Bed Rest- Ugh!

Okay, so October came and went and I really don't know what happened to the time! I think from being pregnant and going to all my appointments and having a one year old who just started walking, all my time flew out the window! I feel like I say that every time I post, but its true... just how I feel.

November started off rough so far, and its sad that it has because it is only the beginning! Last week I went for my usual check up with my Dr... everything was fine he said. Well he was wrong! The following day I had an ultrasound and CL (cervical length) check and while my CL was being checked I noticed something was wrong. The tech kept taking measurements over and over... of the same thing. I knew something had changed. I was going every 2 weeks for a while and my CL did not change at all so they stopped checking for a while. Over a month passed and this was my first CL for a while and it changed so much. I went from 3 to 1.5 which means its no good. I was rushed up to Maternity and Delivery and hooked up to monitors to see if i was having contractions. Thank God I wasn't! I was there for several hours then was discharged to go home. I left a little sore because of an injection I was given in case I give birth early. So I had to go back the following day to be hooked on monitors, given a second injection, and to have a test run on me. Its scary when you have one pre term child and you have all these people monitoring you and it wasn't good enough. I got the results back from the test which were negative. That means that I have a 99% chance I will not give birth in the next two weeks. It also means bed rest till the Dr says I can have this baby. This is so not fun! I thought for sure that I would be able to keep this kid in there till he's fully ripe! I guess even with monitoring there is nothing you can do when your baby is ready to come out.

Do you know anyone that has had a pre-term baby?

-J