I was put on ‘modified’ bedrest at my doctor’s appointment on June 4th. My blood pressure was high and Dr. Brozena mentioned that I needed to slow down. Obviously I couldn’t slow down much at home with my two crazy big kids, so that meant working from home would be a good option. Luckily, my bosses were accommodating and from that day on I didn’t have to work from the office. (Sadly, I still had to work from home…and our company made a huge asset purchase effective June 1st, so there was a ton of work to be done)
June 10th was my next appointment and by this day I.was.totally.over.being.pregnant. Seriously. Get this child out of me!! I actually cried in the exam room because I still was only dilated to a 1, my blood pressure was back to normal, and there was zero reason to deliver baby #3 any earlier than we had planned. My sweet doctor was so compassionate and had the scheduler check right then and there to see if there was an opening for c-section delivery on Friday instead of Monday. Praise the Lord there was!!! (She was on-call that weekend too. It was meant to be).
Fast forward to Thursday night. All I wanted was to have a nice relaxing night at home. Give the big kids their baths, read stories, put them to bed. You know, like a fairytale. That is NOT what happened. I had to cover west coast pricing for my boss. Usually that means I work from home until 7 or so. Oh, but not that night. That night we had one problem after another. It ended with me sobbing and still working on technical issues at 9pm. That’s right, 9pm. Randy put the kids to bed while I was on the phone with IT, my boss and the field reps because SAP wasn’t working and price changes weren’t posted. I’m pretty sure that isn’t what my doctor had in mind when she put me on modified bed rest. I’m pretty sure that was terrible for my blood pressure. I fell asleep that night feeling totally defeated, pissed off and also sad. Pitiful. Just pitiful.