First off, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there! We hope that you all have a wonderful day.
Well, I thought that I would have the time to write another update sooner than today, but I have been extremely busy at work. My condition has changed dramatically since my last update. I went to the doctor the Monday following the last update and was put on modified rest. This meant that I was not physically allowed to go back to work. I broke the news to my boss and we have been able to arrange me working from home. I am supposed to be lying down at least for two hours during the morning, afternoon, and evening. I also cannot do any house chores so Michael has to do everything. I am also supposed to limit my activities. That means not too much walking around. It’s much better than total bed rest. At least I can move around the house. I can still cook for myself and play with Nicholas. The one downside to this is that I usually have no one to talk to during the weekdays. I also have not seen or interacted with too many other human beings besides Nicholas and Michael. I sit at home everyday and no one to talk to. I am on a lot of conference calls, but most of the talk there is usually about work. After two weeks of this, I am getting really tired of staying at home. Michael thinks that I should go to my parents’ house once in a while after work just to let myself get out. I mean whenever Michael comes home, I want to talk to him about everything. Last week, he was sick so he really wanted some peace and quiet except that was not too possible with both me and Nicholas around. I think we both drove him nuts for a few days. I also no longer go bowling. Hopefully I will be able to attend the banquet this coming Wednesday. It would be nice to be able to get out of the house for once.
Well, I was hoping to avoid bed rest for this pregnancy, but it seems less and less likely. I went to the Labor and Delivery Department again last night at 10 PM. I was on a contraction frenzy routine so they told me to go get myself checked. The doctor checked me and told me that I was 1 centimeter dilated. Two weeks ago, when I was first put on modified rest, my doctor told me that my cervix was soft and was in the process of opening. I guess it’s now open. My next doctor appointment is tomorrow. I am hoping that she will just continue to leave me on modified rest and just tell me to pump up my medication. I was given Nifedipine my last visit and I’m suppose to take it every 8 hours to help stop my contractions. It’s the same medication I took when I had Nicholas except the last time I took this medication it was every 4 hours. The medication helped me make it all the way to 39 weeks with Nicholas so I’m hoping the same will be true with this one. I just want to avoid bed rest. I am already not liking this modified rest, but if I had to choose, I would take this over the bed rest any day. I just do not like being confined at home and then on a bed. I would like to continue this modified rest because then, I would be able to attend my brother’s wedding and my younger sister’s graduation ceremony. These are very special events and they are on the same weekend. If I go on bed rest, I am not too sure I can attend the graduation ceremony. I could attend the wedding expect I would just be lying in the house the whole day. Not too fun, if you think about it. My older sister also is going to have a baby shower for my nephew and I really don’t want to miss out on that either. The next few weeks are filled with events that are very special to me and I don’t want to miss any of them, especially Nicholas’s third birthday.
Nicholas. Well, he sure gave me a very, very unusual mother’s day present today. He was taking a bath and usually after his baths, he likes to use the restroom. I should say that he like to try to use the restroom and flush the toilet. Well, after the bath, he did just that. He flushed the toilet and the next thing we heard was Nicholas screaming. Michael went in first and then called me in. What I saw was a floor filled with water. I have no idea what he might have flushed down the toilet, but one time, I caught him flushing down one of his toy cars. Michael thinks it might have something to do with that toy car. All I know is that whatever it was, it clogged up our entire sewer system. None of the drains were working. Water was actually coming back up from all over. It was not just in the bathroom that Nicholas was bathing in, but also the other bathroom. It looked pretty bad. The shower in the other bathroom was filling up with water and was in the process of overflowing out onto the bathroom floor. Michael went out to get some equipment to try to empty it out before it overflowed. While he was out in the garage, for some reason, the clog seemed to have cleared itself. All the water started going back down the drains again. What was left was a bathroom filled with water. Michael cleaned it up and we are hoping that whatever it was is gone now. Let’s just say that it will be a very memorable mother’s day present.
Well, besides this little mishap that he did, Nicholas has actually been pretty good lately. Yesterday, I took him outside in front and let him play with his tricycle. He was so good at staying away from the street itself and whenever cars came by, he would come up on the garage a bit. I was so amazed at how well behaved he was. We were out there for about 30 minutes. He is starting to repeat a lot of things that we say and he also seems to understand so much more. He also will pick after himself if you make him. For example, if you sit there and continuously tell him, he will clean up his room by himself. Of course, he’ll mess it up five minutes later. He also seems a lot more interested in his books. He would bring me one of his books and we would start pointing at pictures in the book. From the books, he’s been able to recognize a lot of the objects and also say a lot of the words. The one thing that he does not like to do is sit down and listen to me read the book. He likes flipping back and forth through the books instead. He’s just getting so much more curious nowadays.
Well, I think this is all I have to say for now. Hopefully, I will give everyone another update after tomorrow’s appointment.