Bed rest a blessing in disguise
Expecting my 4th baby very soon, I'm a SAHM, my oldest is only 5 and with my 3rd baby I got severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome and baby went into distress. I'm 38 weeks and last week at 36.5 weeks my blood pressure started spiking. My dr said I could go home on bedrest to see if it could get lower as long as I monitor it several times a day and do labs every few days. The good news is, it's working, bp is lower. But it's made me realize just how much stress I have on a daily basis. With just a week of rest, I feel like a whole new person, better mood, etc. My husband had a hard time the first few days and my pressure actually went up lol, he had no idea how to work the washing machine, structure their day (they're all little, afterall) how to get the oldest 2 kids ready and lunches and bags packed for kindergarten and preschool etc and I had to explain everything (feeling like its much easier if i could just do it) and let go knowing he's doing things "wrong" aka not the way i do them. He's really stepped up (I hired a cleaning service so at least the heavy cleaning will be done) I'm very grateful for his help. I also think it may help him appreciate me more. It's not that he was outwardly unappreciative of me, but I've always felt like he really doesn't get how much I really do. Luckily we only have probably one more week of this, and I'm NOT minimizing those who have to be on bedrest for weeks and weeks or it impairs their income, they can't count on their spouse etc (that would seriously suck), but in my situation, bedrest might actually be a blessing!
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