Bed Rest

About 2 1/2 weeks ago I started contracting and it was really bad so at 27 weeks my doctor put me on bed rest. I am now 29 weeks (that is when I delivered Garrett) and am dying from boredom! Lucky for me my friend lent me her laptop so I can at least have a break from watching t.v. and reading. For the first little while I couldn't even read because the medication they put me on to stop the contractions makes my heart race and I was not able to concentrate. Though my heart still races and I feel pretty dizzy most of the time my body is starting to adjust enough that I am able to do other things some of the time. My poor family has really had to pick up the slack, and while this is good for them it is hard as a mom to sit back and watch. Garrett has sacrificed his bed so that I can be in the front room and at least not feel like I am holed up away from the family all the time. My ward has been awesome and brings dinner in to us 3 nights a week. I am so grateful that I have a ward that is so willing to help. My boys and Jess are keeping the house clean (as clean as boys keep things) and doing laundry as well. This is huge for my boys because because I tend to just do most things by myself. They have been really great at picking up the slack for me. One of the big things that I have come to realize is that I HATE being taken care of. As weird as it sounds I am pretty independent and like to just do things my way, so I guess this is a great learning experience for me?! My poor sister has also been awesome to help me, driving me to doctor's appointments, taking my kids, and coming to visit me among other things! My mom and dad have been great as well at helping, and Jesse's dad brings dinner at least once a week and calls me like clock work throughout the day to check on me. Now some of you might be thinking how nice it would be to lay around all day and just veg, but I can assure you after about oh one day of it it gets really old! Isn't it funny that when we have tons to do you just want to veg, and when we have to veg you want to get things done? So the plan is for me to stay on bed rest until I reach 35 weeks (May 16). If I make it that far and have not had the baby then I can go off bed rest and resume my normal life until I deliver.

This week is Spring Break for my kids and I am feeling so bad because they are bored to tears. Most of their friends left town and so they are doing a lot of nothing. I feel bad because of course this year they got a whole week off for Spring Break and we usually leave town as well, but here we sit. But it will all be worth it in the long run when we get a healthy baby here and there will be many other times to go and play, right?!

Thanks to all my friends and family for the love and support!