The first vacation I haven't wanted to take

Went to the doctor today hoping for good results from my bedrest, but it wasn't meant to be. I've continued to progress so things are a bit more serious now. Still not dangerous, but the doctor told me to stop working effective immediately. Blood sugar was still good, but my blood pressure was up a little - 142/70. I had been in the 110/70 range before, but the doc isn't too concerned with that yet.

I'm still at home, but my bedrest is more strict now. Rather than reclining I'm supposed to be completely lying on the couch or in bed. No stress of any kind, and I'll go back in a week to see how this goes. I won't have the results of my swab test until tomorrow but hopefully that will still be negative. The main focus is to get another two weeks, then once we get there we try for another two weeks more.

I'm completely in shock that I am done working. I had been hoping to save more of my leave for after the baby gets here, but apparently this is my first lesson in "babies control everything." I've got tons of sick time saved up and my management is extremely supportive of whatever I have to do, so we'll deal with it as it comes.

I've got a list of things in mind to keep me busy, so we'll see how many days it takes me to start going crazy. The hardest thing is that now I have to order people around to wait on me even more than I was before. Last week when I'd make a trip to the potty, I'd stop and fill up my water bottle, take a peek at the nursery, and meander a bit to give my back a chance to stretch and everything. Now it will be a straight trip back and forth and poor Ethan will have to do everything. Thank goodness I enjoy horrifically crappy TV and game shows, that might be my only salvation. I've joined Netflix too, so we'll see how it goes.