Visitors!

The worlds cutest twins and their beautiful mom came to visit me today. I was so happy to see them! They sang me songs and drew me pictures. My bulletin board is now graced with their beautiful art work. I took videos of them singing to me and I wanted to post them but unfortunately I can't do that from my phone. I'll post them when I have my laptop later this week. Thank you Alice, Libby and Casen for the visit. I love you!

Medically I have had another bored and pregnant day. Those days are always welcome! 8 more days until my first goal, 32 weeks. Baby is still happy and my bleeding has been minimal so life is good!

Just another day...

So far today has been just another day on hospital bed rest. Hopefully it will stay boring. Boring and pregnant, that is my goal. When my family came yesterday they loaded me up with more movies, magazines, and books to keep me sane for a while. I've also been working on my knitting project which is helping keep my hands busy. I keep reading and hearing about a beautiful, sunny, 60+ degree day in Ellensburg. I wish I could be there to soak up the sun and take Makenna for a walk with all of you. Fresh air is what I have missed the most besides my family so far. Unfortunately, I won't get to smell the fresh air or go for a walk until I'm not pregnant anymore, which will hopefully be for a few more weeks. I'll be 31 weeks on Wednesday which means I'm approaching my first short term goal. I can handle anything for 9 more days. She will be so worth my boredom, stress, sore behind and lack of sunshine. Hopefully I will have another boring update for you to read tomorrow. I hope you have all been enjoying the beautiful sunshine and fresh air! Love to you all!

It's been a party in my room!

The last two days have been exactly what I needed to refuel for another week of hospital bed rest. Makenna, Nick and my brother Mitch came over from Ellensburg yesterday. I also had two other friends from the west side of the mountains that stopped by to visit, Lizzie and Jackie and it was great to see them to. It's been so wonderful to see Makenna and know she hasn't forgotten about me. Here are a few pictures from yesterday of the fun things that happened in my room. Makenna enjoyed my pretty flowers. She loved to "mell" (smell) them. It didn't take long before she realized how to pull the petals off of the flowers and tried to pick up the vase so they went up out of reach with in a few minutes of her getting bored just smelling them.

We had a picnic in my bed.

Be nice in the next two pictures, I've been in bed for over a week and my hair and make up aren't done. Makenna gave me LOTS of loves and even said "I lub (love) mommy!" She has said "lub to" for a long time but that was the first time that she has ever said I love you with out having it said to her first. You better believe it made me cry! She is such a sweet girl!

She danced with her daddy!

After a while she gets a little stir crazy in my room so every once in a while Nick or Mitch would take her on a walk to see the "shishy's" aka fish's.

We sang some of her favorite songs, she only likes the ones with actions these days. It is fun to watch her get more coordinated while singing the songs and doing the hand motions.

She loved coloring on my white board. She felt pretty cool getting to draw on it.

Today my awesome parents came to visit.

And my cute Gram too!

My brothers, Mitch & Garrett, Nick, Makenna, Lizzie, Jackie and Nick's mom Sherrie all came to visit today to. My dad's birthday was yesterday so we celebrated with some birthday cake in my hospital room. I was happy I got to be a part of his special day.

Medically things have continued to be pretty stable. I have still have some bleeding but baby is still a happy girl in there so I'm still pregnant. It has been so nice having my family here with me for the weekend, I feel like my heart is whole again when they are here. This visit is just what I needed to tackle another week :o)

Love to all! Thank you for the continued prayers and positive thoughts. We can really feel them working!

Good morning!

Baby and I made it through a really long night still together and are praying for a much smoother day today. I continued to contract and bleed through the night but both got lighter as the night progressed. Because of the bleeding and contracting I had to be closely monitored through the night and didn't get much sleep. Baby is still happy as a little clam and I'm hoping she continues to stay that way a bit longer. I'm so grateful to heavenly father that she has been such a trooper through this mess and stuck with me as long as she has. Everyday I'm still pregnant is such a blessing!
This morning they turned the mag sulfate off and and watched me for a bit. I went a full hour with no bleeding and no contractions so I got to eat, get out of bed for a few and take a shower! Hallelujah! It's been the little things like brushing my teeth and taking showers lately that make me feel pampered. Lol! My family should be here soon and I can't wait to see them! I'll post more by the end of the day! Love to you all!

