Had an appointment with the doctor today. Everything looks good.

He made me decide right then and there when to go in the hospital, though, which contradicted what he told me on Friday when he said we could take it day by day and decide a day of, if we wanted to. He was all, well you need to decide, and when I said Steve hadn’t made up his mind either, he was like, well you need to do it, then. So then he tells me, “how about this, you come in one week or two, which is it?” Something in me said “two!!!!!” so I said two.

So now I go in on the 23rd. I’ll have to go to one hospital for an ultrasound and paperwork ’cause apparently that’s where the doctor is scheduled to be that day. Then I go to the one I’ll be in for, possibly, the next 8 weeks.

They’ll give me one steroid injection then and then another 24 hours later. And they monitor baby 24/7. And we wait.

A thing I got about the hospital today says this:

“Occasionally, it’s necessary for a mom with a high-risk pregnancy or symptoms to need extra care. This may require a hospital stay on bed rest or limiting activities to help the baby grow safely. If this is necessary during your pregnancy, our exclusive While You Are Waiting program provides the support you need while away from home. Our committed nurses and professionals are focused on helping you find positive ways to handle the extra time on your hands, and lessen the stress and worry, whie taking special care of you and your baby. We’ve created a unique healing environment to support you in every way possible.

– Private rooms and flexible room service meals help you feel at home.
– Education classes are provided at your bedside, like childbirth preparation and newborn care.
– Keep your hands busy with creative activities: learn to knit, enjoy scrapbooking, or try painting and journaling.
– Stay connected to family and friends on our laptops with WIFI.
– Caring Bridge – a private, personalized web site makes it easy to stay in touch.
– Special support groups are available for dads and siblings.
– Bedside salon and massage services when you need a little pampering!”

SO I guess that’s me!
My first question is: when will someone teach me to knit? :) I’ve been wanting to learn really.

And though they say keep connected with their laptops, I’m hoping I’ll be able to connect mine to the wi-fi. And if that’s the case, I’ll have even more to keep me entertained. I’ll probably even get Netflix or something for watching stuff on my PC. Though Steve insists they must have a DVD “rental” place in there since we found a DVD in a drawer last time, but who knows. Just depends on how things go. There’s also that Amazon Unbox which is not bad.

I’ve got a book to read that my friend gave me last week. Kinda been saving it for my hospital time. But if I get into it it won’t take me long to finish it anyway. I also am putting some photos on my little scrapbooking drive, so maybe I can do that. And I ordered two cross stitch kits last night, so yes, plenty of things to keep me occupied.

As you can guess I’m trying to actually make this some what fun for me. Might make it easier. Rather than dreading the 23rd, I’m trying to look forward to it. Then, if nothing else, the next two weeks won’t be filled with my dreads of what is coming.

Oh the doctor did say again that there’s a chance that between now and when I go in the hospital that I could go in labor and that we’d probably lose the baby. BUT then he said it was a VERY small chance and most likely won’t happen. I guess they assume that because I didn’t go into labor within that first week after my water breaking that I probably won’t for some time now, or maybe never on my own, who knows?