recent flickr
standing on your head
imagine your bed was tilted backwards by 7 or 8 degrees, and you shouldn’t get out of it, or even sit up, for a week.
or two weeks. or eight. or twelve.
these are the measures that my courageous wife is undergoing in order to stay pregnant. after two weeks of strict at-home bedrest, we continued to have complications that would lead to her delivering early, so she was transported and admitted to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. she will stay at DHMC until the baby is born.
the nurses there (who are awesome, btw) call this backwards-tilt position “standing on your head.”
current status
- today marks 25 weeks, 4 days
- carrie and edgar are both fine
- edgar is measuring correctly for this gestational age, no anomalies detected
- the tilt position seems to have stabilized the situation, but there are no guarantees
we’re taking it one day at a time.
by mike, on May 5, 2009
categories: minutiae
categories: minutiae
Wow… sorry to hear about that. Hoping that she gets the best of care. Hoping that they have wifi.
posted on May 5, 2009
Good to hear that things are proper with the wee one so far (no anomalies, etc.)!
posted on May 5, 2009
Glad the baby is looking good. My thoughts are with you and Carrie.
posted on May 5, 2009
Sad to say but I did ask, before I was even transported here, if they had wifi.
Not like I had a choice in whether or not I came here!
posted on May 5, 2009
My thoughts are with you guys. Every day is a victory. Can’t wait to meet the little guy.
posted on May 6, 2009