Bedrest

Cynthia Faullin (cfaullin@uiuc.edu)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 09:29:23 -0600


Hi Cris!  I was put on restricted activity @20 weeks with my 2nd pregnancy.
I had to leave work at that point and Trevor had to continue going to the
sitter so that I could get real rest at home.  When I was admitted to the
hospital at 29 weeks and put on strict bed rest (not toilet, shower etc.) I
thought I would go nuts.  My first full day in hosp. was a Friday and I
didn't know how I would get through the weekend without the regular day-time
TV.  By then I had become a soap junkie.  As it was Trenton was delivered
early Sat. morning so I didn't have to cross that bridge.  I didn't have it
nearly as bad as you but I have an inkling of what you went through.
However,  like all you other mothers out there, I would gladly have spent
all nine months on my back for the benefit of my child.  I hope that I get a
chance to do it again.  Sick, aren't I.

Cynthia Faullin
mom to Trevor and Trenton