Champagne or Gravy?

Today I had a great check up with Dr. K. All looks great as we move into this exciting new time! I am officially 6 months pregnant, with a couple of VIABLE babies!!

So what did I do when I got home? Ordered two cribs and mattresses! I can't wait to get the nursery finished off!

What is next? Here are the two messages I got from my two physicians (top in their fields)

Dr. G - "At 28 weeks we pop the champagne"

Dr. K - "At 28 weeks it's all gravy"

You make the call....or guess which call I may make ;)

First Week of Bed Rest - Wrap up

Well,

I am not fluent in Spanish yet, nor have I tried :)

This week has been not been bad, although I did get released for two outings to Dr.'s appointments. Next week there is only one, so we'll see how nutty I get then.

Here's a wrap up of my days:

I get up with Todd, and usually shower after he does. Then I take in a bit of the Today show. Then I usually read until lunch, which is followed by more reading. I take nap in the afternoon, then follow up with Ellen.

This loose pattern, very luckily, has been interrupted almost every day! Courtney was here for almost a week, and Pat Wilson is now here keeping me company. I love being able to have quiet time to catch up with everyone! This week I also had great visits from Ali R, Georgette R, Suki F (and Nico), Julie S, Joyce C and Amanda W!

Now I am leaving out exciting events such as paying bills on line and checking FB, but I'm sure you all know I keep up with that!!

Hopefully posts will continue to be this calm and pleasant, and I'll talk to you soon!!

Stace and the girls

Big Trip Out

I never thought my legs would feel weak walking down the stairs! But I left my lair this morning for a jaunt down to Piedmont to get checked out.

Ran into a couple of neighbors at the office, which definitely confused the office staff.

The girls, and even better, the cervix, all look perfect! So Todd jetted me back to the bat cave to continue my hibernation.

Today I'm trying a new site I read of in my Vanity Fair called InTheMO.com. It basically takes your ranking of various activities and restaurants around town, and then makes recommendations for places to try. The downside for me, is that I can't actually try any of it right now. It is sort of a "Pandora Radio" for life :).

Hope all is well with you!

Monday - Reminiscing of childhood

It's Monday! I am keeping up with many suggestions from friends regarding bed rest, so basically I have not left my bedroom since Friday night. (Thank you all for your input, I'm taking it all!)

It kind of reminds me of a game that Court and I used to play when we were little. We would divide our room in half with jump ropes, and whichever part of the room we were stuck in was our apartment. Usually Court would get the closet and the bathroom and I would have the door that exited to the rest of the house.

Man times have changed, I guess I'm stuck with the bathroom and closet :).

Melissa stopped by today, it is so exciting to be able to catch up with friends! I thank you all for your messages, calls and visits!

Calming the girls

It has been a long week for the Wilsons, which kicked off with some serious anxiety on Tuesday. I just didn't feel "right", which was followed by a quick trip to Dr. Korotkin.

Dr. Korotikin, my perinatologist, is an amazingly calm man and remained this way through our appointment. He checked the girls and my cervix, both of which are still perfectly in place. Lastly, he placed me on the monitor, which is where he found I was having mild contractions.

He placed a call with Dr. Garcia's team (my OB) and off to Northside we went. I'll give credit to Georgette, who dropped it all to pick me up in a wheelchair and drive me to meet todd. So we hit the ole' 5 o'clock traffic on the way up 400 and arrived at NH around 5:45.

I planned on making a scene at admissions, since it took us about an hour to get a bed last time we were admitted. But this time I just sat in my wheelchair, stated our case, and we were in a room in 10 minutes. At this moment my contractions were about 3 minutes apart, but not very strong.

The nurses and physicians were speedy and got things moving as quickly as they could. This meant restarting my IV after my first infiltrated during the middle of shift change (very big props for nurses!).

After one night the contractions decreased to about 1 per hour. They planned on keeping me one more night (at least) and moved me to a room with a window and a shower. After the shower, contractions began to increase again. This is when Todd and I realized what we are in for for the next 14 weeks.

Later last night we made the decision that we would be headed home tomorrow (today). My fear is complete boredom which will lead to further anxiety. So, in response, our family came together on a conference call and are creating a coverage sheet for the next couple of months.

So let the bedrest begin!! We new it was coming, just not sure when. Todd ordered me a kindle, and the tips I received are to stay in bed because if you go downstairs you're tempted to do things. So you can all picture me in my bed, growing some girls! Get ready for some really slow blog updates!

Oh, and I'm looking for a Rosetta Stone Spanish set if anyone is willing to let me borrow :)

Ciao :):)