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Have you thought about cross stitching or something like that? It's very easy, and helps pass the time, plus you get something fun out of it! You can make bibs or baby blankets.

I'm not pregnant, so obviously not on bedrest, but I do have surgery tomorrow and then can't pick up LO for 4-6 weeks after. So I'll be around a lot to keep you company.

@winniebee: I wish I knew how to knit, how fun! I didn't even think about doing craft projects myself- I'll have to go pick up some cross stitching for friends who are pregnant. And ordering pictures is a good idea, I need to make some photobooks too. Thanks, it will be nice to have a place to come keep me busy!

@chopsuey119: Thanks!

I was just put on bedrest too! I keep thinking about all the things I need to do ( grocery store, vaccum, clean the kitchen, ect) and I feel totally overwhelmed! And it doesnt help that daytime tv just isnt what it use to be!!

Me too, bed rest since last Friday! I have been told not to sit too much so in the bed I lay. I've been trying to keep a schedule to keep my sanity. 8am wake up, 9am bath, 10 am breakfast, etc. It helps me get through each day. I also made a list of all the annoying phonecalls I never have time to make and am slowly making my way through the list. I actually told the insurance company I was going to become the crazy lady who called everyday just to have human contact - I was just kidding.
Lets try and stay in touch keep each other's sprits up.
@stiffaknee - you could make a list of everything that needs to be done and then try to figure out who can help you with it. It may help you feel less overwhelmed. Putting names down helped. I had a whole to do list this weekend. My dad and brother came over and one by one they worked through my list.

I'm with you on bedrest for a few days as my neck heals from my crazy spasm!!

Today's only day two (yesterday I mostly just slept and ate) and of course it's still new and fun so far. I'm huge into needlepointing so I'm excited to continue my current project (a picture of a little girl saying her bedtime prayers for my college roommate's daughter) with gusto. But it might be tough because sometimes it's hard to move my left arm.

I'm also planning on playing a lot of games online. I know, geeky, but I just learned the board game Puerto Rico and I love playing strangers online! I also play Settlers of Catan and Dominion online.

Good luck with your bedrest WinnieBee!!!

Not on bedrest, but I am hanging out at working from home until baby arrives, so I'm pretty bored too. I know I don't have it as bad as you b/c I can get up, clean the house, go for a walk, etc., but some things I've done to pass the time at home have been knitting (I got a book on knitting for baby from the local library, and I've been working my way through projects), and lots of netflix. Good luck making it through the next few weeks!!

I'm not on bed rest either, but I got pulled off of work last week due to my PIH and GD.

Unfortunately my semi-house arrest coincides with DH's busiest time of the year at work, so he has been gone 12-16 hours per day for the past few weeks. Luckily that is coming to an end this weekend, so he will just be working normal hours until baby comes.

I am allowed to do light housework as long as my BP doesn't get higher, so for now I have been washing and re-folding all of our linens, and getting things in the house semi-in order (a much as I can considering out lower level is a disaster from renos).

My Mom is coming out tomorrow for an overnight visit to help me do some heavier stuff (emptying out the guest room so we can paint it for the nursery), so it will be nice to have some company for a couple days. This weekend DH is finishing drywalling our 2 guest rooms on the basement, and painting the nursery, so next week I can do some baby stuff (washing and putting away our baby clothes and blankets).

I am only really supposed to be up and moving for 30 mins-1hour with 30 minutes minimum breaks, so I have been popping online to chat and stuff in between.

I am trying to be a good girl though, so I don't get put on full bed rest before I can finish the nursery off! I am 34 1/2 weeks now, so I don't have too long until baby is full term!

@winniebee: Hehe so nice to hear your entire routine!! such a good idea to schedule in reading time and movie time since they take up a good chunk before and after lunch. I'm watching Good morning America right now but maybe I'll switch over to Today!

@winniebee: im not sure how much longer ill be on bedrest; i go for an ultrasound tomorrow and the only thing they said was if my fluid levels had not gone up, id get a one way ticket to the hospital... So ive been chugging water like its my job and hoping my doctor is pleased with where my fluid levels are at!!!

@winniebee: Thanks for asking!!! I'm doing a lot better today, the pain is still intense but a lot less frequent because I have a lot more mobility than before. I'm actually downstairs on the couch today and I'm hoping to do some work from home. I seriously considered going in to work today, but I didn't want to push myself and risk straining my neck further OR getting nauseous after 3 straight days in bed, just for a single day.... staying home today means I can take the whole weekend to ramp up again before I go to work again next week.

You are doing an amazing job-- I can't believe it's almost 32 weeks!! You are definitely going to make it... and every single day you are in bed, your baby is getting so much stronger and bigger. Cannot wait to eventually hear your birth story in a couple of weeks

@winniebee: how are you feeling?? I was thinking about you over the weekend and the fact that you got the ultimate bed rest break by going to your baby shower!!!

@winniebee: that's so great!!! I totally hear you about working, or really doing anything productive, which is hard to do because usually it involves... getting out of bed!! My neck is feeling SO much better, thanks for asking... I got a massage on Saturday morning (thanks @artbee for the suggestion!) and the MT was so helpful, showing me stretches I could do to relax the muscles that were all locked up. Thankfully by Saturday night I could start to catch up on all the housework that had built up over the week... dishes, laundry, etc... it was KILLING me to see all of that build up. Poor Rob Sr. worked so hard to keep things running and really did a great job, but it just happened to be laundry week and of course the dishes piled up. I'm still searching out missing pieces of tupperware... haha.

I came back to work yesterday with a head cold (of COURSE.. if it's not one thing it's another) but I was SO HAPPY to be back in the office!!! I spent the entire day catching up (turns out my boss had stopped CCing me on emails because she knew I was checking email from home, and she really wanted me to rest... too sweet... but I thought things weren't getting done!!! haha. she's so sneaky) and went to bed SUPER early the past 2 nights because I so desperately wanted to get rid of this cold and be able to work the full week. Being pregnant I can't really take anything for it, which sucks. I've also been kicking Rob Sr. out of the bed the first time he starts snoring, which last night was midnight, so I got a full 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep-- woohoo! I feel so much better today, almost 100%... couldn't be happier.

Can't believe that will soon be you as well-- except you will be in the recovery process with your new little baby!!!!!!!!!

@artbee: keep it up with that cross stitching!! You know, I love to do it so much but I don't really like to frame and display the work because I think most of the kits make a pretty hokey-looking product... but baby gifts are perfect!!! When I was pregnant with RJ I did a cross-stitch birth announcement to frame for his room, and I did another for my next baby... haha... which I will now use for this baby. And now in my spare time I'm doing one for a friend's baby's 1st birthday. I did a few bibs too but I tend to like the projects with the gridded material included. I'm also interested in doing a latch-hook rug for RJ's room (I did some during high school)... maybe!! I just love projects that keep my hands busy.

@winniebee: I think I just have to wait until I heal. Right now my body hates me, I'm not sleeping well because of the pain from incisions, etc. At least I hope that's the problem!

Sounds like you have a ton of support from family and friends. That's awesome!

@mrs. wagon: ive never tried latchhook, is it just as easy? I've never done anything for framing. Just bibs, baby blanket, and apron. Its so easy and mindless, but you get great results!

@mrs. wagon: Lol, I won a latchook thing that was already made at a temple thing one year. It was a teddy bear and I hung it in my room. I think they could be cute for kids rooms... and since I have a couple of pregnant friends maybe I'll try it!