Much Better Night and (so far) Uneventful Day

Last night was a pretty good night. Bekka had an uneventful afternoon so the docs decided she could A) Have real food again and B) Get up to go to the bathroom. Apparently, that's a pretty big deal if you've been confined to bed for 2 weeks and Bekka is ecstatic.

Bleeding is at a very slow level. Still there, but very gradual. We hope it stays that way and isn't just biding it's time for another big event, because let me tell you that's a scary experience.

Since everything looked good last night, they have moved to 12 hour fetal monitoring. This means that the nurse does not have to come in and wake Bekka every 4 hours (and therefore myself). Bekka is probably her own best monitor by reporting any contractions or bleeding. She'll be right back on the monitors if something goes haywire, but for now, it's a much lower key existence. The result was more than 8 hours of sleep for both of us last night. We almost feel human again.

We've been very happy with the nurses and doctors at both hospitals. They're very engaged in what's going on and friendly to a fault. It's reassuring that good people with a real interest in the patients are involved. Even the food service person has taken a special interest in Bekka and making sure she gets something she likes.

That's it for now. We hope everything stays boring and I'm only writing these every couple of days. Thanks for the thoughts and prayers and comments on the blog. It means a lot.