Made it a whole week!

It has been an entire week since I was first admitted to the hospital and I'm still surviving. Today has been a bit more eventful than I would have liked. I started contracting this morning every couple of minutes. My cervix had changed from when I first got here on monday so the doctors weren't sure if this was really labor or not. Thankfully my cervix didn't change throughout the day with the contractions and my baby girl will get to cook another day. My contractions didn't slow down until late this afternoon and as a precaution they put the magnesium back on to help baby in case she had to be delivered. That will be on at least 12 hours unless I continue contracting. Since about 4pm I've had mostly just irritable contractions (contractions that aren't super impressive and usually don't change your cervix). With all of the excitement and busyness going on around me my day has gone by really quickly. Hopefully having an "exciting" Thursday isn't going to become a weekly habit of mine. Baby is still looking like a rock star on the monitor and is oblivious to what's going on around her.
I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. My sweet little Kenna bug, Nick and my brother Mitch are coming to visit! I can't wait to see them! Being so far away hasn't been easy, and I miss them terribly.
Yesterday I received a lovely surprise! Nick's grandma and aunt Julie sent me these beautiful flowers! They definitely brightened my day yesterday and today. Thank you so much they are beautiful! I'll post more tomorrow! Love to you all!

Happy Leap Day!

I'm 30 weeks today with who knows how many more days/weeks/months to go. Hopefully a couple more for sure. I had an ultrasound yesterday and they were able to 100% determine that I do not have a placenta previa which is good news. I knew that I didn't have one though. When my dr back in Ellensburg did my 20 week anatomy ultrasound the placenta was low lying and not a previa. With the clot in the way I can understand why it may have been interpreted as a previa. They were able to get a better picture of the clot and where the tear from my placenta is. The plan is to still continue bed rest in the hospital until I have an abruption again with lots of bleeding, go into pre term labor or baby is unhappy and then she will be born. They told me that if I had NO bleeding for a week, and it looked like the tear healed itself then I might get to go home on bed rest. I would LOVE nothing more than to be home but I wish they wouldn't have said that MAY be a possibility. I don't want to get my hopes up to only be disappointed when I'm still here. With the medical knowledge that I know I feel much more comfortable with the operating room being only 100 feet away from my room and not a 10 minute drive exc. They are guessing that when or if I have another abruption it will be a big scary one that could harm me and baby. That definitely doesn't sound like anything I'd want to have happen at home.
Yesterday was my roughest day emotionally (other than last Thursday) so far. I knew it was only a matter of time before I had a big giant meltdown but I didn't think it would happen this early in the game. My emotions mostly stemmed around missing my family. I guess Makenna had a particularly rough day yesterday. It broke my heart to know she is having a rough time. I'm sure a good chunk of her issues yesterday were from lack of sleep the last several days but it still made me sad.
On a lighter note, I learned how to knit yesterday. Every Tuesday the worlds sweetest retired woman named Judy volunteers in the OB unit to teach the women on bed rest how to knit if we want to learn. She even gave me needles and yarn and I'm well on my way to making what I believe will eventually be a scarf. Today there is supposed to a retired art teacher coming to teach art as well. I love that there people willing to come and teach me a new skill to help keep me busy while on bed rest.
I'm feeling back to my cheery self and ready to tackle the world again today. It's amazing what a good nights sleep can do for you. I'll keep you posted if anything changes. Happy leap day! Enjoy it because it only happens once every 4 years!

Isnt she beautiful??

Nope not me... I'm looking a little frightening these days sans make up and finished hair but that is part of the joy of bed rest I suppose. I'm talking about my baby that I am thankfully still pregnant with. (yay!) I had an ultrasound this morning. Baby is measuring 4 lbs 8 oz already. Which is in the 96% and measures the average size of a baby about 2 weeks farther along. They are happy she is good size. If she is born early she won't be the runt of the NICU by any means. :o) they haven't told me the results of the other things from the ultrasound they were looking for yet, like the about of amniotic fluid, the size of the blood clot, or if they were able to determine the exact position of the placenta. When they let me know I'll fill you all in. I had no bleeding through the night but I've had some bleeding since the ultrasound but baby is still looking good on the monitor which is nice to hear. I'll post more later but that's my update for now! Love to all! Thank you for the thoughts and prayers!