Everyone joked that my pregnancy bed rest sounded like a dream. In reality, it was the hardest 3 months of my life.

The author was ordered by her doctor to stay on bed rest for three months during her second pregnancy. Courtesy of Amber Campbell When I was 24 weeks pregnant, my doctor ordered me to spend the rest of my pregnancy on bed rest. Everyone acted like it was a vacation, but I was terrified. It was hard to give up control. Three months later, my daughter was born healthy. I realized how important that time was. In my 30s, my self-worth was still so connected to how much I could accomplish in a day…