pregnancy complications

First of all -- Baby G is looking great. At 35 weeks and 6 days, he's nearly 7 pounds and has a full head of hair. He's also proven to be a thumb sucker in the womb -- would not move his hand long enough for the ultrasound tech to get a clear shot of any of his face. He is very healthy and seems to be very happy. It was amazing to watch him move around -- he would frequently turn his head away from the ultrasound wand. He's head down, with his feet up in my right ribs, looking towards my left side. This I knew already -- he really doesn't like the left side of my body.

As for me -- not so good. Borderline pre-eclampsia at 36 weeks -- that's the diagnosis. I'm being put under strict monitoring now -- reassured that the baby is fine, but mom is not. I'm needing to go for weekly non-stress tests and blood work now to make sure my blood pressure doesn't keep going up. I'm also on modified bed rest -- which means while I'm still allowed to work (because I basically have a desk job), I can't do anything when I'm home now. It means no cooking, no cleaning, no laundry, nothing but sitting on the couch and taking a shower. This time next week, I likely will no longer be able to work at 37 weeks, and will probably be waiting around to be induced. She wants me to deliver before I get full blown pre-eclampsia and that there is no way I will make it to my due date of August 17th. If I had to guess, I would say our son will be here the first week of August.

I can't really describe my feelings at the moment -- I'm not sure how to react. I'm trying to digest all this new information, how I could go from basically a perfect pregnancy to complications at the end. I'm sure its nothing I did or didn't do -- my body just isn't willing to take much more. We can't believe he could be here in just 2 weeks.

So now I am open to suggestions on how to fill all this empty time I'll have on my hands. Anyone who's been on bed rest, I'm sure can provide me with some! My parents will actually be in town this weekend, and I have another shower on Sunday, so I'm not too worried about being occupied until next week. But then again, I don't know what could happen tomorrow -- at this point, I'm just trying to get prepared for whatever is coming our way.