And so on. Week by week, that's the ticket. I'm going to be looking at things in short jumps. I don't care how sore I get from laying here, these babies are more important right now. I can work on me later on.
If you can, keep the babies and me in your thoughts and with everyone pulling for us, we should be good to go. I'm looking to St. Jude, as my paretns did when I was in utero. They had been told I would be born stillborn or severely mentally handicapped. Look at me now...they looked to St. Jude for assistance. They didn't call it St. Jude's Children's Hopsital for no reason...
My father had a little wisdom to share with me. His mother asked him when they were waiting for me to be born, "Do you pray?" Dad said yes. She asked, "Do you BELIEVE in God?" He said, of course! She said "So why do you openly INSULT him?"
Why'd she say that? He was constantly worrying about everything he prayed about! Grandma told him, if he was worrying, he wasn't REALLY believing that God would hear and help him.
Good point. VERY good point.
I'll leave it at that.
-Kate, Lily and Eve