So, I am 1 week down and we hopefully have 13 weeks to go! I have survived my first week of bed rest but it was definitely not on my own. I am very thankful to friends who have come by to visit or brought us food. It definitely helps the time pass more quickly and I have been enjoying the company. Michael and I were joking this morning that I have gotten the good end of this deal--he is working like crazy and I am sitting while people bring me good food to eat--haha! I do feel for Michael though--he is working almost 60 hours this week and is not getting much of a break. I know that he doesn't mind and wants to take care of us yet I wish there was something more that I could do to help. Michael reminds me often that I am being productive even if I can't tell--I am making 3 babies right now and taking care of them means that I just lay here and eat. I am so thankful for Michael though--I'm not sure I could make it through this without his support and love for me. He truly is a wonderful man and I know that he is going to be an amazing daddy.
Michael and I have been joking this week that we just need to surrender our home to these babies so it doesn't feel that they are invading it. People have started giving us things and we are amazed at everything! We think our dining room will just become Nursery #2 :) There is no way that baby swings or other items will fit in the nursery. Michael and I also came to the realization that these children already outnumber us...haha. Michael and I have to joke and laugh a lot--it's better than the alternative :)
So, what does one do on bed rest? I am still trying to figure that out myself but I have tried to develop a little bit of a routine. After I get up in the morning then I take a shower, do my hair, and get dressed just like I would do if I was going somewhere. It doesn't really make a lot of sense to do that but it helps me feel more normal and I can at least pretend that I am going to do something and be productive. Plus Dr. Bellardo said I could take a shower every day and I am taking full advantage of whatever he is allowing me to do. Then I have been taking my breakfast outside and sitting for about an hour. It is a change of scenery and it feels good outside in the morning--so after about an hour it gets hot and I start sweating so I go back inside :) Then I have just been rotating what I do next--I have been reading, watching TV, eating, taking naps writing thank-you cards, playing on FaceBook, and then eating again. In the midst of that I think that I go to the bathroom every 30 minutes--I have been drinking more and I think my bladder is shrinking. I usually sleep about 1 1/2-2 hours at a time at night before I have to get up again. By then I am usually uncomfortable anyways and I have to change positions. During the day I have been laying on the couch and some friends let us borrow their recliner so I have been trying to switch up where I sit as well. All the little things seem to help a little bit. And then friends have come over 4 times this week and visited with me so that has definitely helped change up my schedule a little bit. Michael's parents also made a surprise visit to Nashville to help Michael's brother get a new car so I visited with them for a few hours as well on Tuesday. I have been trying my best to follow all of Dr. Bellardo's guidelines--I may of broken the rules a couple times but I think I deserve credit for trying my best this week. It has been difficult to go from working 50 plus hours a week to not working at all.
It's been a little bit of an emotional week as well as I have been trying to adjust to my new way of life for the next several weeks/months. Michael and I are trying to do what is best for the babies and make decisions about stuff. I was talking with a friend on Wednesday about all of the adjustments and how life has changed. Michael and I had developed a plan of having a baby and how we could make our work schedules work together so we wouldn't have to put the baby in daycare. As we have already established--I am a planner to the very core of my being and I thought I had it planned. So, this whole process has been a rude-awakening for the planner in me. And I am having to learn to make adjustments to my plans. But as I was talking with the friend I said something without really thinking about it and then I had time later to kinda process it. I said that Michael and I had 2 choices--when we found out that we had triplets they told us about selection and Michael and I immediately said, "no!" and that these babies were a blessing and we wanted all of them. So, in that moment Michael and I made a choice--a choice that I wouldn't change--and now we have to adjust our plans and lives. So, we have been blessed with these three babies that we both love dearly. The babies have started kicking now and I can feel them moving inside of me--I'm not sure there is a greater feeling. Every time I feel them move it reaffirms that we made the correct choice even it means giving up what I planned. Even though I wouldn't change anything--it is still an emotional adjustment. I'm so thankful that I have Michael to go through these adjustments with me--he is a constant support to me and a voice of reason :)
So, we have survived the first week and we are thankful for everyone's support. So, for everyone who has called, text, sent an e-mail, stopped by, brought food, or just prayed for us we are incredibly grateful. We will return to the doctor next week to check on the babies and my health--we will update again next week and let everyone know how they are doing. We love all of you! :)
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