Day 81

Today has been a rather eventful day. We woke up this morning and got ready for ultrasound. We went to ultrasound around 11 and we got a new girl that was doing our ultrasound. She didn't know how to use the machine, didn't seem like she knew how to look for the pockets of fluid and didn't try which aggrevated me, and was kind of rude. Everyone here has been so friendly and good to us, guess we have gotten spoiled. She didn't find any fluid pockets, she had long nails and kept scratching me, and she hit my baby too many times (boy lifes rough, lol). When we got back, I ate my lunch and then it was off to the NICU for our tour. The tour went great, we even got to see some of the babies that their parents were on our floor over the past few weeks. They showed us the ICU which is where the babies stay until they get stable, some stay there a long time. The next room was the step down unit or the CCU where the babies have their own cubicle and the parents do almost everything such as feeding changing, etc. We found out that we CAN be in there 20 hours of the day we have to leave during shift change. There can only be two visitors at a time and the visitors must wear gloves and a gown and can't enter if they are sick at all. We don't have to wear gloves, they want us to touch the baby and get him use to our feel. You have to scrub down your hands and arms each time you enter for two minutes, which I do remember doing when Abbi was born (oh yea and don't forget your antibacterial gum, lol). The rooms they have for us to stay in are on a day to day basis. I think the needing a place to stay thing has resolved itself, because I think I am going to need to be at home resting more than I had anticipated. I thought I would just come up here and sit by his bed all day, wrong. I got winded in the wheel chair for 30 minutes. They did say I could call every hour and check on Zeke if I wanted. We will probably try to come every day, but I sure won't be at his side for 16 hours a day like I had thought. I am not sure how a mother leaves a child as it seems unnatural to me, but I am sure we will figure it out just like we have everything else, through God! When we got back, I slept and am now ready for my supper, lol, eating is the highlight of my day. I have gained 22 pounds all together ( I won't mention that I have gained ALL of it since I have been in the hospital, actually it has ALL been in the last 6 weeks.) The doctor said its okay to gain 2o-25 pounds and I said yea in a 40 week pregnancy with fluid and he just laughed and said the bed thing was most of it. We laughed and then he said my face was swollen, I guess he was trying to make me feel better about the 22 pounds. He said it would be about 6 weeks, if I deliver normally, before I would be close to normal activity level. If I have a section it could be closer to 10 weeks! He also said I could drive after a week for regular delivery and 4 weeks for a section, I sure hope Zeke handles the delivery like a strong little boy and that I won't need a section! This is the longest blog, we got so much info today that I needed to pass on, hope your night is great!