27 weeks 4 days

Last night I had a dream that one of the babies flipped and it was very painful. Well, when we were having the ultrasound today, the babies did flip. Baby "A"is now in Baby "B''s" spot and "B" is in "A's" spot. Both are still breech.

The Doppler's were good and there are no vi sable tangles in the cords. The doctor said that usually if there were going to be big tangles or knots that they would see them by now. So....the plan for now is to continue to have ultrasounds 2 times a week and as long as things are the same and looking good I will stay out of the hospital until delivery.

The doctor I saw today was the one that Brian and I are most comfortable with. He told us once again that even with the inpatient motoring, if an accident is going to happen most likely you don't find out until it is to late. He also said that the further you get along in pregnancy the chance of something happening decreases. Our next ultrasound is on Friday so....................until then.

27 weeks

We had another ultra sound this morning and everything is the same. I don't have any new news. Both girls are in the same positions as they were in on Tuesday.

Here are a couple pictures. The top one is of Baby "A". You cannot see her face because she is covering it with her hand. The picture looks like there is a hole in her head but, there is not. The bottom picture is Baby "B". The round shape on the left is Baby "A's" head.

26 weeks 4 days and ultrasound #12(I think)

Today we had ultrasound #12 and everything is looking that same as usual. The cord dopplers were fine and both babies are growing. Baby "A" is 1lb 12oz and breech. She is sitting on my bladder and it feels like she is kicking my butt from the inside. Baby "B" is 2lb 2oz, breech and pushing on my stomach.



I have been feeling alright. I cannot eat or drink very much without feeling like I need to lay down and stretch out. There isn't anywhere for the food to go.

26 Weeks

I left the hospital Monday afternoon after a rough 24 hours. I don't know how women can spend 4,8,10 or even more weeks in there without losing their minds.

While I was in the hospital, I got a really bad headache. It wouldn't go away so they started to give me Tylenol 3 with codeine last Friday. I ended up getting sick from it and started throwing up everything I put in my mouth on Sunday morning. By Monday morning, I hadn't had anything to eat in at least 24 hours, they wouldn't feed me (because they were worried that they would have to deliver) and the heart rate monitoring had been challenging since I would have to puck during the middle of it. I am not a doctor but, I know that pregnant women need to eat!! I was hungry, thirsty and couldn't understand why NO ONE would get me something to eat or even something to drink. The ultrasound that I had Monday morning was also good! Everything was normal, I couldn't figure out why I was still not getting any food!!

Brian and I were not going to have babies at 25 weeks!!!! I know that modern medicine allows babies to survive at this gestation but, it is just not natural! If god intended women to give birth at 25 weeks we would have children then. Not to mention all the serious long term complications that go allow with delivering that early, I needed these babies to "cook" longer.

I called Brian frustrated and stressed out and he came to bust me out of the hospital. We figured, if we were not ready to deliver why should I sit there!

Right now the plan is to stay out of the hospital until we are ready to deliver. I have had 2 ultrasounds since I have been home and they have been normal. I will continue to have 2 ultrasounds a week until 28 weeks and then we will reassess.

This photo is from Friday the 19th. I am 26weeks and getting BIG. I have been feeling good except for the babies moving up into my lungs. It is hard for me to breathe.

Tired

My Nazi Nurse let me sleep 4 hours last night. I have been so tired since I have been here. They hook me up for heart rate monitoring every 3-4 hours for 1 hour. I haven't been getting any sleep.

I had another ultrasound this morning and everything looks good. The doctor didn't make a decision about me going home yet. During monitoring at 5am, I had a contraction right when Nazi hooked me up and the heart rate of one of the babies went low a couple of times. The doctor wanted to see how monitoring went today before he advised anything. I know that he is going to suggest that I stay but....I don't know.

The night nurse is not very gentle and whenever she comes in to hook me up it is very stressful. She can never find the heartbeats of the babies and then she gets frustrated and yells at the babies. It is so weird. She also puts the straps around me so tight I can feel my whole uterus pulsing. No wonder why it contracts!! Personally, I think that part of the reason why my motoring this morning didn't go as well is due to the stress that goes on due to the nurse.

Update

I had an ultrasound this morning and everything was back to normal. The Cord Doppler was back to what it was a week ago. I will receive another steroid shot this afternoon and I am being monitored 4 times a day right now. During the monitoring they are just watching for any abnormal patters in the heart rate. I will have another ultrasound on Friday morning and depending on what that shows......it will determine if I will be staying in the hospital.

If I do get to leave. I will continued to be monitored closely at my doctors office as much as they see fit. I am not ready to deliver just yet. Even thou the babies can survive the long term health risks are very great. One of the biggest concerns is that the brain is not developed and it can bleed. That bleeding can cause ALOT of damage!!! CP, mental retardation, blindness, deafness, all kinds of things.

And so it continues......

We went for an ultrasound this morning and it ended with me being admitted to the hospital at 24 weeks and 4 days. Baby A's cord Doppler reading was higher than last week. It was still in the "normal" range but higher then before. This is normal, someone probably rolled over the cord or grabbed it. I was admitted for monitoring.

While being monitored baby a's heart rate was all over the place for about 30 min. She recovered and there haven't been any scares since but, I have a feeling that I will be here until I deliver. I have another ultrasound in the am sometime.

I am feeling the stress of the past month. I don't know if you can ever be prepared for a long hospital stay but the longer the babies can stay inside the better. I know that Brian and I would never be dealt a hand that we cannot handle and I know we are not the first to face these challenges. I appreciate all the love and support that everyone has been sending our way. Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers!!