oh how funny!  we've been playing with balloons too.  now that i'm in the hospital we blow up the gloves and bat those around and even draw fish faces on them.  it's really fun.  my son falls down laughing.  it makes my day. 

Wow its great to hear that two healthy babies were born! woo hooo!

im officially 26 weeks..been on modified bedrest for 13 weeks (since i got my cerclage)..I went to the doctors yesterday and everything is great. My cervix is still 4cm! so woo hoo! My doctor said my last cervical length ultrasound will be at 28 weeks! so after that i will almost be a normal pregnant lady!!!!!! the doc said the only time they will check me will be with her fingers if im having any symptoms (cramping,bleeding, discharge,etc) my bedrest situation will aslo probably change..im not sure what kind of freedom I will get..Im dying to find out!!

glad to hear everyone is hanging in there!

Congrats to sammyjobail  - glad to hear that Bryn is home & doing well!!

And, congrats to Margaret!!!  He is beautiful & such a BIG boy!!

  Big big BIG congrats to luvmytieren/Margaret!!! 9lbs 14oz and 22" long!!!  http://plixi.com/p/43892570

I am still cooking at 34 wks and 5 days.  I am about 1/2 cm to 1 cm dialate as of yesterday.  I happy the dr is not going to let me go much over 37 wks.  I don't have many contractions (or so I think).  Just a lot of "crampy feelings" kind of like I got my period and some of the stabbing pains down below.  They don't last all the time but somewhat painful.  I keep reminding myself that there is only a few wks left before we get to meet this little one.  13 wks of bed rest is starting to get to me.  At least next dr will let me up and move around more.  Good luck ladies.

Hello all bed rest ladies! I am proud to announce the birth of our baby girl Bryn! August 18th 7:45 pm 4lbs 11oz 17 1/2in. She was born at 32 weeks 6 days after 2 1/2 weeks of bed rest in the hospital due to ruptured membranes. 9 weeks before that were spent on bed rest at home so it has definitely been a long road, but so worth it in the end! We have a beautiful baby girl who did spend two weeks in the NICU, but has now been home for a week and is up to 5lbs 1 1/2oz. She is a true blessing and everything that I went through to get her here today was more than worth it! I know how hard it is to be confined to a bed or couch and watch everyone else living their life and be so jealous. But now I look at my baby girl and feel like all that I went through was to bring the best thing that has ever happened to me, to my life! It may not feel like it to you now, but this time you spend on bed rest will soon be a blur. I would do it again and again So chin up ladies and keep your eye on the prize! Thanks to all of you for all the support and stories that helped me get through this. Keep 'em Cookin!

Hope your induction went well Lovemytieren!

I'm still here. 26 wks tomorrow Dr did another ffn test on Friday and it came back negative, so that's good Still having contractions though - some days are worse than others. I started having dizzy spells on Friday and had one again on Monday and Tuesday, so the dr is having me come in tomorrow. My blood pressure is getting a bit high - this morning it was 139/88. I have no experience with hypertension, so we'll see how this goes! Has anyone ever had terbutaline cause high blood pressure? Most of what I can find says it can cause low blood pressure, not high.

Thanks babyhope.  My contractions are usually not painful either - just tightness & pressure with a tingling sensation over my abdomen.  There are times that the feelings have been more intense lately. 
This is how my labor started w/ my daughter & when they got to the point that they were painful, it was too late.  When I was in L&D over the weekend, the nurse asked me to rate my pain with the contractions & I always feel funny when I say they don't hurt, like they think why did you come in if they don't hurt.  So I was just curious what your experience was.  Now I don't feel as crazy

I second the balloon idea - my daughter enjoys this as well!!

Hoping4fullterm-no the ctx are not painful at all. Just a tight squeeze but I can breathe and talk through them.  I had my last shot of progesterone yesterday and now my ctx have slowed down to every 10 minutes. Not sure if there is a correlation but I do think that the progesterone has been helpful.