My Home Away From Home

Big Changes since I updated last. Baby Daddy mentioned it, but I'm in the hospital for the next four weeks.

My visit home was really brief after being discharged on Monday afternoon. I was back in triage on Wednesday morning, and knew what the recommendation would be: I would stay until delivery so the nurses and doctors can monitor me if anything goes wrong with the placenta. The day and a half at home was short - and I felt a little bit bashful when I returned to the hospital so quickly - but I'd followed the doctor's advice and enjoyed every day I could be home. I had two baths. I slept soundly in my own bed. I enjoyed a special dish prepared by Future-Dad (was delicious!). I could wander into the next room and give him an impromptu kiss, although I'd be ushered back to bed. Fortunately he made trips for the same purpose. It was/is hard to miss him like that, but we're always texting or talking or using skype. He's a supportive and loving husband and Future-Dad.

Now that I'm back, he's helping me to cozy up my room. So far a nice houseplant and family photos are cheering up the place. The triage nurse picked out a room with a view (that is, not the wall of a building but instead a trees and the parking lot). Even seeing the world outside reminds me that I'm a part of it. It's sunny and lovely today, particularly from my climate-controlled environs. Ha!!

Cletus, he is the Good Thing To Come after all, is doing great. His heartbeat is strong and the nurses and doctors say he looks 'beautiful' on the monitors. He's moving around, kicking and overall just being a healthy little guy. The doc says that since the placenta is taking up room at the bottom of the uterus, his head isn't inclined to nestle into the lower portion and keep him in one position. He's free to move about and do back flips at will! We're prepped for a c-section, including the steroids to help develop his lungs early, so now we're just hoping the placenta holds on until the third week of November so he can keep growing in utero. If I don't need a transfusion, so much the better. We're in a good place, and being well taken care of.