Life beyond Mag

My friend Tracy passed along a pregnancy good luck charm. She recently delivered her beautiful twins after years of trying and a bumpy pregnancy herself. My husband got it in the mail and brought it to me in the hospital - so now we have just one more reason for things to continue to go well and fly over any obstacles, right? Thank you Tracy! (I look a little glazed over because I was still on my Mag when he took the photo, lol!)

I like my life beyond Mag Sulfate. Since I updated last I have transformed into a new woman - the new Sara is well fed, showered, and has been up to use the bathroom several times :-) Warning: the next sentences contain a bit too much info. I also am delighted to have finally done something else as well. Since Mag Sulfate relaxes muscles other than you uterus - it also causes things to slow down a bit - like your bowel. Well, with not moving around much over the last days, and having your bowel slow down due to the Mag...well you can see where this is going. Sometimes going hmmmm "number 2" for the first time afterwards is quite challenging (plus it is when you're pregnant anyways, lol!) And to answer what you might be thinking - even though I was not eating real food - clear liquids still make you feel like you need to go if you know what I mean. So I'm proud to say I've accomplished this task as well! Yes - I know that you probably didn't want to hear all about that. But this is some of the things a girl on bedrest, and a girl on bedrest who's been on Mag is really proud of!

I promise no more talking about poo - well at least not for this post. (You know how us nurses love to talk about poo, lol!) Brynn is doing great as well - there has been very minimal decels. What she has had has been short and nothing to be alarmed about. So for now I'm going to forget that she ever pulled those little shenanigans and I'm going to pretend that was just some isolated events never to reoccur again. The procardia is working well at controlling my contractions so basically I couldn't ask for anything more.

My goals for the moment are for both Brynn and myself to continue to gain some weight. I'd love to hear that she reaches the 3 pound mark one of these days, and I'm trying to shovel anything in my mouth that I can keep down. The zofran and reglan seem to be holding my nausea and vomiting at bay now that I'm off of Mag - so things are looking good on that front as well. Thanks again for your kind thoughts and prayers, one day I'll tell Brynn about your kindness as well.