The thing that has been taking up most of our time and thoughts is the baby. Last Sunday I was feeling pretty crampy through the night before and most of the day after I woke up. We went to the hospital and I was admitted. They checked me out and found that I was dilated 1 cm. That freaked us out. I had Jeff give me a blessing and we asked our family to fast for us, which I am grateful for all the support. They put me on some medicine that was pretty awful, not gonna lie. It was to stop the cramping and help the baby's brain develop. I'm not saying they didn't help but it make me feel dreadful. They also gave me a couple shots of steroids to also help the baby's lungs develop a little faster.
So I was in the hospital a total of three days being monitored and on medicine. I was told a number of things by a number of different specialists and doctors about what I should be doing once I left. They said different things when it came to bed rest. Some said I shouldn't get up hardly at all and some said it isn't necessary. If the baby is born now (24 weeks) there is a great chance for her to survive but there could be some damage done to the brain that could cause some mental illness. All the doctors did say that at 28 weeks the risks of that go way down and an even greater chance of survival. So to be on the safe side, I'm self imposing bed rest just to be on the safe side. They did want me to come in every week just to get checked up and see how things are going. That will happen probably for rest of the pregnancy. At least most of it. The doctors are confident that I will make it quite a bit farther since I've been quite stable for my situation. So fingers crossed.
