We had a nice couple of days at the hotel, but ...I'm glad to be back at home. 3 days with four kids in a hotel room with two double beds was....a lot! The kids had a great time swimming, playing and...getting on each others nerves though. Mr. Green I have some great pictures that I'll have to post!!! Aidan was fearless in the kiddy pool and was literally leaping from the sides and swimming like a...fish! Alex played with him for hours on end while Andrew and Amanda enjoyed their first opportunity to be unattended by me in the 'big pool'. It was 3-5 foot deep and I could see them the entire time from the kiddy pool (they just didn't know it meanie) DH worked during the day and came in the evening for dinner and to spend time with us....then he went home to sleep...this way he could let the dog out, feed the cats, and....have some alone time. I think we both needed a break from each other and all of the stress...it did us both good.

Thomas broke his tailbone last week and has generally been unable to sit comfortably, etc...When he came home from work today he was so miserable that he just had to lay down on his stomach...and I got an ice pack for him to put on his...behind. meanie

Life on my rollercoaster? My ob broke her foot and will now be out for the next 6 weeks. I can't believe it! I wonder what else could possibly happen at this point? I have yet to talk to her, but I have been told that I'll be seeing the OBs with available appointments...all men...all different...which I have a big issue with... I don't really have a choice now. Sorry if that is offensive to the spouse's here who have hubbys in OB...I generally speaking don't undress in front of male physicians....I just don't. I've heard enough rude behind-the-scenes talk to last me a life time and even though I know women can be just as rude...at least we have the same body parts. Also....ob/gyn stuff is just really very, very personal to me. DH would die a million deaths if he had no choice but to see a female for a prostate exam or something (actually, he wouldn't go)...and I feel the same way when it comes to 'female' exams. I know some people who prefer male ob's...it's all about personal choice. I just feel less akward undressing in front of another woman....

I don't like that in the middle of what has proven to be an emotionally charged and semi-complicated pregnancy that I'll now be tossed from doc to doc with little consistency...and no clue of who is going to deliver the baby. To top it off, my AFI this morning was 7.9cm That puts me back into the 2.5% for amniotic fluid levels...and though one pocket was 3 cm, the others were all well enough below 2. A tech did the u/sound and I have no physician to follow up with on this right now....DH basically thinks that no one has even looked at it and he is beside himself with worry and upset. "I can't take this anymore", he howled through the phone after looking at the usound results in my chart... So, I told him that there isn't much anyone could do besides watch it and put me on bed rest and to calm his nerves I went to Wal-Mart and bought 2 kid's movies for 11.00 and told the kids that we are all going to lay in mom's bed and be on bedrest tomorrow! It can't hurt, and God knows I'm tired enough to lay in bed all day Laughing Now I just have an excuse to lounge! meanie

I have felt sad though for the last two days since learning about all of this...I can't really do anything to change it, so I have no choice but to accept it cheerfully. It just sux to have everything be so beyond my control right now. I'm used to being in the driver's seat...at least when it comes to most things in my life. I wish that Jodi was going to be able to be a part of the rest of the pregnancy and particularly the delivery. I know she must feel really badly too though. It's just sad to me....I had been thinking lately about how sad it would be when the pregnancy ended and we didn't see each other as often....I've been in her office every week...plus daily when I was inpatient...and we've talked on the phone a few times. I know that we'll still go out and grab a bite or have coffee occasionally when this is all over, but it will be different. I didn't realize this would be ending so soon.

When the baby is here and her foot heals, I have a feeling she and I will need to take ourselves out together for some good stiff drinks. Mr. Green I guess I'll have to cancel that purple pubic wig now....somehow, I'm thinking that a male ob who doesn't know me very well won't find the .... humor in it