Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Baby Update....

Great News! After two weeks of basically nonstop sitting and drinking water, I was able to get my amniotic fluid up to normal levels! Yea!!! No bed rest for me! I still have to maintain this sedentary lifestyle for the next 5 weeks, but compared to staying in bed constantly, I'll take it. Lydia and I are doing our best to stay occupied at home. We take baths, play board games and read stories. Somehow I have managed to keep her TV to only about 60 -90 minutes a day. Our big outing for the week is a trip to story time at the library. Shane has been fantastic about handling most of the housework and cooking. Yesterday I asked him just to make eggs and ham for dinner. When he brought me my plate I saw that he added rosemary and Parmesan to the eggs. What the gourmet :) It is still crazy hard to keep myself from doing all of the things that need to be done before the baby gets here. I really thought that I would have everything organized in plenty of time. Oh well. Better a healthy baby than a perfectly set up nursery. And I can't complain about a nap everyday. I can do this for 5 more weeks. I'm not sure my stomach is going to be able to stretch anymore though. Is it strange that I have cried like 6 times already today. One of the incidents was when reading "Frog On His Own". These pregnancy hormones are nuts. Luckily, I still have lots of Easter chocolate left....

9 comments:

Are You Serious! said...

♥ Yay! I'm so glad that it worked!!!

Laura said...

Congratulations! Hope things continue to go well! I think that once we have babies our hormones never go back to normal I still cry about the craziest things!

Allison Scherer said...

You should know that I got on my computer with the sole purpose of checking your blog to see the verdict from the Doctor. I am so relieved for you and your family.

Natalie Jane said...

Thanks Allison! Guess we can plan a playday this week after all. We can just sit on the couch and watch the girls fight over Disney characters :)

Dave and Abby said...

YEAH!!!! I'm sure, despite the sedentary lifestyle, your nursery will look like a photo straight out of Real Simple. Yeah, I'm not too worried about that. But I am relieved your little guy is safe now. I love you.

Hannah said...

What a great update - I am so happy for you and thankful that the resting and water drinking worked out. Praying that all continues to go well for you!

Unknown said...

We love story time at the library. I can't wait to hear how it goes for your big outing. Wait a go on keeping your fluids up to par.

LOLiTA said...

Natalie, that's so great! I'm glad you got some good news. I hope things continue to go smoothly.

xcdenke said...

What a huge blessing, pun intended! ;) Thank heavens for answered prayers and a lot of water. You're beautiful you little watermelon, you. You're almost there. I cannot believe it. I'm sure you can, though. xoxo

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