It's officially a Monday today... made it through the weekend.
Matt was able to stay Fri/Sat night and things had gotten a bit calmer with all the drugs they give me to give the babies.
Last night was a little more entertaining as I was contracting a lot even on the meds. The plan for now is to keep me on the contraction drugs, just so it makes me feel better...
The doc came in this morning and pretty much said that it's a good thing that I'm here... before it was kind of skeptical to be here, but now with the monitoring we're realizing it's a good move. No matter what I'm here until I'm 35 weeks pregnant, or if we deliver earlier than that.
If we go earlier, it's going to be C-Section. If it's later, the possibilities are endless :)
A spirometer was just brought in for me to get my lungs working as sitting around doesn't help them. I've noticed the shortness in breath when I'm barely up and around. This is supposed to help it. I guess it's a game to plan throughout the day to beat my last mark.
Family and friends have been overwhelmingly amazing to me. We're so lucky, and so are these girls. Just gotta keep them in!
More later if something happens.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Sent to Hospital
Ok, so the reason there wasn't an updateafter the last doc's apointment was because we got sent directly to the hospital! When we were at the doc's the cervix was pretty much gone. In fact, you could see Baby A's head! Plus, the babies aren't growing very well.
We checked in and got hooked up to IV/antibiotics/stop contraction meds immediately. I must say I was sorta in disbelief, but when the initial contraction readings were 3 minutes apart, I was glad to be here! I could only feel big contractions barely, so I had no idea other ones were happening! I guess that is common with twins since the uterus is already so stretched. We also took the steroid shots for lung development in case the girls arrive within a week...
It is now Saturday and we've been here since Thursday night. I'm still on all the drugs but the steroids... not really any contractions and doing just fine. We need to watch three things: cervix, contractions and babies growth. The most important is the growth.... We'll see what happens.
I think I'm here for at least 3 more weeks provided everything is as calm as it is now. Then there's barely a slight possibility of going home before they arrive. If the girls get a little excited and want to come out, we'll be letting you all know if that day arrives. I'm getting good care, and I have great family and friends who have been visiting. Feel free to stop by or call... whatever works.
I have learned to shower w/ an IV on, which is an interesting new skill to have to learn! It's been crazy, but hopefully I'll settle into a routine here soon.
Matt's been amazing through all this, so I couldn't have asked for a better man to have married!
We checked in and got hooked up to IV/antibiotics/stop contraction meds immediately. I must say I was sorta in disbelief, but when the initial contraction readings were 3 minutes apart, I was glad to be here! I could only feel big contractions barely, so I had no idea other ones were happening! I guess that is common with twins since the uterus is already so stretched. We also took the steroid shots for lung development in case the girls arrive within a week...
It is now Saturday and we've been here since Thursday night. I'm still on all the drugs but the steroids... not really any contractions and doing just fine. We need to watch three things: cervix, contractions and babies growth. The most important is the growth.... We'll see what happens.
I think I'm here for at least 3 more weeks provided everything is as calm as it is now. Then there's barely a slight possibility of going home before they arrive. If the girls get a little excited and want to come out, we'll be letting you all know if that day arrives. I'm getting good care, and I have great family and friends who have been visiting. Feel free to stop by or call... whatever works.
I have learned to shower w/ an IV on, which is an interesting new skill to have to learn! It's been crazy, but hopefully I'll settle into a routine here soon.
Matt's been amazing through all this, so I couldn't have asked for a better man to have married!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Crib is Up!
I just have to tell everyone that Matt put the crib up last night with ZERO instructions!!
We also have the glider in the babies room and an end table w/ lamp in there. Next up is the changing table which should be coming soon...
When we're closer to having it totally done, I'll post more pictures/the finished product!
For now, we're off to the doc's today to see what happens.
Woohoo!
We also have the glider in the babies room and an end table w/ lamp in there. Next up is the changing table which should be coming soon...
When we're closer to having it totally done, I'll post more pictures/the finished product!
For now, we're off to the doc's today to see what happens.
Woohoo!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Babies Room
Laurie (Matt's sister) has tremendous talent and has done all painting for the babies room. The colors are kinda funky from our camera... but the wall is really light green and peach... there will be more stuff in there, but we wanted to show progress.
The tiger is sooo cute! And we're having two little monkeys so they are in the trees :)
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Some Good News
Ok, another round of doctors that took about 3 hrs today. Whew... I'm exhausted, and had no idea it would be like that just to get out of the house.
Great news though!
1) Cervix is back to normal! YAY... so ibuprofen worked.
However, I have to be taken off ibuprofen as of Monday AM, so that's when it could get interesting.
2) Babies are fine... same position as before. Baby A is head down, Baby B is heads up.
3) We did the fetal stress test and found that they have normal amounts of movement, however, I am having light contractions. They are random... not in any sort of order, and are very weak. Given that Ibuprofen stops here soon, this could get a little more interesting.
All's well though-- and we're still weighing the options of vaginal vs. C-section... but vaginal is winning even with a possibility of Baby B being born breached. We'll see where the end position of the kiddies are soon enough I guess.
Stay tuned!
Great news though!
1) Cervix is back to normal! YAY... so ibuprofen worked.
However, I have to be taken off ibuprofen as of Monday AM, so that's when it could get interesting.
2) Babies are fine... same position as before. Baby A is head down, Baby B is heads up.
3) We did the fetal stress test and found that they have normal amounts of movement, however, I am having light contractions. They are random... not in any sort of order, and are very weak. Given that Ibuprofen stops here soon, this could get a little more interesting.
All's well though-- and we're still weighing the options of vaginal vs. C-section... but vaginal is winning even with a possibility of Baby B being born breached. We'll see where the end position of the kiddies are soon enough I guess.
Stay tuned!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Belly Pics...Oh Yeah
I think I'm brave for putting these up... this is at 30.5 weeks :) Happy 4th of July everyone!
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