Twisting our way through love, marriage, and children!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
24 WEEKS!!
I am so glad that we have made it to the 24 week mark! What is even better is that I feel great! I have an appointment today with my doctor so I will post more later... YEA!
Monday, August 17, 2009
23 weeks, 4 days
A lot has happened in the last week or so since I wrote last. As you probably read, 1 1/2 weeks ago, I went to the hospital for contractions and was placed on serious bed rest. I was really depressed about it but knew that if I got 2 healthy daughters out of the mix, I would make it. The following Monday I went to my doctor to get my cervix checked. The results were amazing. He did a vaginal scan and said that he could not even fit my cervix on the screen. It was over 5 cms long! It has grown 1 cm since about 5 weeks ago! Crazy! He did a ffn, that was negative. He also said my cervix was like steel. He took me off bed rest and lifted all restrictions! I was so happy when I left the office that day, I was crying my eyes out. Despite the assurance of my doctor, I have taken it pretty easy for the last week. I did go back to work full-time but I go home and put my feet up. My husband has been the bulk of all household chores which I must say has been fantastic! I just want to make sure that these babies make it all the way to 36 weeks (if not longer). I don't mind being pregnant until 40 weeks because I know that my babies will be healthy little girls.
Great news also was delivered last Monday. MY HUSBAND GOT A STATE JOB! Full family benefits are included. This has taken so much stress off of us. We were hoping that I would be able to quit work to stay at home with the girls but in my husband's current job to put us all on his insurance would have cost $1100/month. We wouldn't even been able to pay the rent. But fortunately my very intelligent husband got offered a great job with great benefits that we don't have to pay for. So though, money will still be tight, I will not have to work! I am so excited to stay at home and watch my babies grow up. I am also happy that I can contribute to my daughter's class by going to some class parties and field trips. I have never been able to do that and she was so excited when I let her know that I would volunteer for a field trip next year. She is such a sweetie!
Speaking of my daughter, in two short weeks, she is going to be in 3rd grade! I really can't believe it. We took her back to school shopping yesterday. That was quite an experience. As an ALMOST 9 year old, she has now decided that the clothes I pick out are so un-cool. She was very picky. Luckily, we agreed on a few things and I let her get her way with most everything except the pink hair-dye that she would just die if she didn't get. At the end of day, I asked her if she was happy that she was going to look so cool at school. She stated, "I would look cooler if my parents would let me dye my hair!" All I could do was laugh!
That's it for now. 2 1/2 days to viability! Even though, I have faith that we are going to make it so much longer than that.
Great news also was delivered last Monday. MY HUSBAND GOT A STATE JOB! Full family benefits are included. This has taken so much stress off of us. We were hoping that I would be able to quit work to stay at home with the girls but in my husband's current job to put us all on his insurance would have cost $1100/month. We wouldn't even been able to pay the rent. But fortunately my very intelligent husband got offered a great job with great benefits that we don't have to pay for. So though, money will still be tight, I will not have to work! I am so excited to stay at home and watch my babies grow up. I am also happy that I can contribute to my daughter's class by going to some class parties and field trips. I have never been able to do that and she was so excited when I let her know that I would volunteer for a field trip next year. She is such a sweetie!
Speaking of my daughter, in two short weeks, she is going to be in 3rd grade! I really can't believe it. We took her back to school shopping yesterday. That was quite an experience. As an ALMOST 9 year old, she has now decided that the clothes I pick out are so un-cool. She was very picky. Luckily, we agreed on a few things and I let her get her way with most everything except the pink hair-dye that she would just die if she didn't get. At the end of day, I asked her if she was happy that she was going to look so cool at school. She stated, "I would look cooler if my parents would let me dye my hair!" All I could do was laugh!
That's it for now. 2 1/2 days to viability! Even though, I have faith that we are going to make it so much longer than that.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
22 weeks, 3 days
This has only been my second day on bedrest but I feel like I am going crazy already. I am in school, taking online classes so that is going to help a lot with boredom but everything on my body aches laying down. UGH! I haven't felt any contractions, which is good but (TMI coming up) I am feeling a lot of pressure or twinges in the vaginal area. I don't know what this is all about but I guess we will find out when I go to my doc tomorrow. I am supposed to get another cervix check.
My daughter is coming home today from Grandma's. She has been there for the whole week and I miss her so much! We haven't been away from each other for this long in a long time. I know the poor girl is going to want me to get up and play with her, so that is going to be hard. But I am so excited to see her!
Well, 11.5 days until 24 weeks... just keep going, I guess.
My daughter is coming home today from Grandma's. She has been there for the whole week and I miss her so much! We haven't been away from each other for this long in a long time. I know the poor girl is going to want me to get up and play with her, so that is going to be hard. But I am so excited to see her!
Well, 11.5 days until 24 weeks... just keep going, I guess.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
22 weeks, 2 days-BEDREST!
