From the basement to the penthouse?

They took Rebecca off of the magnesium at 2 and everything went really well.  Rebecca stopped having contractions.  She got to eat a couple saltines and then that mystic slice of pizza she'd been craving, so things are looking up.  Turns out that the early water breaking and contractions is most likely just dumb luck, could've happened to anybody and doesn't have anything to do with Rebecca's pre-existing conditions.  Still sucks, but I suppose we can take comfort in normalcy and random chance. 

Now we just wait and see how long Rebecca can hold out.  That will probably effect if/how long William might get to visit the NICU. 

So Rebecca got upgraded to the anti-pardum floor on the 7th floor of the hospital.  Much like New York apartments, there is always a tradeoff.  Where as in the first room, we had no windows and were on the first floor, it had lots of space.  They even rolled in a cabinet that I could use to do some work.  This room however, is a wee bit smaller, an efficiency if you will.  It has a large window, which affords a majestic view of another building, but there is just room on one wall for Rebecca's bed and a sink.  The chairs(that I will be trying to sneak out of here to upgrade my house with) only fit on the opposite wall underneath the tv, which does not afford a view of said tv.  The only thing missing is a hot plate.  There is a larger room on this floor, that we were able to get the last time around when were a bit more of a major issue.  We've been added to the waiting list for it, but its doubtful that we'll get that.

In some ways, this is a good thing because our situation isn't a big deal in the greater scheme of things.  I think the threshold for panic and all hand on deck is 29 weeks.  Since Rebecca is sitting at 32, the consensus is that everything should be ok. 

The toughest thing so far this time around is not spending time with Thomas.  Rebecca has to be especially frustrated by this.  We've brought him up to the hospital both days for short visits, but Thomas doesn't like mommy not getting up and is just too inquisitive and busy to keep him up here long.  Fortunately Mimi is here to take care of him, but I don't like the extended amount of time that we're both away from him.  Hopefully things will settle down and we'll both get to hang witth Thomas more. 

Overall Rebecca feels much better than even this morning.   That's it for now.  I'm fairly tired and not feeling remotely clever.