Who else is on modified bedrest???

I'm 27.5 weeks and I can't believe I still have at least 10 more to go! I hate sitting around and looking at everything that needs to be done. I'm not on strict bedrest but I really have to limit myself. I'm so scared about going early I'm really trying to listen to my body and do as little as possible while still trying to be a good wife and mother. DH has been really great and DS is pretty good being entertained on his own or my family comes over but I can't help but feel like a bum. Who else is dealing with this now? How do you feel better about not much when youre used to doing everything??

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Ugh, I started having strong BH contractions and they were about every hour and as close as every 10-15minutes. My OB told me to relax, slow it down & put my feet up. I finally listened and they've slowed down drastically. I'm 26 weeks & would rather not continue modified bed rest so I am really really slowing things down a lot for me.

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I was on it for my first pregnancy. It is very tough looking around at all the things you can be doing. (we were about to move and I kept feeling so helpless.). But it's doctors making sure you and your baby are as safe as possible. Keep thinking you are still doing a lot of work. You are growing a human being. Hang in there!

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I was put on modified bedest starting at about 24.5 weeks. I know how you feel. It was hard staring at all the things that needed to be done and it was even harder to not be able to take care of DS the way I wanted to. It was even harder watching other people do things for me.

Apparently I didn't take it easy enough. Starting at 27 weeks I was put in the hospital on full bedrest. I've been here for 4.5 weeks now! This is even harder.

So as hard as modified bedrest was I wish I was there now! I may get to go home tomorrow (at 32 weeks) and I will definitly not care so much about the things that need to get done and just appreciate being home.


Lots of luck to you! Just remember it's all for a good reason. Time will go quicker than you think.

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I started on modified bed rest due to a shortened cervix - i really didnt rest up as much as I should have. Then I started to have pre-term contractions two minutes apart and I got put on strict bed rest I would def say rest up as much as you can now, before it gets worse! It is frustrating but for me it went by pretty fast. I've done whatever I can to help from my bed - I've been ordering peapod instead of grocery shopping, paying bills online or via phone, making any appts we need, etc. Ive been working from home and keeping myself busy, and I only have about a week left of strict bedrest! If you do what the dr. says, and keep yourself busy, itll go by quickly.

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My modified bed rest ended today. It was only for about 2 weeks but I know how you feel. I was working from home but SO tired and bored of lying around. DH and our nanny kept DD entertained and busy but OMG I missed really playing with her and being silly mommy. Plus the pain in my hips/back from lying down so much is insane.

Try to keep busy mentally. I read The Hunger Games, had DD come into bed with me to read books and play games, caught up on a ton of work. But it stinks.

Hang in there!

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Thanks for all your responses! For those that had to slow down and take it easy, did you have anyone to help you? DH is great but I thought my family would help me out more. Everyone's first reaction is ohhh let me take the baby so you can rest! I don't think people understand, I dont need to physically REST, I'm not tired, I don't need to be in bed all day. I kind of need help in other ways but I feel bad asking. Maybe it's bothering me since I'm such a do-er but if my daughter was on bedrest I would come for a little while during the day, like during lunch or something, feed my 2yo, vacuum my lr and play with him if you want to so bad. I feel like ok, why can't you empty my dishwasher or throw all his toys in the toybox or something simple like that? I know they're not mindreaders but I don't want to be rude, its hard enough for me to ask for help in general. This really turned into more of a vent but its just hard to think I have so much more time left before full term and the 3rd trimester hormones are killing me now! I'm so sensitive and hormonal. AND one more thing, if/when my mother, sister, aunt, etc want to take my son to their house its so much worse on me bc then I'm home alone and I clean a little here and there and end up in pain which will end me up in the hospital. UGH! Is it so hard for them to just do what I want?? j/k...kind of

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Posted by carissa1643

Thanks for all your responses! For those that had to slow down and take it easy, did you have anyone to help you? DH is great but I thought my family would help me out more. Everyone's first reaction is ohhh let me take the baby so you can rest! I don't think people understand, I dont need to physically REST, I'm not tired, I don't need to be in bed all day. I kind of need help in other ways but I feel bad asking. Maybe it's bothering me since I'm such a do-er but if my daughter was on bedrest I would come for a little while during the day, like during lunch or something, feed my 2yo, vacuum my lr and play with him if you want to so bad. I feel like ok, why can't you empty my dishwasher or throw all his toys in the toybox or something simple like that? I know they're not mindreaders but I don't want to be rude, its hard enough for me to ask for help in general. This really turned into more of a vent but its just hard to think I have so much more time left before full term and the 3rd trimester hormones are killing me now! I'm so sensitive and hormonal. AND one more thing, if/when my mother, sister, aunt, etc want to take my son to their house its so much worse on me bc then I'm home alone and I clean a little here and there and end up in pain which will end me up in the hospital. UGH! Is it so hard for them to just do what I want?? j/k...kind of