This just in, folks, I am officially on bedrest.
Yesterday morning, when I was at work, I noticed that I was having a lot of irritability/contractions. I tried to just not think about them and get some work done but by 12:30 or so I was worried. I was not quite sure what to do because I didn't want to go to the hospital for them just to tell me to go home but I didn't want to miss an opportunity to stop labor if it was really coming. I decided to call the advice nurse whom promptly stated to go straight to Labor and Delivery. I was scared again. When I got to L&D, they listened for the heartbeats; of course, Jocelyn didn't want to cooperate and it took them a long time to find hers. I was really freaking out. They finally found both of the HBs which sounded perfectly and hooked me up to the contraction moniter. I was contracting every 2-3 minutes. These were more like contractions, not irritability, even though they didn't really hurt. They gave me some turbutelin to try and stop the contractions but that didn't even make them waver. At the same time, the doc came in to examine me. My cervix is the same that it has always been, closed, firm, and 4 cms long. They gave me another medication to stop the contractions but it still didn't work. The doc was a little flabbergasted as to what to do. She told me that she was going to send me home with a prescription for the 2nd medication to take every 6 hours as needed. Since the contractions aren't changing my cervix, there is nothing that they can do for me in the hospital.
So I am on full blown bedrest until further notice... no work, no getting up unless I have to go to the bathroom. I don't know what I am going to do for the next 14 or so weeks. I think I am going to go stir-crazy. I am usually the kind of person that always wants to be on the run. I guess I can handle it knowing that my babies are safe and sound inside of me for another 98 days but who's counting anyway? I guess I am going to be on the internet a lot and watching TV, reading books... what else is there to do? I slept until 1:00 this after afternoon because c'mon what else is there to do? I am thinking about all the stuff I am going to miss over the next 3 or so months. School-shopping for my daughter, her starting soccer, first day of school, our family vacation to Orca's Island in September, our birthing classes, halloween...its all worth it if I have two healthy babies at the end.
Yesterday morning, when I was at work, I noticed that I was having a lot of irritability/contractions. I tried to just not think about them and get some work done but by 12:30 or so I was worried. I was not quite sure what to do because I didn't want to go to the hospital for them just to tell me to go home but I didn't want to miss an opportunity to stop labor if it was really coming. I decided to call the advice nurse whom promptly stated to go straight to Labor and Delivery. I was scared again. When I got to L&D, they listened for the heartbeats; of course, Jocelyn didn't want to cooperate and it took them a long time to find hers. I was really freaking out. They finally found both of the HBs which sounded perfectly and hooked me up to the contraction moniter. I was contracting every 2-3 minutes. These were more like contractions, not irritability, even though they didn't really hurt. They gave me some turbutelin to try and stop the contractions but that didn't even make them waver. At the same time, the doc came in to examine me. My cervix is the same that it has always been, closed, firm, and 4 cms long. They gave me another medication to stop the contractions but it still didn't work. The doc was a little flabbergasted as to what to do. She told me that she was going to send me home with a prescription for the 2nd medication to take every 6 hours as needed. Since the contractions aren't changing my cervix, there is nothing that they can do for me in the hospital.
So I am on full blown bedrest until further notice... no work, no getting up unless I have to go to the bathroom. I don't know what I am going to do for the next 14 or so weeks. I think I am going to go stir-crazy. I am usually the kind of person that always wants to be on the run. I guess I can handle it knowing that my babies are safe and sound inside of me for another 98 days but who's counting anyway? I guess I am going to be on the internet a lot and watching TV, reading books... what else is there to do? I slept until 1:00 this after afternoon because c'mon what else is there to do? I am thinking about all the stuff I am going to miss over the next 3 or so months. School-shopping for my daughter, her starting soccer, first day of school, our family vacation to Orca's Island in September, our birthing classes, halloween...its all worth it if I have two healthy babies at the end.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
21 weeks, 6 days
Everything is still doing great! I went in for another appointment yesterday, the doc confirmed that I am doing good. My cervix (hold in there, sister) was completely closed and still long (3.7 CM+). The babies are doing great, HBs 150's and 160's! My little babies are growing big and strong! I am having an ultrasound in 4 weeks on Sept 3rd. I will be 26 weeks and can't wait until I get past that viability date of 24 weeks. They will be sooo... big by 26 weeks! I am so excited
My daughter is staying the whole week with my mom this week. I miss her so much! I haven't been without her for this long since my honeymoon. She is enjoying herself and probably doesn't even miss it here, even though she says that she does. The hubby and I are besides ourselves with boredom. We are catching up on OZ, the series, and watching baby story. I am in bed by 9:30 every night. I feel like an old lady already!
Well, I am off to shave my legs that I haven't shaved in over 2 weeks... (opps did I actually say that?) I will leave you with my 21 week preggo pic...
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