26 Weeks!

One more week down! Good news on the OB front. I had a follow-up visit with the high risk OB yesterday and my cervix is longer than it had been from the start (2.5cm compared to 1.8cm in the beginning and 1.1cm the week before). So the surgery was a success. AND I get to sit up. That's right! SIT UP. I do not have to be horizontal all day, I just have to limit time on my feet and activity. I can do that. What? No cleaning, cooking, laundry? Bummer.

While in the hospital on Magnesium Sulfate, feeling miserable I felt a certain sense of DeJaVu. Not just because I was on that awful concoction when I was pregnant with Piper. You see Magnesium Sulfate is a drug that is given by IV to stop contractions. It's very effective. It is a muscle relaxer, but doesn't just relax your uterus. It relaxes your eye muscles so your vision is blurry and you can't keep your eye lids all the way open. It relaxes your smooth muscles so your lungs can't remove gunk, your nose is plugged up, and your bowels all but stop. It makes you nauseous and dehydrates you. It makes you dizzy and you literally feel like your body weighs 500 pounds (and NO I do not actually weigh 500 pounds yet). It's not fun. But it brought back some fun memories. Memories of my college years when I would wake up feeling like that after a night at the bars! Nausea, blurry vision, unable to keep my eyes open, dehydrated and momentarily wanting to die. I had a dream one night in the hospital while on the "Mag" that my mouth was the open end of a cereal box. Those college days were fun. But the fun was had before the misery. This time it's misery first then the sweet reward of a full term healthy babe in my arms. I'll take this time around.

My mom was here for the last week to help. Piper was in heaven. She LOVES her Nana. (I love in this picture how you can see the huge lump of my belly in the foreground!) Having my mom here was such a blessing. I can ask my mom to do all the things I want done that I don't feel comfortable asking anyone else to do. My mom is so wonderful and wise. Not just in the things that she says and does, but in the things she doesn't say or do. Which is why after her being here a week I'm sad to see her go and will miss her. Thanks mom.
A group of our friends have organized a schedule to bring us dinner 4 nights a week. Isn't that amazing?
My sister will be here tomorrow. More fun for Piper and good Sistah time for me.
I'm feeling really good. I am confident this baby will be full term and healthy. I know I can do this, especially now. How could I not with all this support and love. And being able to SIT UP! Good bye heartburn!