prairiewindmomma Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I'm 32 weeks along in a really rough pregnancy. After months of modified bedrest at home, I'm in hospital for the long haul....2-5 weeks if we can keep her in that long. I'd like to use this time wisely, but after months of sitting on my bum I'm sick of crafting and watching Netflix. I'm not into tv and I'd like to use this time productively..... I do have my kindle and laptop with me, but I'm only able to read for short bits of time. Ideas??? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Audiobook? Puzzles? Make playlists and burn CDs for Christmas gifts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Lesson plan? Maybe you could offer to do online Christmas shopping for some of your family. Search out good deals and stuff. Good luck keeping baby in as long as possible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Organizing recipies and a shopping list of ingredients for easy meal planning for the next year or two after she arrives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpskowski Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 When I was in the hospital for 8 weeks prior to the twins, I did a lot of reading and journaling. I addressed the journal to the twins. I still write in it about things they do. I plan on giving it to them at some point when they are adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I spent 100 days in the hospital before ds12 was born. I would use the time to curriculum plan way in advance. Pick really fabulous read alouds and activities to round things out. Search lots of old threads etc. I hope you manage to keep the baby in a few more weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBnJ Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Are you interested in any family history or genealogy? I find that that can be very time consuming (but interesting too!) You can do lots of research online. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Learn Latin? Or another foreign language? Create a digital scrapbook for each kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Listening to something like the teaching company CDs might be good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Could you listen to lectures? There are places like MIT OCW, Academic Earth, Khan Academy that offer courses or individual lectures. The ones on Khan Academy are usually pretty short, less than 10 minutes. Is there a software you've been wanting to learn? You could spend hours on Pinterest. Delete old e-mail, organize your digital files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I was on bed rest for 14 weeks. I found a really obsessive schedule helped lots. I'd always wake at the same time and get ready for the day. I did have two tv shows I wouldn't miss. I scheduled my naps. I had a lot of "mess with the nurses' minds" time. (lady next door to me was also waiting on her babies, and we'd try to sneak out in wheelchairs. I know, bed rest, but you gotta do something!!!) Once or twice my son who was six got to spend the night in the hospital with me! You should learn something online. Spanish? You've got it easier than me. This was 18 years ago.....no laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara R Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Digital scrapbooking! Super easy with Picasa: http://www.memoriesoncloverlane.com/2011/01/more-scrapbooking-with-picasa-using.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: I did 10 weeks of bedrest at home with my youngest. It is a real drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth in MN Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 When I was on bed rest I obsessively researched things like vaccines. I could quote infection rates with complications for this or that shot. Scared the heck out of my ex and some friends. Then again I was a first-time mom. You said you're craft-ed out, but what about learning a new one? Knitting, crochet, or the like? I like the idea of menu and home school planning. What about house cleaning planning? I tend to take a big calendar at the start of a year and write in what floor I need to be working on each week. How about a book that has an activity a day, like a devotional or "The Awe-manac: A Daily Dose of Wonder"?. Organizing recipes, making photo albums, meditation are all good things too. I'm sending you "keep on cooking in there, wee one" vibes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 No new ideas but hugs for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Audio books? Rosetta Stone language? If you are a Christian, you could pray for others during part of your day.:001_smile: Again, with the above, Beth Moore Bible studies have a video component--you could do a lesson every day and watch the online videos. Anyone you could Skype with? Can you do NaNoWrMo? Coursera has lots of free lectures, as someone else mentioned. Maybe do a little of that? Who visits you? It must be hard. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sahm99 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I spent most of my last pregnancy in the hospital on strict bed rest (Hyperemesis). What really kept me going was...planning!:tongue_smilie: I planned EVERYTHING for the after-pregnancy time. Homeschooling, menus, structure of our days, field-trips, grocery-shopping,... lists, lists, and more lists... It gave me the impression of doing something useful and not "loosing control" completely, at a time when I was stripped of almost everything. And, really, my planning was successful! Even today (three years later) I regularly use things I worked on during those long months... :grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Thanks for the ideas! I've already done some pretty obsessive planning (meals, schedules, homeschooling, gardening, etc.), but this thread gave me some more ideas of things to do. I do find that having a daily schedule helps...I just need to keep enough stuff in the rotation that I don't go crazy. Being left mostly to myself for 18 hours a day after being in the center of a busy homeschooling family is a hard change! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I made folder games for a kindergarten teacher friend of mine :). Plus slept, read a lot of books, watched a lot of TV, and kept a journal. My DD will eventually have a much more full accounting of my pregnancy with her than she'll have of any other time in her life. FWIW, while I know each day seemed long at the time, it now all seems like a blur, and I remember, when DD was a few weeks old, wishing I could have just ONE more day of bedrest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 http://www.nanowrimo.org Writing might be fun. I wish you the very best.:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 genealogy. (careful, it's addictive.) ancestry has free trial memberships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Do the interactive demos on Rosetta Stone: http://www.rosettastone.com/ I personally love watching the National Health Service videos on youtube. Nothing is as entertaining as health info with s British accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Free Rice http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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