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The news Friday at the OB doctor was not too good. My amniotic fluid was down a little more, from a 10 to a 9, and the doctor said baby growth may be slowing a little. He sent me to the hospital to get steroid shots yesterday and today for baby lung development, just in case. I will now be visiting the doctor twice a week, with my next visit being on Monday. When I asked him at what fluid level he prescribes bed rest, he said to start to restrict my activities as much as I can, because fluid below a 5 will land me in the hospital again -- not exactly sure what that means -- almost sounds like he was kind of saying it was up to me, but these were the consequences. The week before, he told me to lay down for an hour three times a day. Lyd (my sis who’s a labor and delivery nurse) and my Mom-in-law (nurse as well) agree that I need to keep my stress level as low as possible and get lots of rest, of which kind laying down is better than sitting. If the placenta is the problem, the less work it has to do to keep working properly the better.
Anyway, I'll TRY to keep you posted. I'm planning to try to find some help in the evenings while Greg's at work (Monday through Friday, 3:30pm to 12:30am this week), especially to get through dinner and bed time. Anybody wanna come visit =)?
It's been a little worse this week though, because Ben has been sick (not awful, but a croupy sounding cold/cough) and today it seems that Greg and Luke may be coming down with it. Thankfully, I've been able to avoid it so far.