Learning Portion Control

Learning Portion Control

That is what I am learning the most about during my hospital stay! The food is good here, they have an actual room service menu so I get to choose every meal daily which is nice. What is even nicer is that they are teaching me portion control. They are nice enough to include the fat content, protein grams and calories with every piece of food they give me. I am SHOCKED and AMAZED at how little adds up to so many calories! I swear I am eating half of what I do normally and it supposedly accounts to about 3000 calories a day! Shocking! If I can post a picture I will... it's always amusing when I pull the silver cover off my food to find a peitry dish of oatmeal or chicken pot pie... and for dessert I got a strawberry short cake the size of a mini muffin with a spat of whipped cream and not two but ONE strawberry!!!

So, looks like I am here through the weekend, if not longer. I go for another detailed ultrasound tomorrow where they check blood flow in my uterus. It's pretty cool, they can see the blood flowing in blue and red (directional based) and can see where there might be problems. I am hoping it looks perfect and they'll just send me home (doubtful!). My OB came to see me today which was nice since he knows my history the best. He is the one however that wants me to stay through the weekend if not longer - I kind of think they might keep me here until I hit 28 weeks. I am REALLY hoping they will send me home in time for Henry's birthday!!!

Henry and Chris came for a visit today... It was a nice long visit. They brought me flower which according to Henry "are to make me feel happy". I got to eat a picnic for lunch with Henry in my room and I even got to take a nap with him for a couple of hours which felt great. He was also able to eat dinner with me which was fun. He was adorable when he commented that I have to be in the hospital because his baby brother is sick. I think he kind of gets what is going on! The worst part of his visit was leaving... he wanted to stay with me so badly and was kicking and screaming as he got on the elevator... that threw both Chris and I into tears. His visit was worth it though!

So that's my latest... I hope you are all doing well! Hopefully you don't mind these emails, it gives me something to do :)