Home.

I am home after a little over 24 hours at the hospital and on bedrest- which ironically doesn't make one feel rested at all! I think I managed to get a total of about 3 hours of sleep. Between the beeps of the monitors I was wearing, and the cords that got in the way of moving around and then the newborn cries comin from the room next to me, it all added up to a long night. I have to say that the comfort-factor of the bed was not near where it should be for an expectant mother, and it may have been just low enough to talk me into a home birth. =) Although Chip is a hard-sell on that idea, so I doubt it will happen.
I'm not complaining though. I had wireless and Panera Tomato-Basil soup {ala Chip too...thanks, sweetie!} and my kids all were very well-cared for in my absence. In fact I'm concerned that they didn't miss me enough!
It feels so good to be home and I am hoping for a little catnap today, just to get a bit of my energy back. I'm on normal activity/diet per my doctor...and so now we just wait and do laundry. =) Thanks for your prayers...I can only imagine how lumpy the bed would have felt had you NOT been sending some of them up for me! As for the baby, everything looks great and tomorrow we hit the 37-week {full-term mark}, so the major concerns are nearly behind us. Or maybe they are just beginning. Perspective is everything.