And it's another day

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. I know I did! I made it to church and then later on we went to my parent's house for dinner and dessert. I had bought a new shirt and I actually felt pretty, which is something hard to do when I am this big! It was a good day.   :)  For dinner we had prime rib, asparagus, sweet potatoes and yorkshire pudding. Delicious! The kids (my sister's daughters and my daughter) played so well together. I just LOVE cousin time. It makes me really happy to know that my daughter will have a close bond with her cousins. This is something I missed out on as a child.
For almost a week now, I have been extremley uncomfortable. I thought I was uncomfortable before, ha! I am 10x's more uncomfortable now. Well, as most of you know, I ended up in the hospital again. So frustrating!!! I had a planned doctors appointment Tuesday morning. This including a NST (Non-stress Test) where they hook me up to monitors to see how the baby is moving and to see if I am having any contractions. Of course as soon as they hooked me up, I started having painful contractions. Within 40 mins, I had at least 6 contractions. This is something the doctors do not like to see at this stage in the game. Especially because I have placenta previa (where the placenta is covering the cervix and could cause me to bleed out if I went into labor on my own). SO...I immediately got another ultrasound done. This time, it was a little more invasive. Ugh!!! But we did find out some good news - the placenta finally moved up and out of the way. This made me having contractions not as scary, but still not good. So I was admitted.
Of course my asthma has flared up for the past couple of weeks - it's that time of the year. Spring and Fall always kick my butt! My OB freaked out though...LOL. I understand that is is important that I get oxygen like I am suppose to. I also knew that I needed to go on prednisone, but my doctor wasn't convinced that it would be enough. So because of the contractions and my asthma, I got to stay overnight. *sigh* probably a good thing though. For awhile, I was having contractions that were coming every 2-4 minutes. Not a good sign. I know that they were concerned that they would have to deliver soon, but luckily, those contractions eased up. The biggest problem I had, was that I would have contractions for an hour or two and then they would disappear for an hour or two. It was a repeat process. Luckily, they finally stopped for longer than 2 hrs. But frustrating for me!
I am still on bed rest. The goal is to go 2 1/2 more weeks before he comes out. I am currently 33 weeks and 4 days along. They will do a c-section at 36 weeks. We will schedule our c-section date at the next appointment, and I will know the date our son will be born! :)  My doctor did tell me that I will continue to have contractions(because the baby is so big, my body is thinking that he is full term),  but the goal is to not have too many within a certain amount of time. So I sit on my butt again. I have to remind myself that this is not permanent. It will be ok. I have to do what I need to do for my son.
I'm not trying to complain or whine. I just need to vent. I hope you all understand that. This is my life right now. I'm not use to it and I know I will have my "freedom" again. I look forward to it. I know that my "freedom" will be limited because I will have a newborn, but I will be allowed to walk and drive and go places again. Those are the parts of my life that I miss the most right now. I hope that you have a wonderful day!