Week I have been dreading....

Sooo monday was our 9th sonogram. Everything was going good and then my cervix was noticed. In the past 3 weeks its gone from 3.5 to 3.2 to all time low of 2.8. Which isn't "terrible" but scary enough to put in the hospital....again....

Two long nights in the hospital later I have since had another sono and been sent on my merry way home. Here I will be for the next ten+ weeks doing absolutely nothing. In the words of my specialist "You are not allowed to lift anything heavier than a spoon." I will still see my specialist on mondays as usual, and my doctor every other friday. But to add to that, I will also see my OB nurse on mondays after my sono to get a shot to help prevent preterm labor. So my schedule for mondays are full. Fridays half full, and the rest of the week you can find me in bed, or on the couch. Lucky for me I have some serious scrapbooking to catch up on so I won't be to terribly bored til I am caught up! Then once a week I will be able to work on it because I found the girls their scrapbooks and with the amount of sonos I am getting, A scrapbook is needed =]

Everything else is good, the girls heartbeats are perfect, their measurements are right on so all is well in their world =] Hopefully these ten weeks will fly by so I can finally be up and moving with my girls!!!

-C

Another Sono Update!

So yesterday was a busy day for us! Mom got to attend our sonogram where the girls were getting measured at 24 weeks so we went all out and made a DVD of it! Callie was of course her crazy self and gave the doctor a hard time trying to get measurements, but not as nearly as bad as she had the last time! Katherine was very sweet and made things easy like always. My cervix is still funneled, but since being on a heavier dose of zofran and something else I can't say let alone spell, I am proud to say that as of this Thursday if I make it, I will not have thrown my guts up in TWO WEEKS!!! YAY!!!! So that means I'm not applying more pressure on my cervix to make it open! So wootness!!! Our girls have also gain some weight!!! As of Dec 7th Callie weighed 1 lb 1 oz, Katherine 1 lb 2 oz. Dec 21st Callie is at 1 lb 8 oz, Katherine 1 lb 11 oz!!! Nice!!!

And a update on my weight, on Dec. 7 I weighed 162 which meant I gained about 9 lbs since the beginning of the pregnancy. But as of Dec 21 I weigh 158 again, so needless to say I need to stuff my face a lil more but not by much. The women in my family have a history of not being able to hold onto pregnancy weight so as long as the girls grow and I don't get sickly looking we will be fine. It just sucked to hear I had lost 4 lbs when I felt like I was growing!

We also are now doing this test every two weeks called a Fetal Fibernectin. This is a test that can give a percentage of preterm labor within the following two weeks. So due to rules on how to take the sample for this test, we are now switching from having both sonos and doctors appts on the same day to having the sonos on mondays (as always, cant change the day for the sono) and doctors appointments on every other friday! Whew!

This specialist we see that does our sonos every monday also changes. My cervix gets measured at every appt. But every other appointment the girls get measured. On measurement days we see Dr. Graham (who is good but he doesnt TALK! so with mom seeing the sono for the first time on a measurement day I'm trying to explain everything as he zooms thru the sono....needless to say he isn't my favorite! but he is good at his job) and then on a normal check day there is this other dr that I can never remember his name but he is sooooo nice and talks and does like "ooo look theres a hand, a foot, ahh look still a girl" he just is really nice and relaxed. I like him the best. lol


Try explaining that to your husband....mine is soo confused! lol Well I bet you didn't think you would get such a wide range of information but it helped me to explain it to someone!!! Hope everyone has a really great Christmas!!! Love you!

-C

Third Day...

There is such a difference between putting yourself on bedrest and being told you need to be on bedrest. It kind of makes you want to go against it. Though the more I sit and the less I do is for the better of this pregnancy I can't help to want to get up and do something crazy! Again its only because I was told to slow down, not that I don't want to or don't need to. You see where I'm going with this?

The babies I "think" have noticed a slight change in how much activity mom has. They are kicking more as if to say "hey you still out there?" Yes baby girls I'm here, along with my trusty computer and remote. I do still get up and do things around the house, but with the weight patrol around I can't seem to do a whole hell of a lot without getting yelled at. I mean seriously, I picked up a box with a blanket in it and you would have thought I picked up a boulder. I swear I heard sirens and gunfire... FIVE POUNDS PEOPLE....5 pounds....geezzz....

