A week in Paradise

Paradise as some would say...or NOT!!!!

So what am I talking about?  A Cali Trip with my Family, A nice long weekend in N.M with my In-Laws, or a boring stay in the Hospital????? If you guessed one of the first 2, you are wrong- sadly but surely we didn't not do any of that, but the last one. 

Sunday in the middle of the night, I had another episode of bleeding. Thankfully it was not as scary or as bad as the first time. I called my Dr. to see if I needed to go to the Hospital and he said yes- so off we go (Mom, Eric and me- Dad stayed home to be with Ellie). We were thinking they would send us home since nothing was happening. Boy were we wrong. 

For the 1st 48+hours I was on an I.V., Fetal Monitor, Blood Pressure Cup, 100% confined to bed (which means no bathroom breaks), and nothing to eat or drink (EVEN WATER or ICE CHIPS!) For those of you that have had kids know that you have to eat every meal and snack all through out your day. So to go 48 hours with NO FOOD was so hard. I would rather give birth over and over then go without food. 

Monday I met with a High Risk Dr to talk about the complications of giving birth (which I already knew everything he told me), and we also talked with a NNP- They are the ones that take care of premies. Finally after meeting both of them I got the OK to eat food, bathroom breaks, no Fetal Monitoring and NO IV!!! Which I was so glad to be off of those- especially since E was bringing Ellie to me that evening. 

Both the Dr. and I compromised- we agreed that they would let me go to Full Term (No plan C-section), and they/he (my Dr.) would keep a close eye one me. And that they would let me go home after a week IF 1)no bleeding 2) no contractions 3) baby is doing good AND 4) I was doing good. The plan was to come home on Sunday. From Wednesday on my nurses kept asking me *why I was there and to see if they could get me to go home.* So when one of the nurses told me that Saturday morning, I just laughed and said good luck. Was it luck or God on my side? I believe God was. Since I didn't have any of the above, I was home by 12p on Saturday. Which was really a blessing. Ellie was sooo excited to see me home- I think we both cried. She didn't leave my side all day. And if I left her, it was very heartbreaking (for her and me). 

I promised that I would stay in bed/couch and do little to no activities. And if you all know my Mom you know I am not doing anything. (thanks Mom for taking care of Ellie and me). Since I have to do that, I have to have someone at the house at all times to take care of Ellie (and me). and I promised him I wouldn't be a lone- for bleeding purposes. Which I don't want to be alone either. God Thankfully Eric has been home each time and Ellie has been a sleep. If I have to bleed thats a good time to bleed. 

I have 5 weeks and 2 days left before my due date. Thats a lot of sitting and doing nothing. But I more then glad to do this for the safety of our unborn baby and myself and to be home doing nothing to be with Eric and Ellie. Eric got a taste of what it would be like without me and being a single parent. I got a taste what it would be like if we shared Ellie. Either one of us did not like it. Every night I was able to spend an hour to two hours with Eric and Ellie. And it was something that I would count down the hours until 6pm. And then I would just cry and cry when they left. That was very hard to do. Knowing it would be another 24 hours before seeing either one of them. 

So anyways... that was my week in PARADISE!!!!! Yes, the nurses were fantastic, loved them all. Food in bed everyday, nothing to do but stare at the walls, watch a lot of OLYMPICS, Color many pages (with Ellie and alone), slept or tried to sleep all day and all night, and a lot of nothing. PARADISE BABY!!!!! :)