Bedrest

So I decided to do a list of 5 things that made me happy while I was on bedrest back in September and October. I went into the hospital at 28 weeks and lasted until week 32.

1. Mushroom and cheese omelet, bacon, an apple, and skim milk
I was on a low carb diet at the hospital so this was my daily breakfast. It was pretty good. The bacon was the best. Since I was not able to exercise (not that I did when I was not on bed rest) I didn't eat a million slices of bacon. I did eat bacon and sausage every day for a month though. I am sure my cholesterol was terrible.

2. Movies on my laptop
I started watching movies on my laptop during the day. I was able to zone out for a couple of hours and pass the time. I watched quite a few movies. I was able to concentrate on movies but not on much of anything else because of the Magnesium.

3. Visitors
Greg and my mom visited every day. Shelby also visited everyday that she worked to eat lunch. She would just show up so it was a nice surprise. My Aunt Pam would bring me apple cider (too many carbs but I cheated), McDonald's breakfast, and flowers. Tons of people from work would come and bring magazines and gifts. Amy and Patrick brought me a huge gift package filled with everything. I now use the container to hold memories of the boys. My baby shower was scheduled for the first weekend that I was there so I had my entire mom's side of the family in at once. Greg's parents and brother and sister came. As you can tell...tons and tons of visitors..it was a long month. I am not even close to naming everyone but I am so grateful for everyone's company.

4. Ambien
I took this every single night. (Until the night that I delivered.) It was very hard to sleep in the hospital. The first two nights I was hallucinating. Greg told me that I was talking to the nurse about sparkles on my bedsheets and that she had a sparkle crown on. Besides those two nights I didn't hallucinate at all. It was great.

5. October 22
The night I delivered these two stinkers. Having it all come to an end and being able to walk again was AWESOME. I wish that I could of kept the boys in longer and then spend less time in the NICU but on October 22 I was thrilled to get those babies out of me.

This last picture is the minutes before I went back to the OR. I am huge!! The last week I was pregnant I gained 10 pounds overnight. Needless to say I delivered that week.