Watching and Waiting.....and Sometimes Contracting

I'm still at here, in the hospital that is. They are keeping me until tomorrow and then "we'll see". Today, my body has done all it was supposed to do or should I say hasn't done anything it wasn't supposed to! The bleeding appears to have stopped and I thought the contractions had too although as I'm writing this I'm timing them. That's not good. Although it is very normal for a women in her fifth pregnancy to contract a lot through pregnancy, you don't want that to happen when there's a risk of bleeding. Maybe by the end of this post I'll be able to tell you that they stopped.

My doctor visited this afternoon. Here's a quick run down of that visit. First the most encouraging details:

• I now have bathroom priviledges. Woo Hoo!! (I'll not go into details, but you can just imagine how exciting this it!!) My dark-haired, sweet "nurse" with the cervical collar has been WONDERFUL, as he always is, but there are just some things you'd rather not need help with. 'Nuf said??
  
• I've been taken off the continuous monitoring.
• My terbutaline has been stretched to every 6 hours instead of every 4. (Although that may change if these contractions keep up.)
• I've been moved out of L&D and into a regular room......way more comfortable and quieter.
• I may get to go home tomorrow - YAY!

Now for the more sobering details of his visit:

• I'll be on bedrest once I'm home - at least for a couple of weeks but he wouldn't be any more specific than that.
• August, who was only given permission by his surgeon to drive a mere 2 days ago, is now suddenly the only driver for our family. (Please pray that he is protected whenever he's in the car. It could be devestating to the healing in his neck if he were to be rear-ended.)
• My doc says, in his opinion/experience, there's a 50% chance that I will have another bleeding episode in the future.
  
• I need to expect that I'll require a c-section. (Which is just fine by me anyway, given all the risks involved with this pregnancy.)

I'm sorry this update has come so late in the day. It has actually taken me 3 hours just to get this post written. Today has been very full. The girls came and brought lunch and ended up staying all afternoon. The evening has been a whirl of room changes, phone calls, visits, and now.....contractions (which have almost stopped now). Speaking of which, the doc just doubled my Terbutaline dose. Here's hoping for a quiet night!