First Day Home!

Welcome to my first ever blog! Now that I have the time to write, I will try to document my adventures in best resting!

My husband and I are pregnant with identical boy twins. We are very excited! Unfortunately, this pregnancy (my first) has taken many twists and turns and now I am on bed rest for the duration of the pregnancy. My specialist says he hopes for at least 10 weeks until the boys come out. That will make it early December if they can wait until then. My "official" due date is Jan 16th. I definitely don't think we'll make it until then!

As this is my first pregnancy, it is full of anxiety and questions. Will I be able to keep them inside for long enough? Will they survive if they come early? What is this medicine doing to them? Do I really have to only take showers every other day?

I have been put on procardia, a medicine usually used for high blood pressure. It is commonly prescribed for preterm labor, and so far my side effects are shortness of breath and some anxiety. I think the shortness of breath comes from being on the magnesium during my hospital stay, too, so I am giving that a few days to work itself out. I keep telling myself that if I weren't OK to be home, they wouldn't have sent me. So, that helps. I think the hardest part is reminding myself that I am PREGNANT and not sick! You just feel helpless not being able to get up and do anything, so that makes you feel sick. But really, your only job is to be an incubator now! I have to motivate myself to feel like that.

Will write more later. Time for another nap and maybe some cookies.