I am on bed rest. Last Tuesday after a couple of trips to the hospital and doctors visits my doctor placed me on bed rest for serious preterm labor complications.
I thought after a week of being out of the loop I would bring everyone up to speed.
Last week at 32 weeks into the pregnancy we got the news that I had lost 70% of my cervix and had started to dilate. Plus, I'm having contractions which has caused all of the above to happen. Obviously, it's not time for this to happen. So my doctor said it was time to stop everything. In order to save Baby Cole Huston Stuart's life. Very scary news.
The good news though we are now in the 33rd week, and tomorrow will wrap up the 33rd week. Thanksgiving day will take us into the 34th week. Our due date is January 14th, which doesn't seem possible now. But you never know with the bed rest.
We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and the bed rest seems to be working. Nothing has changed as far as my cervix and dilating. The doc says we're in a holding pattern. While I'm on medicine to stop the contractions, I'm still having them. That's the only thing that's constant. I will tell you these contractions are not very painful.
And Cole is moving around incredibly.
We're just hoping and praying for more weeks and days. And we hope that you'll do the same for us.
We now have our hospital bags packed and ready to go. And Cole's car seat base is in the car.
The only thing unfinished is the Christmas shopping and the doctor said yesterday I can't even go shopping in a wheelchair. So I guess Christmas is going to be a little different this year.
Please, keep us in your prayers and on your prayer lists.
