So I haven't done much blogging lately because I was put on bedrest for the last 2 weeks. I started bleeding quite a bit and then later started into labor. At the time I was 31 1/2 weeks along, which was just a little too early for the baby, so they stopped the labor and I was put on bed rest. I've always thought bed rest sounded hard when I had heard people who had to be down, but wow it was so much harder than I thought.
One thing that really surprised me was how hard it was to have people help me. My two sisters helped me tremendously. They came over almost every day and watched Jackson, cleaned my bathrooms, did laundry, grocery shopping, and even started working on the baby's nursery. I often found myself crying or on the brink of crying the whole time. I hadn't realized how hard it is to have people help you when you feel like you should and could be doing it yourself (I felt like I could physically, but shouldn't for the baby's sake). Soon the relief society found out and we had meals brought to us every night during the week. This all was very overwhelming to me and Jeremy. So many people were sacrificing their time, money, gas, and physical energy to help me. One of the hardest parts was not being able to pick up and take care of Jackson. I missed him so much each day and I think he missed me too. He really started acting out and being a little stinker, which made it harder for me when people were helping take care of him and he was being hard for them. Each night when he would come home I would hold him as long as he would let me. He doesn't cuddle for long, but he seemed to enjoy laying down with mom on the couch a little more than usual.
Anyways, I wrote this because I wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped our family get through the last couple weeks. We are so grateful and humbled by everyone's willingness to help us out. Because I was able to really rest, by body stopped progressing towards labor and my bedrest ban has been lifted. I still have to take it easy, dr.'s words"resume light activity", and still no picking up and carrying Jackson, but at least I can drive and be up more during the day. I am now 34 weeks, and just 3 more weeks puts me to 37 which is considered full-term. I'm praying for at least 3 more weeks of this baby inside me, but no more than 5! :)
