It hasn't been a very exciting week which is fine with me. Halloween went well. We went to my mom's house for trick or treating and to have Devanne's birthday party with the family. She got totally spoiled as usual. She is out playing with her new rollerblades right now, actually. I stayed home while Josh and most of my family took DJ trick or treating. I wish that I could have walked around with them but I just kept thinking next year, I am going to be carting around 3 kids; 2 11 month olds! That is going to be so fun!
Today was another doctor's appointment for me. Everything seems to be going good except that my blood pressure is starting to creep up there. I haven't been feeling that great either, headaches, etc. My doctor didn't seem very worried yet. My cervix was still the same, 2 cm, 50% effaced. That is not budging! The doctor did get worried when he listened to the girls' heartbeats. He thought they were too fast but I knew it was because they were moving around. Needless to say, we got an NST today instead of tomorrow and they both passed with flying colors. We are going to keep an eye on my blood pressure but for the most part, it looks like I will not be going into premature labor. My 36 weeks starts next Thursday, 9 days away! I am so excited! I get to stop taking the medication and get to be up and about. My husband swears as soon as I am off the nephpine, I will go into labor. We will see.
I can't believe that I am going to be a mommy of three soon!
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Monday, November 2, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
26 weeks, 0 days
Wow! We have made it to 26 weeks. That makes me thrilled. What is even more thrilling is I got to see my baby girls today for the first time in 6 weeks. It has definitely been too long. I can't believe how big they have gotten
Jocelyn is 2.2 lbs. She is measuring 2 days ahead and is in the 56th percentile. She is baby A and was head down at our 18 weeks appointment but is now head up. The ultrasound tech says that she has plenty of time to turn back around so I am saying a little chant to persuade her. She puts her head into my ribs which is why I am feeling so much pressure up there.
Adelyn is 2.1 lbs but has a huge head. Her head is measuring at 27.5 weeks. The tech reassured me that she just had a big head and that there was nothing wrong with her. Because of her head circumference, she is measuring 6 days ahead but is only in the 53th percentile. She is also head up, right next to her sister. We got the cutest pic of them together.
Both of their fluids were good. If you can remember back about 4 weeks ago, my cervix was measuring 5.5 cm; today it was measuring 3.2-3.4 I do not like the sound of that but the tech didn't seem worried. She did do a vaginal ultrasound and applied pressure but it did not open up. She said that everything looked great.
So I guess I am cleared for camping this weekend. Our last camping trip that we will take with just us. Next you we will have two sweet little girls to bring with us.
Jocelyn is 2.2 lbs. She is measuring 2 days ahead and is in the 56th percentile. She is baby A and was head down at our 18 weeks appointment but is now head up. The ultrasound tech says that she has plenty of time to turn back around so I am saying a little chant to persuade her. She puts her head into my ribs which is why I am feeling so much pressure up there.
Adelyn is 2.1 lbs but has a huge head. Her head is measuring at 27.5 weeks. The tech reassured me that she just had a big head and that there was nothing wrong with her. Because of her head circumference, she is measuring 6 days ahead but is only in the 53th percentile. She is also head up, right next to her sister. We got the cutest pic of them together.
Both of their fluids were good. If you can remember back about 4 weeks ago, my cervix was measuring 5.5 cm; today it was measuring 3.2-3.4 I do not like the sound of that but the tech didn't seem worried. She did do a vaginal ultrasound and applied pressure but it did not open up. She said that everything looked great.
So I guess I am cleared for camping this weekend. Our last camping trip that we will take with just us. Next you we will have two sweet little girls to bring with us.
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.
Friday, July 31, 2009
21 weeks 1 day
Yesterday, I had a bit of a scare, actually a HUGE scare! I have been having a preterm labor nurse call me every week until the babies are born. This was set up by the hospital. When they call, they ask how my week went, if I have had any contractions, back pain or anything else that would suggest I am going into labor. The nurse emailed me yesterday. I emailed her back with a few things. A few days ago, I felt some tightening in my stomach. I couldn't really tell if they were contractions but it was really hot outside and I had been doing some cleaning, so I figured they were. I drank a bunch of water and went to bed and they went away. Yesterday, my lower back was killing me and I felt like (TMI coming up) I was having a lot of vaginal pressure. I was entirely concerned but wanted to ask her about them. She told me that I was probably having contractions and that it was a good thing that I got them to go away on my own. Then she said that I needed to keep a really close eye on my back pain and pressure. I kind of just deleted her email like it was nothing but as the day went by, the pain and the pressure were still there. I called my husband who said, "its better to be safe than sorry." So we called the nurse's advice line to ask their opinions. I thought that they might just tell me to come in and get checked out but instead they told me to go straight to Labor and Delivery. I started crying and freaking out. I didn't think it was that serious. As soon as I heard Labor and Delivery I was thinking, "but wait, I am not delivering anything..." I went to the hospital and the nurse hooked me up to a contraction moniter. Much to my astonishment, I was having very small contractions every 10 minutes. I started freaking out staring at the contraction moniter. I can feel the tightening of my stomach but I just figured it was the babies moving around in there. The doctor finally came in (about 2.5 hours later) and did a cervical check. My cervix was completely closed. They did a speculum exam to see if I had any infections... I did not. They looked at my urine to make sure that I was hydrated... they said I did a great job at that. They did a vaginal ultrasound to see if my cervix was shortening... it wasn't. By the end of 5 hours, they have no idea why I was having contractions. They think it might be from the heat... it is SO hot here but they aren't sure. The doctor says that she is not worried about it since my cervix has not changed a bit. She believes that the back ache is from the babies and has no clue why I feel pressure. Needless to say... I am realived about the cervix not being dialated but so scared about contractions. I don't think that this is normal.
I talked to the babies. I told them that they had 15 more weeks. They are not allowed out until 36 weeks and hopefully they will make it to 39 weeks. I told them they would be in big trouble if they came out before then... haha! like they are going to listen... they just twisted and kicked me more. I love these babies so much! They are my children. I am already the mother of 3 kids, I don't want anything to happen to them. I guess we will just have to see. I have an OB appointment on Tuesday so maybe MY doc will have something to say about it.
I talked to the babies. I told them that they had 15 more weeks. They are not allowed out until 36 weeks and hopefully they will make it to 39 weeks. I told them they would be in big trouble if they came out before then... haha! like they are going to listen... they just twisted and kicked me more. I love these babies so much! They are my children. I am already the mother of 3 kids, I don't want anything to happen to them. I guess we will just have to see. I have an OB appointment on Tuesday so maybe MY doc will have something to say about it.
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