bed ridden...

today is the first full day of being on bed rest. early wednesday morning at 1:15am i was woken up to sharp abdominal pains. i could barely roll over and i had to concentrate on breathing. first i thought it was gas (tee heeee!) so i went back to bed. this happened again at 2:45am...almost worse than the first time. i was in a lot of pain and i definitely was a bit alarmed but i also was super tired from the lack of sleep from the previous night. i finally fell back asleep and didn't have anymore of those "episodes." with a lot of going back and forth i finally decided to call the doctor and they wanted me to come in for another NST (fetal non-stress test). {i did this one other time because i didn't feel the little guy move around for a few days...turned out, he was just fine!} anyways, i went in and got to hear his little heartbeat again for a good 20 minutes and thought i'd be well on my way home with nothing to worry about. however, dr. stewart wanted to check a few other things and basically found out that my cervix is soft and thinner than he'd like. he also took another test to see if i'd be more susceptible for pre-term labor but thankfully that came back negative. however, for the next week i need to take this bed rest seriously because we don't want this little one to come early...i am as of today, 28 weeks.

needless to say, i am bored. dr. stewart literally wants me horizontal most of the day...my sweet husband cooked me dinner last night and rented me a few movies. i know that the Lord is teaching us something through this...we are on our knees. i was pretty much a wreck when i left the doctor's yesterday afternoon but i feel much more at peace today. i am also so thankful to have the best doctor in town...

{too bad i couldn't be here on bed rest}