Greetings from Chez Evergreen!I am now an official member of the "Purple chair club".... What the heck is this?
Not unlike the Red Hat society, there are exclusive requirements to join.
1.You must be pregnant
2.You must be on bed rest
3.You must reside for a temporary basis at Evergreen Hospital
Having said this...I have passed the required fields and here is my purple chair! It reclines...
Things I can do in my chair include:1. sleeping
2. reclining
3. ride along escort for my daily 2-1 hour visits to
the outdoor patio to ensure my lungs are filling with "fresh air"
Yes, that's right, they recline me and push me down the hall! Wow! Better than any wheelchair I've had to ride in the last few months! They even have a room we can reserve for birthday , parties, etc, my purple chair can take me there!
My stay here started Wed. June 25 and will continue until these kiddos are ready to make an entrance into the world. Everything at the moment is still fairly stable, so it is a little wierd being in the hospital when I don't feel sick. I have a great view of my ever growing belly from my bed and they monitor the babies twice a day for an hour. Last night it took 2 hours for the 1 hour of monitoring! Baby A, who is generally very cooperative and stays in her usual spot, decided to give my nurse, Susan, a run for her money. She was hiding so deep and laying at such a funny angle, it was very hard to keep her heartbeat on the monitor. Susan just about resorted to an ultrasound to find her, then she picked up her heart. But, she had to hold the monitor on the right spot for an hour! We watched some tv and chatted about movies until midnight when we finally had enough monitoring in. Baby B was a good girl, for once. She is usually the one who "swims" away any time she senses the ultrasound machine coming! It's fun to imagine what their personalities will be :)
I am 25 weeks tomorrow and counting! A neonatologist came in to talk to me yesterday about all the dangers of each week that a baby is early. It seems like everyone is expecting these babies to come really early, but I feel like we can make it to 34 weeks...let's hope I am right :)
My next ultrasound will be Monday June 30th...I'll update again then...from my lovely hospital bed!