They put me on some stronger medication for my nausea so even though I have only been taking it for 3 days, I feel a change. Hopefully it keeps getting better, *crossesfingers*

Oh on a good note cause I love to tell this, David and I got to see Katherine YAWN!!! It was soooo cute!!! The sono probe was right in her face and then her arms went up and she yawned the cutest yawn in the entire world!! David had this amazing look on his face!! It was the best moment!!!

I plan on getting the new sono picture up this weekend. Since the scare on Monday I will no longer be seeing my normal sono tech Chrissy, I will be seeing this specialist. So that means no more fun 4D sonos. =\ kinda sad but the change is needed for precautionary reasons so complaining is not needed.

Have a good weekend everyone!! <3

-C

Eventful Monday to Say the Least....

So yesterday was my normal sono and dr. appointment that happens every four weeks. No biggy. But during the sono I repeatedly got nausea and threw up....i felt so bad for the tech Chrissy, she stood strong even though I could tell if I moved over enough she would puke right along with me! I got to see the girls! They are growing up soooo fast! Callie is 1lb 1 oz, Katherine is 1 lb 2 oz, and they are really starting to look like humans instead of my lil alien children!! haha

So after my sono I head across town to my drs appointment and get settled into my room. It wasn't long til my doctor came in and had some bad news. During one of the times I had puked I was still being sono-ed, so Chrissy noticed that when I puked my cervix proceeded to "funnel" or open. So with me still throwing up on a regular but managable basis, my dr decided she wanted to run a couple of tests and keep me in the hospital....at the time it was til Thursday....if not longer....

So mom is in Austin, David is the boonies of Louisana....I go and check myself into the hospital. After only staying one night they have come to the conclusion that my cervix is still OK. But gave me some guidelines to follow. I have a sono every monday from now til the girls are born, limited activity (damn those kartwheels!!!), can't pick up anything heavier than 5 lbs (Layla is gonna hate that...) and lots of extra rest on top of what I am already doing.

Thank you to Dad, Mandy and Erin for coming by to keep me company while David did some running around in prep for the night (possibly night(s) ) stay.

I want to reiterate before I go, the girls are GREAT! Its me who can't seem to do anything without complicating it!!!

Pregnancy Pains

So I have come to realize that I have changed ALOT since the beginning of this pregnancy. Not only pysically but mentally as well. Should I worry? Probably not but of course it being me I will. I have come to the realization that right now I just do not like people. I cannot stand to be in crowds, I cannot stand to be squished in a small room with more than two other people no matter if ten more can fit easily, I HATE having someone looking over my shoulder especially when I am eatting (only one person has done this but I really needed to get that one off my chest or I will wind up screaming at that person later), just being in public over all just really gets me aggitated. I hate that too. I use to LOVE being around people. In Elgin I would constantly want to have Tracy and Lauren or Julz and Rick over just to be around people. Now, I would rather stay away from people even when they are family. Don't get me wrong, this doesn't happen but maybe 95% of the time, sometimes I actually take the initive to get ready and demand that I get out of the house, but that happens very rarely. And commericals....don't even get my started on commericals. Who came up with those anyway? I spend most of my TV time muting the TV so I don't have to listen to awful commericals. David HATES it haha. And to just make matters worse, I miss my husband. Not that he has gone anywhere, he is still here! Its just I am still in pain from my hips and legs that sleeping in my bed with my husband is not an option. (sleeping in that bed without him isn't an option either.....its a really uncomfortable bed...ugh) So I have spent the last two and a half weeks (or more...lost count) sleeping on the couch in the living room where even though I still have pain I can toss and turn without waking david up, and the pain seems to not wake me up as often. I really wish we hadn't have packed the recliner in the back of the POD....In other news though, David and I will be going to Babies R Us soon to start getting ready to make our registries. I really want to be hands on when it comes to the stroller and car seat because I have options of in-line or next to each other strollers but I also want something that I won't be standing in a parking lot for a half hour trying to get it put together. The girls are starting to kick out which is cute! They are leaving my bladder alone! hahaha! Layla likes to come lay right up next to my belly or on top and they kick her but she doesn't seem to mind to much. Maybe she doesn't feel it yet but she will be a good big sister, i can tell!! =]

-C