Beating the Heat and Boredom

Well I have been on bedrest for 3 wks now. It has been okay. Beside some days I get so bored that I feel like crying. I go to the doctor every week and so far so good. I am not changing at all which is a good thing. I will be 25 wks on Friday, and the doctor I have not had any contractions yet. These wks are very big deal for vitality for the baby. Trying to make it to 30 wks at least, we want more but small goals. We are very lucky that we has such wonderful friends and family. Janet and Al (Derek parents) have been a big help along with Brent and Kristina (Derek's brother and sister-in-law). They have taken the kids here and there. It allows me to sit and not do anything, and Derek to rest a little bit (when he is here). But I really am grateful to Derek. He has been so wonderful so far. Let's see if he keeps that up in another 10 wks.

The last couple of weeks Derek has been traveling a lot so last week me and the kids spent 3 days at Janet and Al's. It was nice getting out of the house, even if I sat around there too. I also got to swim too, which was really nice. I didn't really get to swim, I laid on a float. Either way the kids had a blast. Owen is a fish. He was jumping off the side into the pool. I love how fearless he is. Mia is a little more girly. She just likes to float around and not get water on her face. We are working but I am not sure how to approach this. She is going backwards and not forwards.







Will update again soon. Talk to everyone later

Long Time no Blog:) Hello bedrest

I know it has been a long time since I have posted but we have been busy. Sorry but there is not a lot of pictures to post. I haven taken them but I can not upload to my new laptop yet.

On June 4th. I had some bleeding and went to see the doctor. Baby sounded good and decided to do an ultrasound the following week. I was told not to lift anything heavy but no other restrictions. My doctor was not going to do a 20 wk ultrasound this time due to insurance. So we went in on the 11th to get a ultrasound. Baby looked great. Perfect size. The baby was opening and closing it's mouth and we could see it's little tongue. Great ultrasound. The doctor had the tech do measure the length of my cervix and it was less then half of what it should be. I was so shocked. That is 18 wks of bed rest. I thought everything was going great. But I have to do what needs to be done for this little baby. We chose not to find out the sex of the baby. We will be surprised. I saw the doctor today and have no change. So no hospital bed rest for now. Trying my best to keep it that way.



We are so lucky we have such wonderful family and friends who are willing to help us out. We are not able to travel to Florida with the rest of Derek's family to see his brother get married. We are really disappointed that we will not be there but Derek's parents are taking Mia so she can still be the flower girl. We on the other hand will be staying in STL. Just wanted to give everyone a update. Hope to have some pictures of the kids up soon. Talk to you later