Doctors Orders

Wednesday night was scary. I came home from work, wasn't feeling great. My head hurt, was sick to my stomach, back tight, and my tummy was hard as a rock. At one point I seriously thought I was going into labor. I called the doctor, they told me to lay down in bed. I was having contractions, and if they continued well I should head to the hospital. I woke up several times during the night, felt better, could tell my body was relaxed. Thursday I called the doctors office, and made an appointment to see her. I needed her to check his heart beat. When I arrived I had to have an ultra sound, the baby has turned, he's now head down, pushing on my placenta. He's dropped down a lot too. Then the doctor did an exam, I will leave out the details, but the out come was not what I wanted to hear. I'm dilated 1 cm, and he will be coming extra early if I don't makes some changes. She said my stress needed to be cut, and I can't work anymore. It's extra important we keep him in for at least 2 more weeks. If he is born now he will be 6 weeks early and will need to be in intensive care unit for a week or so. It really put things into prospective for me. We can't control when he will come for sure, but it's now time to realize I have to do whatever I can to make sure he stays in. Did I plan on stopping working before he was born, nope....in fact that creates a new stress, $$$. I'm not focusing on the $$ part. F is being really great and supportive, and so his my boss. When I went back to work on Thursday I informed them all of what the doctor said, and that this time I needed to really listen to her. Automatically my boss was like, yes you need to stay home and take care of yourself, the baby is the most important thing right now. Hearing him say it meant a lot to me, cause I know work is crazy right now, and loosing me at this time is one of the worst things for them. I am going to continue to do as much work as possible from home, as long as my stress level is low. I go back next Friday to another check up, and I'm hoping she is happy with the results.
Staying home is also going to be one of hardest things for me, I hate not doing things, and sitting around, it drives me nuts! However this isn't about just me anymore. I feel him move in my stomach and I remember, he's number 1 right now.