A mommy, wife and friend…a survior of child sexual abuse

Yes, those were the words of my doctor yesterday at my routine checkup.  I’m 35 weeks and 6 days…and I am on bed rest.  My blood pressure was elevated significantly and my doctor had blood taken to test me for pre-eclampsia.  I asked if my work hours were going to be reduced, but nope, not the case, I am on bed rest.  I go back tomorrow to see if there are any changes in my BP.  My doctor mentioned she hopes I make it to my 37th week before we would have to think about moving up my c-section.

Needless to say, I am not used to this.  I usually am up and about taking care of my son and doing little things around the house daily.  Now I have to totally depend on my husband and I feel really weird.  I feel like I’m a lazy wife and demanding all this stuff.  Not to mention I really haven’t had much time to “nest”, although I really haven’t had much desire.  The babies bassinet is set up in the bedroom, we have the car seat ready, all the clothes have been washed and are ready to go and we have some diapers and wipes.  I guess you could say I did do a little nesting.

So my agenda for today is to rest, rest, and rest.  Oh yeah, I should pack a bag for the hospital, just in case huh…