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« on: April 11, 2009 at 10:13 AM »
Hi,
I am doing a bit better. I hit 23 weeks on Monday. My contractions have stopped, and the cramping is not as bad as it has been in the past. I was on bedrest from 17 weeks til 22 weeks, but since the contractions stopped, my OB lifted my bedrest. They are starting to think the cause of my contractions was from the bladder infection, since they have stopped since I was a couple days into taking my antibiotics. I am just so thankful that it really did have nothing to do with the pregnancy with the contractions. So I am guessing by what you have said, that you are maybe 1 week ahead of me? Do you know what you are having? My husband is so excited since this is his 1st, and he is taking great care of me. I actually work from home and my husband is my boss, and if I am ever having an off day and I try to get some work done, he yells at me, well not yells but tells me to rest. He has been very protective of me, and I start steroid shots on April 20. My 11 yr old was born at 35 weeks, with little problems, she got a slight case of pneumonia but that was because she got stuck during delivery and she inhaled some amniotic fluid, well once she got rid of that, she got jaundice, she spent 2 weeks in the hospital, but no breathing problems, which was always my biggest concern, but I had a real rough time after I had her, and those 2 weeks she was in the hospital, so was I. I ended up getting uterine sepsis a few days after she was born. I told my OB (different one from the last 2 pregnancies) that if she made it to 35 weeks and had the little problems my daughter had, I would be thrilled. He wants to try to get me to 38 weeks if possible, he thinks I have a shot at it, we'll just have to see how things go. I will go at 38 weeks at the very latest, due to scheduled c-section. I am not going through what I went through to have my daughter, 23 hours of labor, 3 1/2 hours of pushing, only to find out she is stuck in my pelvic bone and cannot progress any further, and ending up with a c-section.
Keeping everything crossed for us both too!