Something's Going to Fall Out

This past Monday night I had a terrible time trying to sleep. I wasn't able to find a comfortable position, no matter how I adjusted my body or pillows. If I did manage to doze off, I was awake within 15 minutes with either a numb arm or leg. I was thankful when the alarm clock went off so that I could start my day and stop the tossing and turning. I felt good when I got up, other than being tired and went about my morning routine as usual. Once I began to get dressed I noticed some really low back pain and figured it was from all my movements during the night, so wasn't really concerned. When I left our bedroom to pick up the house before leaving, I suddenly realized I wasn't able to walk very well. I was having low abdominal pains and a very real sense that "something was going to fall out". I felt like I needed to keep my legs closed as tightly as possible when walking, and even then it felt like gravity had a crazy hold on my uterus.
Casey and I decided to call my doctor's office before hours due the intense pulling. My doctor's partner returned my call and said that she was concerned my cervix could be compromised and I needed to come to the office ASAP.
I headed to the office and was of course quite stressed and worried about the constant pulling and the struggle to walk. Dr. S checked my cervix and assured me that it was still thick and very tight. She then noticed my scar from my surgery in May and remembered that I had a presacral neurectomy. She said she was concerned with the pain and pulling since all of the nerves in my uterus had been removed, as this would not allow me to feel if anything changed for the worse. She decided I needed to be on bed rest for the remainder of Tuesday and all of Wednesday and Thursday. She said if I could return to work on Friday, if I promised to take it easy over the weekend. She also requested that I purchase a maternity belt due to my uterus growing so quickly and to ease the pushing of my uterus onto my cervix and wear it until at least Saturday. I was NOT excited to be put on bed rest, but I understood the reasoning behind it and why it was needed in this situation.
So I survived the 3 days of prescribed bed rest and it was easier to do this time knowing I had 2 little ones counting on me (and my Casey). The last time I had to do 3 days of bed rest was after the embryo transfer with Dr. Gill. At that point we weren't certain in vitro would even work and I felt I could lay for 3 days and not have a successful implantation. This time I was able to relax and know that I had made it through 3 days before and could do it again. The maternity belt really helped and made me quite comfortable at work on Friday, too. It really helps to have it on when I'm mulling around the house or running errands and isn't able to be seen under normal clothing.
Everything has been going well since last week and our next big event is on Friday. We have our big ultrasound that afternoon and can't wait to learn the sexes of our two sweet peas!!!