Bedrest!

Yep, Denise has been put on bed rest by her doctor yesterday (Wednesday). She had her weekly appointment and her blood pressure had shot up some, so they wanted her to stay off her feet as much as possible. They ran a bunch of blood work tests though, and they all came back okay. So right now we just have the blood pressure and the water retention to worry about.

This is tough on Denise. She always seems to be doing something, and after her first 24 hours of taking it easy it has driven her a little nuts! At her job, she spends most of the day sitting, so she likes to come home and be up and about doing things. I am just the opposite though as I am on my feet all day and just want to sit when I get home.

We are not sure what our next step will be. There is some talk of inducing early and there is some talk of trying to ride it out. Dr. Mirau is on vacation next week, so Denise is kind of hoping to hold on through that as she really likes her. But if Libby decides its time, it is time.

Also figuring into this is both of leaves from our places of employment. Since Denise is on bed rest, her disability leave has started now. Unicel (she is still on their plan as Verizon's will not be in effect until after Libby's birth) gives five weeks of paid disability leave. After that, you have to use vacation time if you have any or you are just not paid for your time off. Well, if Denise makes it all the way to September 2, she will only have around three weeks of paid leave left.

My leave is a little more cut and dried. I have to take three days of paid time off and then my disability leave kicks in. I have twenty days banked up in my disability leave, so in all I get 23 days off. Of course, both of us can take up to 12 total weeks under the FMLA laws, but outside of our time off banks, everything else would be unpaid.

Luckily Denise's bed rest is not complete bed rest. She can still do things and be up and around occasionally, she just needs to take it easy. Since we have no other kids, I will be able to continue to work up until the big day.

Also, Denise's Unicel e-mail account will be inactive while she is out. Her new e-mail account is:

denisemills@hotmail.com

Otherwise, there is not a whole lot else going on here. We did get 1.2 inches of rain on Monday, so it looks like the lawn will need to be mowed this weekend. Everything around the house seems to be ready for Elizabeth's arrival, so about all we can do is take it one day at a time right now!

Have a great weekend everyone! We will post more as we know more.

Troy and Denise