Many people might think that bedrest is a time of rest and relaxation -- an escape from the responsibilities and duties of daily life, but as author Megan Kerns explains, it's far from a cakewalk. Here she tells how she survived bedrest and the pre-term labor and birth of her daughter Penelope.

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