Bye Bye Bed Rest

February started with little drama since I was on bed rest. My doctor had me scheduled to come to get an ultrasound and to be put on the contraction monitor twice a week since January 29th when I was put on bed rest. At each appointment, I hoped that she or he (depending on who the doctor was) would tell me that I could go back to work, but it never seemed to happen. I was able to get two new pictures of the little man, though, which was worth the trip. The only issue with these pictures is that you can't really tell what they are. They aren't as clear as the 3D or 4D pictures.

The bed rest saga continued for three weeks, which was a complete shock to me. I had originally thought that bed rest wasn't really that bad at the beginning of the month, since I was able to work on school work and read a couple of books, but by the time my appointment on February 11th came, I really was hoping to hear that I could go back to work. The doctor still wanted to be certain that I wouldn't go into early labor with the minor contractions that I was having. I made sure that I rested as much as possible at home, and I only left the house to go to the doctor. We also had a baby CPR class on the 11th, which I decided to leave the house for. I thought it was important to attend this class, since the bed rest gave me a bit of a scare that the baby would come early. I wanted to get to all of our baby classes before I gave birth. Overall, it was worth leaving the house. I have been feeling a bad case of cabin fever, and I was happy to get to go anywhere outside of the house.

Valentine's day weekend was highly uneventful because of being on bed rest, but Dennis did manage to get some new furniture for the house via Ikea. The week after Valentine's was spent working on building our new kitchen island and a new bedroom dresser. This was the most exciting thing to happen to me during this three week period. It sounds almost sarcarstic, but it was the truth. It was so hard laying down all the time knowing that I could be doing something...anything. I'm such a hyper person that I need to be busy all the time. Not being able to vaccum or clean the bathroom was torture. I needed to get out of the house and back to work. Not to mention, my substitute and student teacher were having some issues at school. I felt that I needed to get into school to set things straight before they got any worse.

Luckily, at my February 18th appointment, the doctor told me that my cervix was a longer and healthier length and that I wasn't having any contractions. I was so excited to hear that. He said that I could return to work the next day for only 4 hours. This was the best news I could hear. Returning to work was very exhausting, but also wonderful. It was great to see the kids again, and it was calming to know that I could be of some assistance to my student teacher who was having some confusion with teaching grammar and classroom management. I was able to finish February strong by coming in for half days up until February 26. My doctor even told me that at my Feb. 25th appointment that I wasn't having any contractions. This made me very eager to hear soon that I would be going back to work full-time. Hopefully, March proves to be a better pregnancy month! :)